The Bell Jar
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The Bell Jar is a semi-autobiographical novel by Sylvia Plath that portrays a young woman's descent into mental illness amid the pressures and expectations of 1950s American society.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Bell Jar canonical | 8 |
| The Bell Jar (1979 film) | 1 |
| the bell jar | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T549306 — 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 Bell Jar Context triple: [Sylvia Plath, notableWork, The Bell Jar]
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A.
Shirley
Shirley is a small town in north-central Massachusetts served by commuter rail on the MBTA Fitchburg Line.
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B.
Shirley
Shirley is the given name of Shirley Ann Jackson, a prominent American physicist and trailblazing academic leader.
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C.
Shirley
Shirley is an English surname of Old English origin that has also become a common given name.
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D.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye is a landmark mid-20th-century American novel by J.D. Salinger that follows disaffected teenager Holden Caulfield as he wanders New York City, exploring themes of alienation, innocence, and rebellion.
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E.
The Edible Woman
The Edible Woman is Margaret Atwood’s debut novel, a darkly comic feminist work that explores identity, consumerism, and the pressures of gender roles through a young woman’s psychological unraveling.
- 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 Bell Jar Target entity description: The Bell Jar is a semi-autobiographical novel by Sylvia Plath that portrays a young woman's descent into mental illness amid the pressures and expectations of 1950s American society.
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A.
Shirley
Shirley is a small town in north-central Massachusetts served by commuter rail on the MBTA Fitchburg Line.
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B.
Shirley
Shirley is the given name of Shirley Ann Jackson, a prominent American physicist and trailblazing academic leader.
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C.
Shirley
Shirley is an English surname of Old English origin that has also become a common given name.
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D.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye is a landmark mid-20th-century American novel by J.D. Salinger that follows disaffected teenager Holden Caulfield as he wanders New York City, exploring themes of alienation, innocence, and rebellion.
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E.
The Edible Woman
The Edible Woman is Margaret Atwood’s debut novel, a darkly comic feminist work that explores identity, consumerism, and the pressures of gender roles through a young woman’s psychological unraveling.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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semi-autobiographical novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
The Bell Jar
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Bell Jar (1979 film)
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| author | Sylvia Plath ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | considered a classic of 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| depicts |
electroconvulsive therapy
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pressures on women in 1950s American society ⓘ psychiatric hospitalization ⓘ |
| firstPublicationCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1963 ⓘ |
| firstPublicationLanguage | English ⓘ |
| focusesOn | a young woman's descent into mental illness ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age novel
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feminist literature ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ roman à clef ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780060837020 ⓘ |
| hasSymbol | bell jar ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Sylvia Plath's own experiences ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | confessional literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Esther Greenwood ⓘ |
| narrativePointOfView | first-person ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pages | about 244 ⓘ |
| partOfSchoolCurriculumIn | various English literature courses ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation |
college student
ⓘ
intern at a fashion magazine ⓘ |
| publishedUnderPseudonym | Victoria Lucas ⓘ |
| publisher |
Harper & Row
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William Heinemann ⓘ
surface form:
Heinemann
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| settingPeriod | 1950s ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston
New York City ⓘ suburban Massachusetts ⓘ |
| symbolism |
distortion of reality
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entrapment in mental illness ⓘ |
| theme |
conformity
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depression ⓘ gender roles ⓘ identity crisis ⓘ mental illness ⓘ mother-daughter relationship ⓘ patriarchy ⓘ professional ambition ⓘ sexual double standards ⓘ social expectations ⓘ suicide ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Bell Jar Description of subject: The Bell Jar is a semi-autobiographical novel by Sylvia Plath that portrays a young woman's descent into mental illness amid the pressures and expectations of 1950s American society.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Bell Jar (1979 film)
this entity surface form:
the bell jar