The Dying Animal
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The Dying Animal is a short novel by Philip Roth that explores aging, desire, and mortality through the obsessive relationship of an aging cultural critic with a much younger woman.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Dying Animal canonical | 4 |
| Que la bête meure | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3456984 — 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 Dying Animal Context triple: [Philip Roth, notableWork, The Dying Animal]
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A.
The Dead and the Living
The Dead and the Living is a critically acclaimed poetry collection by Sharon Olds that explores themes of family, violence, and mortality in vivid, confessional verse.
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B.
Last to Die
Last to Die is a Magic: The Gathering card, likely a creature or spell, associated with the Magic game universe.
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C.
The Dying Grass
The Dying Grass is a sprawling historical novel by William T. Vollmann that chronicles the Nez Perce War of 1877 in his characteristically dense, experimental style.
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D.
Fate of the Animals
Fate of the Animals is an expressionist painting by German artist Franz Marc, known for its vivid depiction of animals amid a chaotic, apocalyptic landscape.
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E.
A Long Day’s Dying
A Long Day’s Dying is a 1950 novel by American writer and theologian Frederick Buechner, known for its introspective, literary exploration of faith, doubt, and human relationships.
- 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 Dying Animal Target entity description: The Dying Animal is a short novel by Philip Roth that explores aging, desire, and mortality through the obsessive relationship of an aging cultural critic with a much younger woman.
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A.
The Dead and the Living
The Dead and the Living is a critically acclaimed poetry collection by Sharon Olds that explores themes of family, violence, and mortality in vivid, confessional verse.
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B.
Last to Die
Last to Die is a Magic: The Gathering card, likely a creature or spell, associated with the Magic game universe.
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C.
The Dying Grass
The Dying Grass is a sprawling historical novel by William T. Vollmann that chronicles the Nez Perce War of 1877 in his characteristically dense, experimental style.
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D.
Fate of the Animals
Fate of the Animals is an expressionist painting by German artist Franz Marc, known for its vivid depiction of animals amid a chaotic, apocalyptic landscape.
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E.
A Long Day’s Dying
A Long Day’s Dying is a 1950 novel by American writer and theologian Frederick Buechner, known for its introspective, literary exploration of faith, doubt, and human relationships.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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short novel ⓘ |
| adaptationType | feature film ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | Elegy ⓘ |
| author | Philip Roth ⓘ |
| character |
Consuela Castillo
ⓘ
David Kepesh ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| followedBy | The Humbling ⓘ |
| genre |
erotic fiction
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literary fiction ⓘ novel ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| isbn | 9780618135873 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th century American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | David Kepesh ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrationType | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of erotic obsession
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frank depiction of sexuality in old age ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 156 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | David Kepesh series ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Professor of Desire ⓘ |
| protagonist | David Kepesh ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2001 ⓘ |
| publisher | Houghton Mifflin ⓘ |
| setting |
New York City
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| subjectMatter |
cultural criticism
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relationship between an aging man and a younger woman ⓘ |
| theme |
aging
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eroticism ⓘ fear of death ⓘ jealousy ⓘ masculinity ⓘ mortality ⓘ obsession ⓘ power dynamics in relationships ⓘ sexual desire ⓘ |
| workIn | Philip Roth bibliography ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Dying Animal Description of subject: The Dying Animal is a short novel by Philip Roth that explores aging, desire, and mortality through the obsessive relationship of an aging cultural critic with a much younger woman.
Referenced by (5)
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this entity surface form:
Que la bête meure