Falling Man
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Falling Man is a novel by Don DeLillo that explores the psychological and social aftermath of the September 11 attacks through the lives of survivors in New York City.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Falling Man canonical | 10 |
| Falling Man (novel universe) | 1 |
| Falling Man (novel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T549363 — 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: Falling Man Context triple: [Don DeLillo, notableWork, Falling Man]
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A.
News of the World
News of the World is a 2020 American Western drama film in which Tom Hanks plays a Civil War veteran who travels across Texas reading newspapers to townspeople while escorting a young girl to her last remaining family.
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B.
The Drowned and the Saved
The Drowned and the Saved is Primo Levi’s final, reflective work of essays examining the moral, psychological, and historical complexities of the Holocaust and its survivors.
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C.
Gone
"Gone" is a reflective hip-hop track by Kanye West featuring Consequence and Cam'ron, known for its soulful Otis Redding sample and intricate storytelling.
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D.
Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road is a 2008 drama film, based on Richard Yates's novel, that explores the disintegration of a suburban 1950s marriage and stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.
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E.
The Lowland
The Lowland is a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores the intertwined lives of two brothers from Calcutta against the backdrop of political upheaval and family tragedy.
- 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: Falling Man Target entity description: Falling Man is a novel by Don DeLillo that explores the psychological and social aftermath of the September 11 attacks through the lives of survivors in New York City.
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A.
News of the World
News of the World is a 2020 American Western drama film in which Tom Hanks plays a Civil War veteran who travels across Texas reading newspapers to townspeople while escorting a young girl to her last remaining family.
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B.
The Drowned and the Saved
The Drowned and the Saved is Primo Levi’s final, reflective work of essays examining the moral, psychological, and historical complexities of the Holocaust and its survivors.
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C.
Gone
"Gone" is a reflective hip-hop track by Kanye West featuring Consequence and Cam'ron, known for its soulful Otis Redding sample and intricate storytelling.
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D.
Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road is a 2008 drama film, based on Richard Yates's novel, that explores the disintegration of a suburban 1950s marriage and stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.
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E.
The Lowland
The Lowland is a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores the intertwined lives of two brothers from Calcutta against the backdrop of political upheaval and family tragedy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Don DeLillo ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| coverArtist | noted as Scribner design (U.S. edition) ⓘ |
| criticalReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
family relationships
ⓘ
grief ⓘ identity ⓘ media representation of tragedy ⓘ memory ⓘ post-traumatic stress ⓘ terrorism ⓘ |
| followedBy | Point Omega ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
post-9/11 fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Hammad
ⓘ
Justin ⓘ Lianne ⓘ Martin ⓘ Nina ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-1-4165-4020-0 ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Keith Neudecker ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | 256 ⓘ |
| hasStructure | nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| hasSubjectCategory |
American novels of the 2000s
ⓘ
Novels about terrorism ⓘ Novels set in New York City ⓘ |
| includedIn | Don DeLillo bibliography ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary American literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
September 11 attacks
ⓘ
psychological trauma ⓘ survivors of terrorism ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of 9/11 from survivors’ perspectives
ⓘ
meditation on terrorism and everyday life ⓘ |
| openingScene | escape from the World Trade Center ⓘ |
| precededBy | Cosmopolis ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2007 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Charles Scribner's Sons
ⓘ
surface form:
Scribner
|
| setDuringEvent | aftermath of the World Trade Center attacks ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| settingTime | post-September 11, 2001 ⓘ |
| titleRefersTo | performance artist evoking the falling man image ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Falling Man (novel universe)
this entity surface form:
Falling Man (novel)