Death by Water
E111186
"Death by Water" is a brief, elegiac section of T. S. Eliot’s modernist poem *The Waste Land* that reflects on mortality and the destructive, purifying power of the sea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Death by Water canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T946618 — 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: Death by Water Context triple: [The Waste Land, section, Death by Water]
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A.
Black Water
Black Water is the grim historical nickname for the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, infamous for its brutal treatment of Indian freedom fighters during British colonial rule.
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B.
The Deep End of the Ocean
The Deep End of the Ocean is a 1999 American drama film, based on Jacquelyn Mitchard’s novel, about a mother whose young son is kidnapped and unexpectedly found years later living with another family.
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C.
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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D.
Openwater
Openwater is a medical imaging and neurotechnology company developing high-resolution, low-cost brain and body imaging devices using novel optics and holography techniques.
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E.
Spirit on the Water
"Spirit on the Water" is a reflective, blues-inflected song by Bob Dylan from his 2006 album *Modern Times*, noted for its laid-back groove and lyrical blend of romance, humor, and spiritual allusion.
- 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: Death by Water Target entity description: "Death by Water" is a brief, elegiac section of T. S. Eliot’s modernist poem *The Waste Land* that reflects on mortality and the destructive, purifying power of the sea.
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A.
Black Water
Black Water is the grim historical nickname for the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, infamous for its brutal treatment of Indian freedom fighters during British colonial rule.
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B.
The Deep End of the Ocean
The Deep End of the Ocean is a 1999 American drama film, based on Jacquelyn Mitchard’s novel, about a mother whose young son is kidnapped and unexpectedly found years later living with another family.
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C.
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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D.
Openwater
Openwater is a medical imaging and neurotechnology company developing high-resolution, low-cost brain and body imaging devices using novel optics and holography techniques.
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E.
Spirit on the Water
"Spirit on the Water" is a reflective, blues-inflected song by Bob Dylan from his 2006 album *Modern Times*, noted for its laid-back groove and lyrical blend of romance, humor, and spiritual allusion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
poem section ⓘ |
| addresses | the reader directly in its closing lines ⓘ |
| author | T. S. Eliot ⓘ |
| belongsToCycle | five-part structure of The Waste Land ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describes | the death of Phlebas the Phoenician ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Phlebas the Phoenician ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
The Waste Land
ⓘ
surface form:
The Waste Land (1922 book edition)
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| genre | modernist poetry ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | widely studied in modernist literary criticism ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
forgetfulness
ⓘ
shipwreck ⓘ the turning of the tide ⓘ |
| imagery |
decay and dissolution
ⓘ
drowning imagery ⓘ sea imagery ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
classical elegy tradition
ⓘ
mythic sea narratives ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | lyric ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| meter | free verse ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third person ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Waste Land
ⓘ
The Waste Land ⓘ
surface form:
The Waste Land (poem)
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| positionInWork | fourth section of The Waste Land ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1922 ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
A Game of Chess
ⓘ
The Waste Land ⓘ
surface form:
The Burial of the Dead
The Fire Sermon ⓘ What the Thunder Said ⓘ |
| structure | short lyric passage ⓘ |
| studiedFor |
its compressed, allusive style
ⓘ
its treatment of death and renewal ⓘ |
| symbolism |
the sea as oblivion
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the sea as transformation ⓘ water as destruction ⓘ water as purification ⓘ |
| theme |
death
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destruction ⓘ drowning ⓘ mortality ⓘ purification ⓘ the fragility of human life ⓘ the sea ⓘ the transience of worldly achievements ⓘ |
| tone | elegiac ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Death by Water Description of subject: "Death by Water" is a brief, elegiac section of T. S. Eliot’s modernist poem *The Waste Land* that reflects on mortality and the destructive, purifying power of the sea.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.