The Confessions of Felix Krull
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The Confessions of Felix Krull is a picaresque novel by Thomas Mann that humorously chronicles the rise of a charming con artist through society by means of deception and role‑playing.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Confessions of Felix Krull canonical | 3 |
| Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T335056 — 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 Confessions of Felix Krull Context triple: [Thomas Mann, notableWork, The Confessions of Felix Krull]
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A.
A Confession
A Confession is a philosophical and spiritual autobiographical work by Leo Tolstoy in which he recounts his existential crisis and search for the meaning of life.
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B.
The Imposture
The Imposture is a Caroline-era stage play by English dramatist James Shirley, known as one of his notable comedies of intrigue.
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C.
The Devil and Miss Prym
The Devil and Miss Prym is a philosophical novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that explores the nature of good and evil through the moral dilemmas faced by a small village and a young woman.
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D.
The Scapegoat
The Scapegoat is a famous 1856 painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist William Holman Hunt depicting a lone goat symbolically burdened with the sins of the people in a desolate landscape.
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E.
Mens et Manus
Mens et Manus is the Latin motto of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, expressing the union of mind and hand in the pursuit of knowledge and practical application.
- 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 Confessions of Felix Krull Target entity description: The Confessions of Felix Krull is a picaresque novel by Thomas Mann that humorously chronicles the rise of a charming con artist through society by means of deception and role‑playing.
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A.
A Confession
A Confession is a philosophical and spiritual autobiographical work by Leo Tolstoy in which he recounts his existential crisis and search for the meaning of life.
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B.
The Imposture
The Imposture is a Caroline-era stage play by English dramatist James Shirley, known as one of his notable comedies of intrigue.
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C.
The Devil and Miss Prym
The Devil and Miss Prym is a philosophical novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that explores the nature of good and evil through the moral dilemmas faced by a small village and a young woman.
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D.
The Scapegoat
The Scapegoat is a famous 1856 painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist William Holman Hunt depicting a lone goat symbolically burdened with the sins of the people in a desolate landscape.
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E.
Mens et Manus
Mens et Manus is the Latin motto of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, expressing the union of mind and hand in the pursuit of knowledge and practical application.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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picaresque novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
film adaptations
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television adaptations ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Mann ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| genre |
comic novel
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picaresque fiction ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | English ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
autobiographical memoir form
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picaresque tradition ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | major late work of Thomas Mann ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Felix Krull ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | mock-confessional ⓘ |
| notableAspect |
humorous treatment of fraud and imposture
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satire of bourgeois society ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | con artist ⓘ |
| protagonistTrait |
charming
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manipulative ⓘ socially ambitious ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | posthumously completed from existing material ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Germany
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Lisbon ⓘ Paris ⓘ |
| structure | unfinished work ⓘ |
| theme |
class and society
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deception ⓘ identity ⓘ performance ⓘ role-playing ⓘ social climbing ⓘ |
| titleCharacter | Felix Krull ⓘ |
| tone |
humorous
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ironic ⓘ |
| workOf | Thomas Mann bibliography ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Confessions of Felix Krull Description of subject: The Confessions of Felix Krull is a picaresque novel by Thomas Mann that humorously chronicles the rise of a charming con artist through society by means of deception and role‑playing.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull