One Man's Initiation: 1917
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One Man's Initiation: 1917 is a World War I novel by John Dos Passos that draws on his own experiences as an ambulance driver to depict the disillusionment and psychological impact of war on young soldiers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| One Man's Initiation: 1917 canonical | 1 |
| One Man’s Initiation: 1917 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3331160 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: One Man's Initiation: 1917 Context triple: [John Dos Passos, notableWork, One Man's Initiation: 1917]
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A.
1917 (film)
1917 is a 2019 World War I epic war film directed by Sam Mendes, renowned for its immersive "one-shot" cinematography that follows two British soldiers on a perilous mission behind enemy lines.
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B.
The Big Parade
The Big Parade is a landmark 1925 American silent war drama film directed by King Vidor that powerfully depicts a young man's harrowing experiences in World War I.
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C.
The American Soldier
The American Soldier is a symbolic collective representing U.S. military personnel, recognized for their service and impact, including being honored as Time magazine's Person of the Year.
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D.
A Soldier's Story
A Soldier's Story is a 1984 American drama film adapted from Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize–winning play, exploring racism and justice within a segregated Black army unit during World War II.
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E.
The Fighting 69th
The Fighting 69th is a 1940 World War I drama film about the famed Irish-American 69th Infantry Regiment, starring James Cagney and Pat O'Brien.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: One Man's Initiation: 1917 Target entity description: One Man's Initiation: 1917 is a World War I novel by John Dos Passos that draws on his own experiences as an ambulance driver to depict the disillusionment and psychological impact of war on young soldiers.
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A.
1917 (film)
1917 is a 2019 World War I epic war film directed by Sam Mendes, renowned for its immersive "one-shot" cinematography that follows two British soldiers on a perilous mission behind enemy lines.
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B.
The Big Parade
The Big Parade is a landmark 1925 American silent war drama film directed by King Vidor that powerfully depicts a young man's harrowing experiences in World War I.
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C.
The American Soldier
The American Soldier is a symbolic collective representing U.S. military personnel, recognized for their service and impact, including being honored as Time magazine's Person of the Year.
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D.
A Soldier's Story
A Soldier's Story is a 1984 American drama film adapted from Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize–winning play, exploring racism and justice within a segregated Black army unit during World War II.
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E.
The Fighting 69th
The Fighting 69th is a 1940 World War I drama film about the famed Irish-American 69th Infantry Regiment, starring James Cagney and Pat O'Brien.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War I novel
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novel ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| author | John Dos Passos ⓘ |
| basedOn | John Dos Passos's experiences as an ambulance driver in World War I ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
disillusionment with patriotic ideals
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emotional strain on soldiers ⓘ life at the front in World War I ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| focusesOn | inner life of soldiers ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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war fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation |
journalist
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novelist ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | about 150 pages ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
impressionistic
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realist ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
alienation
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coming of age ⓘ critique of war ⓘ loss of innocence ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
World War I poetry
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surface form:
American World War I literature
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | early work of John Dos Passos ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
World War I
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disillusionment ⓘ psychological impact of war ⓘ young soldiers ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| portrays |
camaraderie among soldiers
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combat-related trauma ⓘ moral ambiguity of war ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1920 ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Three Soldiers ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | World War I ⓘ |
| settingYear | 1917 ⓘ |
| timeOfAction | 1917 on the Western Front ⓘ |
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Subject: One Man's Initiation: 1917 Description of subject: One Man's Initiation: 1917 is a World War I novel by John Dos Passos that draws on his own experiences as an ambulance driver to depict the disillusionment and psychological impact of war on young soldiers.
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this entity surface form:
One Man’s Initiation: 1917