The Good Soldier Švejk
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The Good Soldier Švejk is a satirical Czech novel by Jaroslav Hašek that follows the absurd misadventures of a seemingly foolish but shrewd soldier during World War I, widely regarded as a classic of anti-war literature.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3461114 — 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: The Good Soldier Švejk Context triple: [Czech language, hasMajorWork, The Good Soldier Švejk]
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A.
Schweyk in the Second World War
Schweyk in the Second World War is a satirical anti-fascist play by Bertolt Brecht that follows the cunning everyman Schweik as he navigates life under Nazi rule.
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B.
Drôle de guerre
Drôle de guerre is the term for the early phase of World War II on the Western Front marked by little active fighting despite the formal state of war between the Allies and Germany.
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C.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks
The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks is a 1924 Soviet silent comedy film that satirizes American misconceptions about Soviet Russia through the misadventures of a naive U.S. visitor.
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D.
L'Histoire du soldat
L'Histoire du soldat is a theatrical work by Igor Stravinsky that combines music, narration, and dance to tell a Faustian tale of a soldier who bargains with the devil.
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E.
The Nose
The Nose is one of the most famous big-wall rock climbing routes in the world, ascending the prominent central prow of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.
- 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: The Good Soldier Švejk Target entity description: The Good Soldier Švejk is a satirical Czech novel by Jaroslav Hašek that follows the absurd misadventures of a seemingly foolish but shrewd soldier during World War I, widely regarded as a classic of anti-war literature.
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A.
Schweyk in the Second World War
Schweyk in the Second World War is a satirical anti-fascist play by Bertolt Brecht that follows the cunning everyman Schweik as he navigates life under Nazi rule.
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B.
Drôle de guerre
Drôle de guerre is the term for the early phase of World War II on the Western Front marked by little active fighting despite the formal state of war between the Allies and Germany.
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C.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks
The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks is a 1924 Soviet silent comedy film that satirizes American misconceptions about Soviet Russia through the misadventures of a naive U.S. visitor.
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D.
L'Histoire du soldat
L'Histoire du soldat is a theatrical work by Igor Stravinsky that combines music, narration, and dance to tell a Faustian tale of a soldier who bargains with the devil.
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E.
The Nose
The Nose is one of the most famous big-wall rock climbing routes in the world, ascending the prominent central prow of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anti-war novel
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novel ⓘ satirical novel ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
The Good Soldier Švejk
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surface form:
The Good Soldier Schweik
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| author | Jaroslav Hašek ⓘ |
| characterTypeOfProtagonist | seemingly foolish but shrewd soldier ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Czech lands
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Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| depictsEvent |
life in the Austro-Hungarian military
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mobilization for World War I ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| firstSerialization | Czech periodicals ⓘ |
| genre |
picaresque novel
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satire ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Good Soldier Švejk
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Good Soldier Švejk (film adaptations)
The Good Soldier Švejk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Good Soldier Švejk (opera by Robert Kurka)
The Good Soldier Švejk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Good Soldier Švejk (television adaptations)
The Good Soldier Švejk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Good Soldier Švejk (theatrical adaptations)
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| hasIllustrationsBy | Josef Lada ⓘ |
| incomplete | true ⓘ |
| influenced |
Czech popular culture
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anti-war literature ⓘ |
| isConsidered |
classic of Czech literature
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classic of anti-war literature ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Czech literature
ⓘ
modernist literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Josef Švejk ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
episodic
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picaresque ⓘ |
| numberOfCompletedParts | 4 ⓘ |
| numberOfPlannedParts | 6 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Czech ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
The Good Soldier Švejk
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války
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| protagonistName | Josef Švejk ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | soldier in the Austro-Hungarian Army ⓘ |
| publicationEndYear | 1923 ⓘ |
| publicationStartYear | 1921 ⓘ |
| reasonForIncompletion | death of Jaroslav Hašek ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | World War I ⓘ |
| settingRegion |
Austro-Hungarian Empire
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surface form:
Austria-Hungary
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| theme |
absurdity of war
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bureaucracy ⓘ military incompetence ⓘ satire of authority ⓘ |
| titleInEnglish | The Good Soldier Švejk self-link ⓘ |
| usesHumorType |
black humor
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irony ⓘ parody ⓘ |
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Subject: The Good Soldier Švejk Description of subject: The Good Soldier Švejk is a satirical Czech novel by Jaroslav Hašek that follows the absurd misadventures of a seemingly foolish but shrewd soldier during World War I, widely regarded as a classic of anti-war literature.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Schweik
subject surface form:
Jaroslav Hašek
this entity surface form:
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války
this entity surface form:
The Good Soldier Schweik
this entity surface form:
The Good Soldier Švejk (film adaptations)
this entity surface form:
The Good Soldier Švejk (theatrical adaptations)
this entity surface form:
The Good Soldier Švejk (television adaptations)
this entity surface form:
The Good Soldier Švejk (opera by Robert Kurka)
this entity surface form:
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války