Certainly the End of Something or Other, One Would Sort of Have to Think
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"Certainly the End of Something or Other, One Would Sort of Have to Think" is a short story by David Foster Wallace included in his essay collection *Consider the Lobster*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Certainly the End of Something or Other, One Would Sort of Have to Think canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12886017 — 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: Certainly the End of Something or Other, One Would Sort of Have to Think Context triple: [Consider the Lobster, hasPart, Certainly the End of Something or Other, One Would Sort of Have to Think]
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A.
The End of Something
"The End of Something" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway that explores themes of change and the dissolution of a relationship against the backdrop of a declining mill town.
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B.
My Ends Are My Beginnings
"My Ends Are My Beginnings" is a complex, serial composition by American composer Milton Babbitt that exemplifies his highly structured, mathematically oriented approach to contemporary classical music.
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C.
The Way Things Are
"The Way Things Are" is a track from Fiona Apple's album *When the Pawn...*, showcasing her introspective lyrics and distinctive piano-driven alternative style.
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D.
The End of Words
"The End of Words" is a track from the album *The Silver Tree* by Australian singer, composer, and sound artist Lisa Gerrard, known for its atmospheric and ethereal style.
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E.
The Point of It All
The Point of It All is a soulful R&B album by American singer Anthony Hamilton, known for its rich vocals, heartfelt lyrics, and classic neo-soul production.
- 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: Certainly the End of Something or Other, One Would Sort of Have to Think Target entity description: "Certainly the End of Something or Other, One Would Sort of Have to Think" is a short story by David Foster Wallace included in his essay collection *Consider the Lobster*.
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A.
The End of Something
"The End of Something" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway that explores themes of change and the dissolution of a relationship against the backdrop of a declining mill town.
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B.
My Ends Are My Beginnings
"My Ends Are My Beginnings" is a complex, serial composition by American composer Milton Babbitt that exemplifies his highly structured, mathematically oriented approach to contemporary classical music.
-
C.
The Way Things Are
"The Way Things Are" is a track from Fiona Apple's album *When the Pawn...*, showcasing her introspective lyrics and distinctive piano-driven alternative style.
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D.
The End of Words
"The End of Words" is a track from the album *The Silver Tree* by Australian singer, composer, and sound artist Lisa Gerrard, known for its atmospheric and ethereal style.
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E.
The Point of It All
The Point of It All is a soulful R&B album by American singer Anthony Hamilton, known for its rich vocals, heartfelt lyrics, and classic neo-soul production.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (10)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | David Foster Wallace ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| genre | literary fiction ⓘ |
| includedIn | Consider the Lobster and Other Essays ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | short prose fiction ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Certainly the End of Something or Other, One Would Sort of Have to Think Description of subject: "Certainly the End of Something or Other, One Would Sort of Have to Think" is a short story by David Foster Wallace included in his essay collection *Consider the Lobster*.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Consider the Lobster
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hasPart
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Certainly the End of Something or Other, One Would Sort of Have to Think
ⓘ
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
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hasEssay
→
Certainly the End of Something or Other, One Would Sort of Have to Think
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