Flowering Judas
E1011466
"Flowering Judas" is a short story by American writer Katherine Anne Porter that explores themes of betrayal, political idealism, and spiritual emptiness in post-revolutionary Mexico.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flowering Judas canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12930848 — 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: Flowering Judas Context triple: [Katherine Anne Porter, notableWork, Flowering Judas]
-
A.
The Judas Tree
The Judas Tree is a novel by Scottish author A. J. Cronin that explores themes of guilt, betrayal, and redemption through the life of a successful but morally conflicted physician.
-
B.
The Flower
The Flower is the nickname of Guy Lafleur, the legendary Montreal Canadiens right winger renowned for his speed, scoring prowess, and flowing blond hair.
-
C.
Hothouse Flower
Hothouse Flower is a bestselling historical fiction novel by Lucinda Riley that intertwines past and present through a family mystery centered on a grand English estate.
-
D.
Bellflower
Bellflower is a suburban city in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, known for its residential neighborhoods and proximity to major urban centers in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
-
E.
Mirabilis
Mirabilis is a genus of flowering plants best known for ornamental species like the four o'clock flower, valued for their colorful, fragrant blooms that often open in the late afternoon.
- 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: Flowering Judas Target entity description: "Flowering Judas" is a short story by American writer Katherine Anne Porter that explores themes of betrayal, political idealism, and spiritual emptiness in post-revolutionary Mexico.
-
A.
The Judas Tree
The Judas Tree is a novel by Scottish author A. J. Cronin that explores themes of guilt, betrayal, and redemption through the life of a successful but morally conflicted physician.
-
B.
The Flower
The Flower is the nickname of Guy Lafleur, the legendary Montreal Canadiens right winger renowned for his speed, scoring prowess, and flowing blond hair.
-
C.
Hothouse Flower
Hothouse Flower is a bestselling historical fiction novel by Lucinda Riley that intertwines past and present through a family mystery centered on a grand English estate.
-
D.
Bellflower
Bellflower is a suburban city in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, known for its residential neighborhoods and proximity to major urban centers in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
-
E.
Mirabilis
Mirabilis is a genus of flowering plants best known for ornamental species like the four o'clock flower, valued for their colorful, fragrant blooms that often open in the late afternoon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
short story
ⓘ
short story collection ⓘ |
| author | Katherine Anne Porter ⓘ |
| centralSymbol |
Judas tree
ⓘ
communion wafer-like flowers ⓘ |
| character |
Braggioni
ⓘ
Eugenio ⓘ Laura ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| explores |
conflict between ideals and actions
ⓘ
guilt and complicity ⓘ moral ambiguity in revolutionary movements ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | magazine publication ⓘ |
| genre |
modernist fiction
ⓘ
political fiction ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Catholicism
ⓘ
Mexican Revolution aftermath ⓘ personal responsibility ⓘ radical politics ⓘ |
| includedIn | Flowering Judas and Other Stories ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | one of Katherine Anne Porter’s best-known stories ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
imagery
ⓘ
irony ⓘ psychological realism ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Laura ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex female protagonist
ⓘ
portrayal of post-revolutionary Mexican politics ⓘ religious and political symbolism ⓘ |
| notableWork | Flowering Judas ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonist | Laura ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Mexico ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | post-revolutionary Mexico ⓘ |
| symbolism | betrayal and corrupted faith ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
ⓘ
betrayal ⓘ disillusionment ⓘ political idealism ⓘ religion and faith ⓘ revolutionary politics ⓘ spiritual emptiness ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Flowering Judas Description of subject: "Flowering Judas" is a short story by American writer Katherine Anne Porter that explores themes of betrayal, political idealism, and spiritual emptiness in post-revolutionary Mexico.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Flowering Judas