Dark Laughter
E351463
Dark Laughter is a 1925 satirical novel by Sherwood Anderson that explores themes of sexuality, race, and modern disillusionment in small-town America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dark Laughter canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3362090 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dark Laughter Context triple: [Sherwood Anderson, notableWork, Dark Laughter]
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A.
Cry to Laugh
"Cry to Laugh" is a song featured on the album *Heigh Ho* by American singer-songwriter Blake Mills.
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B.
Dark Diversions
Dark Diversions is a satirical novel by Canadian writer and philosopher John Ralston Saul that explores themes of power, corruption, and moral ambiguity in elite Western society.
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C.
Dread Talk
Dread Talk is a Rastafarian dialect and linguistic style that reshapes English words to reflect spiritual, Afrocentric, and anti-oppressive meanings.
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D.
In the Dark
"In the Dark" is a 1987 studio album by the Grateful Dead that became their biggest commercial success, featuring the hit single "Touch of Grey."
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E.
Whistling in the Dark
Whistling in the Dark is a reflective, often humorous collection of theological meditations and essays by American writer and minister Frederick Buechner.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dark Laughter Target entity description: Dark Laughter is a 1925 satirical novel by Sherwood Anderson that explores themes of sexuality, race, and modern disillusionment in small-town America.
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A.
Cry to Laugh
"Cry to Laugh" is a song featured on the album *Heigh Ho* by American singer-songwriter Blake Mills.
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B.
Dark Diversions
Dark Diversions is a satirical novel by Canadian writer and philosopher John Ralston Saul that explores themes of power, corruption, and moral ambiguity in elite Western society.
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C.
Dread Talk
Dread Talk is a Rastafarian dialect and linguistic style that reshapes English words to reflect spiritual, Afrocentric, and anti-oppressive meanings.
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D.
In the Dark
"In the Dark" is a 1987 studio album by the Grateful Dead that became their biggest commercial success, featuring the hit single "Touch of Grey."
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E.
Whistling in the Dark
Whistling in the Dark is a reflective, often humorous collection of theological meditations and essays by American writer and minister Frederick Buechner.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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satirical novel ⓘ |
| author | Sherwood Anderson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticizedBy | William Faulkner ⓘ |
| explores |
alienation
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clash between tradition and modernity ⓘ racial stereotypes ⓘ sexual freedom ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| genre |
modernist literature
ⓘ
satire ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Aline Grey
ⓘ
John Stockton ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-252-07077-0 ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Bruce Dudley ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
African American culture
ⓘ
Midwestern life ⓘ post–World War I America ⓘ |
| hasTone |
ironic
ⓘ
satirical ⓘ |
| influenced | William Faulkner ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
James Joyce
ⓘ
Ulysses ⓘ |
| influencedWork | Mosquitoes ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Modernism ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | experimental ⓘ |
| notableFor |
portrayal of race relations in the American Midwest
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use of stream-of-consciousness techniques ⓘ |
| partOf | American literature ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1925 ⓘ |
| publisher | Boni & Liveright ⓘ |
| setting | small-town America ⓘ |
| theme |
cultural conflict
ⓘ
identity ⓘ modern disillusionment ⓘ race ⓘ relationships ⓘ sexuality ⓘ social change ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 1920s ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Sherwood Anderson ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dark Laughter Description of subject: Dark Laughter is a 1925 satirical novel by Sherwood Anderson that explores themes of sexuality, race, and modern disillusionment in small-town America.
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