"Prayer of the Selfish Child"
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"Prayer of the Selfish Child" is a humorous, rhyming children's poem by Shel Silverstein featured in his poetry collection *A Light in the Attic*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| "Prayer of the Selfish Child" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20136630 — 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: "Prayer of the Selfish Child" Context triple: [A Light in the Attic, hasPoem, "Prayer of the Selfish Child"]
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A.
“I Am Your Child”
“I Am Your Child” is an inspirational pop ballad best known from Barry Manilow’s early career, celebrating hope, potential, and the nurturing of future generations.
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B.
“Bye Bye Thou Little Tiny Child”
“Bye Bye Thou Little Tiny Child” is a traditional Christmas carol included as one of the songs on the holiday-themed album *The Last Month of the Year*.
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C.
"Pray It Away"
"Pray It Away" is an R&B song by American singer Chloe Bailey that explores themes of heartbreak, emotional healing, and resisting revenge in the aftermath of a failed relationship.
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D.
Bless the Child
Bless the Child is a 2000 supernatural horror-thriller film about a woman protecting her mysteriously gifted niece from a sinister cult.
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E.
Pity the Child
"Pity the Child" is a powerful solo ballad from the musical *Chess* that explores the emotional trauma and troubled past of the American chess champion.
- 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: "Prayer of the Selfish Child" Target entity description: "Prayer of the Selfish Child" is a humorous, rhyming children's poem by Shel Silverstein featured in his poetry collection *A Light in the Attic*.
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A.
“I Am Your Child”
“I Am Your Child” is an inspirational pop ballad best known from Barry Manilow’s early career, celebrating hope, potential, and the nurturing of future generations.
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B.
“Bye Bye Thou Little Tiny Child”
“Bye Bye Thou Little Tiny Child” is a traditional Christmas carol included as one of the songs on the holiday-themed album *The Last Month of the Year*.
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C.
"Pray It Away"
"Pray It Away" is an R&B song by American singer Chloe Bailey that explores themes of heartbreak, emotional healing, and resisting revenge in the aftermath of a failed relationship.
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D.
Bless the Child
Bless the Child is a 2000 supernatural horror-thriller film about a woman protecting her mysteriously gifted niece from a sinister cult.
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E.
Pity the Child
"Pity the Child" is a powerful solo ballad from the musical *Chess* that explores the emotional trauma and troubled past of the American chess champion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.