The Magician of Lublin
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The Magician of Lublin is a novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer that follows a talented Jewish magician in turn-of-the-century Poland as he grapples with faith, temptation, and moral downfall.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Magician of Lublin canonical | 4 |
| The Magician of Lublin (film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T685213 — 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 Magician of Lublin Context triple: [Isaac Bashevis Singer, notableWork, The Magician of Lublin]
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A.
Der Nister
Der Nister was a Ukrainian-born Yiddish writer and symbolist author known for his mystical, allegorical prose and stories that explored Jewish life and spirituality in Eastern Europe.
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B.
The Confessions of Felix Krull
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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C.
The Jews of Silence
The Jews of Silence is a non-fiction work by Elie Wiesel that chronicles his 1965 journey to the Soviet Union and exposes the oppression and silencing of Soviet Jewry.
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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.
Ten Days of Repentance
Ten Days of Repentance is the Jewish High Holy Days period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur devoted to introspection, seeking forgiveness, and spiritual renewal.
- 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 Magician of Lublin Target entity description: The Magician of Lublin is a novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer that follows a talented Jewish magician in turn-of-the-century Poland as he grapples with faith, temptation, and moral downfall.
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A.
Der Nister
Der Nister was a Ukrainian-born Yiddish writer and symbolist author known for his mystical, allegorical prose and stories that explored Jewish life and spirituality in Eastern Europe.
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B.
The Confessions of Felix Krull
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.
-
C.
The Jews of Silence
The Jews of Silence is a non-fiction work by Elie Wiesel that chronicles his 1965 journey to the Soviet Union and exposes the oppression and silencing of Soviet Jewry.
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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.
Ten Days of Repentance
Ten Days of Repentance is the Jewish High Holy Days period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur devoted to introspection, seeking forgiveness, and spiritual renewal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptationDirector | Menahem Golan ⓘ |
| adaptationLanguage | English ⓘ |
| adaptationReleaseYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| adaptationType | film ⓘ |
| author | Isaac Bashevis Singer ⓘ |
| authorAward | Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ |
| authorAwardedFor | Isaac Bashevis Singer ⓘ |
| authorEthnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Polish-American ⓘ |
| characterOccupation | magician ⓘ |
| characterReligion | Judaism ⓘ |
| containsElement |
adultery
ⓘ
magic ⓘ religious crisis ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Poland ⓘ |
| genre |
Jewish literature
ⓘ
novel ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Magician of Lublin
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
The Magician of Lublin (film)
|
| hasPublisher | various publishers ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Jewish identity
ⓘ
free will ⓘ morality ⓘ spiritual struggle ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | English translation ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Yasha Mazur ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of sin and repentance
ⓘ
portrayal of Jewish life in Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| originalAudience | Yiddish-speaking readers ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Yiddish ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Poland ⓘ |
| settingTime | turn of the 20th century ⓘ |
| theme |
faith
ⓘ
moral downfall ⓘ redemption ⓘ temptation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Magician of Lublin Description of subject: The Magician of Lublin is a novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer that follows a talented Jewish magician in turn-of-the-century Poland as he grapples with faith, temptation, and moral downfall.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Magician of Lublin (film)