The Seven Vagabonds
E225218
"The Seven Vagabonds" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that follows a wandering book peddler who joins a motley group of itinerant characters on a symbolic journey through rural New England.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Seven Vagabonds canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2021532 — 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: The Seven Vagabonds Context triple: [Twice-Told Tales, containsWork, The Seven Vagabonds]
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A.
The Vagabond
The Vagabond is a 1916 silent short film starring Charlie Chaplin as his iconic Tramp character, blending comedy and pathos in a story about a wandering violinist.
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B.
The Seven Oft-Repeated
The Seven Oft-Repeated is a revered title for Surah Al-Fatiha, the opening chapter of the Qur’an that is recited in every unit of Muslim prayer.
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C.
Ōkagami
Ōkagami is a Japanese historical tale (rekishi monogatari) that offers a semi-fictionalized chronicle of court politics and aristocratic life surrounding the Fujiwara clan during the Heian period.
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D.
Hieda no Are
Hieda no Are was a Japanese court reciter traditionally credited with memorizing the oral histories that formed the basis of the early 8th-century chronicle Kojiki.
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E.
The Outcast
The Outcast is a British television drama adaptation of Sadie Jones's novel, exploring themes of grief, alienation, and post-war family dysfunction.
- 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: The Seven Vagabonds Target entity description: "The Seven Vagabonds" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that follows a wandering book peddler who joins a motley group of itinerant characters on a symbolic journey through rural New England.
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A.
The Vagabond
The Vagabond is a 1916 silent short film starring Charlie Chaplin as his iconic Tramp character, blending comedy and pathos in a story about a wandering violinist.
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B.
The Seven Oft-Repeated
The Seven Oft-Repeated is a revered title for Surah Al-Fatiha, the opening chapter of the Qur’an that is recited in every unit of Muslim prayer.
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C.
Ōkagami
Ōkagami is a Japanese historical tale (rekishi monogatari) that offers a semi-fictionalized chronicle of court politics and aristocratic life surrounding the Fujiwara clan during the Heian period.
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D.
Hieda no Are
Hieda no Are was a Japanese court reciter traditionally credited with memorizing the oral histories that formed the basis of the early 8th-century chronicle Kojiki.
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E.
The Outcast
The Outcast is a British television drama adaptation of Sadie Jones's novel, exploring themes of grief, alienation, and post-war family dysfunction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
short story ⓘ |
| author | Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| featuresCharacterType |
fortune-teller
ⓘ
itinerant preacher ⓘ showman ⓘ tinker ⓘ wandering performer ⓘ |
| featuresMotif |
chance encounters
ⓘ
travel ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Seven Vagabonds self-link ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American Romanticism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | wandering book peddler ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| settingLocation | New England ⓘ |
| settingRegion | rural New England ⓘ |
| symbolism |
journey as symbolic quest
ⓘ
road as freedom and uncertainty ⓘ |
| theme |
freedom
ⓘ
identity ⓘ itinerant life ⓘ social marginality ⓘ storytelling ⓘ wandering ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Seven Vagabonds Description of subject: "The Seven Vagabonds" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that follows a wandering book peddler who joins a motley group of itinerant characters on a symbolic journey through rural New England.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.