The Pedestrian
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The Pedestrian is a short story by Ray Bradbury that portrays a dystopian future where solitary walking is viewed as suspicious behavior in an oppressive, technology-obsessed society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Pedestrian canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5070531 — 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 Pedestrian Context triple: [Stop Drop and Roll!!!, hasPart, The Pedestrian]
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A.
The Subterraneans
The Subterraneans is a semi-autobiographical Beat Generation novel by Jack Kerouac that portrays a brief, intense love affair set against the bohemian jazz scene of 1950s San Francisco.
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B.
One-Way Street
One-Way Street is a 1928 collection of experimental, fragmentary prose pieces by Walter Benjamin that blends philosophy, cultural criticism, and literary reflection.
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C.
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
"The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" is a philosophical short story by Ursula K. Le Guin that depicts a seemingly utopian city whose happiness depends on the suffering of a single child, exploring themes of morality, complicity, and the cost of perfection.
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D.
The Osterman Weekend
The Osterman Weekend is a 1983 espionage thriller film directed by Sam Peckinpah, based on Robert Ludlum’s novel about a TV host entangled in a deadly CIA conspiracy.
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E.
The Horseman on the Roof
The Horseman on the Roof is a 1995 French historical adventure-romance film set during a 19th-century cholera epidemic in Provence, based on Jean Giono’s novel and starring Juliette Binoche and Olivier Martinez.
- 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 Pedestrian Target entity description: The Pedestrian is a short story by Ray Bradbury that portrays a dystopian future where solitary walking is viewed as suspicious behavior in an oppressive, technology-obsessed society.
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A.
The Subterraneans
The Subterraneans is a semi-autobiographical Beat Generation novel by Jack Kerouac that portrays a brief, intense love affair set against the bohemian jazz scene of 1950s San Francisco.
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B.
One-Way Street
One-Way Street is a 1928 collection of experimental, fragmentary prose pieces by Walter Benjamin that blends philosophy, cultural criticism, and literary reflection.
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C.
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
"The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" is a philosophical short story by Ursula K. Le Guin that depicts a seemingly utopian city whose happiness depends on the suffering of a single child, exploring themes of morality, complicity, and the cost of perfection.
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D.
The Osterman Weekend
The Osterman Weekend is a 1983 espionage thriller film directed by Sam Peckinpah, based on Robert Ludlum’s novel about a TV host entangled in a deadly CIA conspiracy.
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E.
The Horseman on the Roof
The Horseman on the Roof is a 1995 French historical adventure-romance film set during a 19th-century cholera epidemic in Provence, based on Jean Giono’s novel and starring Juliette Binoche and Olivier Martinez.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dystopian fiction work
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Ray Bradbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConflict | individual versus society ⓘ |
| contains | minimal dialogue ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
a future society where people stay indoors watching television
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walking alone as suspicious behavior ⓘ |
| explores |
the impact of mass media on society
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the marginalization of nonconformists ⓘ |
| features | an automated police car ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Reporter magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
dystopian fiction
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science fiction ⓘ speculative fiction ⓘ |
| hasEnding | Leonard Mead is taken to a psychiatric center for his preference for walking ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
isolation in urban environments
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oppressive social norms ⓘ technology-obsessed society ⓘ |
| hasTone |
bleak
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cautionary ⓘ |
| influencedBy | concerns about television culture ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | general readership ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Leonard Mead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Leonard Mead is stopped and detained by an automated police car for the unusual act of walking alone at night in a television-obsessed city. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Leonard Mead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Fahrenheit 451 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace | a large unnamed city ⓘ |
| settingTime | 2053 ⓘ |
| studiedIn | secondary school literature curricula ⓘ |
| style | concise and descriptive prose ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
the police car as an instrument of totalitarian control
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walking as an act of resistance ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation in a technological society
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conformity versus individuality ⓘ dehumanizing effects of technology ⓘ loss of genuine human interaction ⓘ state control and authoritarianism ⓘ surveillance and social control ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Pedestrian Description of subject: The Pedestrian is a short story by Ray Bradbury that portrays a dystopian future where solitary walking is viewed as suspicious behavior in an oppressive, technology-obsessed society.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.