Walking the Black Cat
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"Walking the Black Cat" is a 1996 poetry collection by Serbian-American poet Charles Simic, known for its surreal, darkly humorous, and imagistic explorations of everyday life and memory.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Walking the Black Cat canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12874547 — 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: Walking the Black Cat Context triple: [Charles Simic, notableWork, Walking the Black Cat]
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A.
The Cat's-Paw
The Cat's-Paw is a 1934 American comedy film starring Harold Lloyd as a naive missionary’s son unwittingly drawn into small-town political corruption.
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B.
The Mysterious Cat
"The Mysterious Cat" is a whimsical, slightly eerie poem by Vachel Lindsay that portrays a strange, otherworldly feline with supernatural overtones.
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C.
The Mystery Cat
The Mystery Cat is the epithet of Macavity, the elusive master-criminal feline from T. S. Eliot’s "Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats."
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D.
Black Cat
"Black Cat" is a hard rock–influenced song by Janet Jackson from her 1989 album *Rhythm Nation 1814*, noted for its guitar-driven sound and edgier style.
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E.
Black Cat
Black Cat is a Marvel Comics antihero and occasional love interest of Spider-Man, known for her acrobatic skills, thievery, and distinctive black costume.
- 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: Walking the Black Cat Target entity description: "Walking the Black Cat" is a 1996 poetry collection by Serbian-American poet Charles Simic, known for its surreal, darkly humorous, and imagistic explorations of everyday life and memory.
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A.
The Cat's-Paw
The Cat's-Paw is a 1934 American comedy film starring Harold Lloyd as a naive missionary’s son unwittingly drawn into small-town political corruption.
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B.
The Mysterious Cat
"The Mysterious Cat" is a whimsical, slightly eerie poem by Vachel Lindsay that portrays a strange, otherworldly feline with supernatural overtones.
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C.
The Mystery Cat
The Mystery Cat is the epithet of Macavity, the elusive master-criminal feline from T. S. Eliot’s "Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats."
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D.
Black Cat
Black Cat is a Marvel Comics antihero and occasional love interest of Spider-Man, known for her acrobatic skills, thievery, and distinctive black costume.
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E.
Black Cat
"Black Cat" is a hard rock–influenced song by Janet Jackson from her 1989 album *Rhythm Nation 1814*, noted for its guitar-driven sound and edgier style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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poetry collection ⓘ |
| author | Charles Simic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Serbian-American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasAuthorEthnicity |
American
ⓘ
Serbian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | free verse ⓘ |
| hasPoet | Charles Simic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
dreamlike situations
ⓘ
memory and recollection ⓘ the uncanny in the everyday ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary American poetry ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
darkly humorous
ⓘ
imagistic ⓘ surreal ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dark humor
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surreal explorations of ordinary experience ⓘ vivid imagery ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorCareerPhase | late 20th-century work of Charles Simic ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| theme |
everyday life
ⓘ
memory ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Walking the Black Cat Description of subject: "Walking the Black Cat" is a 1996 poetry collection by Serbian-American poet Charles Simic, known for its surreal, darkly humorous, and imagistic explorations of everyday life and memory.
Referenced by (1)
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