Klara and the Sun
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Klara and the Sun is a dystopian science fiction novel by Kazuo Ishiguro that explores artificial intelligence, love, and what it means to be human through the perspective of an artificial friend.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Klara and the Sun canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4946403 — 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: Klara and the Sun Context triple: [Kazuo Ishiguro, notableWork, Klara and the Sun]
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A.
Klara
Klara is the given first name of Hannelore Kohl, the late wife of former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl.
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B.
The Wonder
The Wonder is a psychological period drama film in which Florence Pugh plays an English nurse sent to investigate a young Irish girl who appears to survive without eating.
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Momo
Momo is the young, troubled Jewish boy who forms a transformative friendship with the elderly Muslim shopkeeper in Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt’s novella *Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran*.
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D.
The Girl Who Had Everything
The Girl Who Had Everything is a 1953 American drama film starring Elizabeth Taylor as a young woman torn between her powerful lawyer father and a charismatic racketeer.
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E.
The Miniaturist
The Miniaturist is a British period drama television series adapted from Jessie Burton’s novel, set in 17th-century Amsterdam and centered on a mysterious miniature replica of a merchant’s house.
- 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: Klara and the Sun Target entity description: Klara and the Sun is a dystopian science fiction novel by Kazuo Ishiguro that explores artificial intelligence, love, and what it means to be human through the perspective of an artificial friend.
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A.
Klara
Klara is the given first name of Hannelore Kohl, the late wife of former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl.
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B.
The Wonder
The Wonder is a psychological period drama film in which Florence Pugh plays an English nurse sent to investigate a young Irish girl who appears to survive without eating.
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C.
Momo
Momo is the young, troubled Jewish boy who forms a transformative friendship with the elderly Muslim shopkeeper in Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt’s novella *Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran*.
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D.
The Girl Who Had Everything
The Girl Who Had Everything is a 1953 American drama film starring Elizabeth Taylor as a young woman torn between her powerful lawyer father and a charismatic racketeer.
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E.
The Miniaturist
The Miniaturist is a British period drama television series adapted from Jessie Burton’s novel, set in 17th-century Amsterdam and centered on a mysterious miniature replica of a merchant’s house.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dystopian novel
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literary work ⓘ novel ⓘ science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Kazuo Ishiguro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| award |
longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize
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shortlisted for the 2021 Goodreads Choice Award for Science Fiction ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| exploresPerspective | non-human narrator ⓘ |
| exploresTopic |
childhood and parental expectations
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ethics of artificial intelligence ⓘ genetic enhancement ⓘ |
| featuresConcept | Artificial Friend NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
dystopian fiction
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science fiction ⓘ speculative fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | British ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNobelPrize | Nobel Prize in Literature 2017 (Kazuo Ishiguro) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtist | Stephen Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMotif | the Sun as a quasi-spiritual force ⓘ |
| hasReviewReception | generally positive critical reception ⓘ |
| isbn |
978-0-571-36048-0
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978-0-593-24234-7 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Josie
NERFINISHED
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Josie’s mother ⓘ Klara NERFINISHED ⓘ Rick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketedAs | adult fiction ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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e-book ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Klara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pageCount | 320 ⓘ |
| protagonistRole | Artificial Friend to Josie ⓘ |
| protagonistType | artificial intelligence ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2021-03-02 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Alfred A. Knopf
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Faber and Faber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | near-future United States ⓘ |
| theme |
artificial intelligence
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class and inequality ⓘ loneliness ⓘ love ⓘ technology and society ⓘ what it means to be human ⓘ |
| yearOfPublication | 2021 ⓘ |
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