The Witches: Salem, 1692
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The Witches: Salem, 1692 is a historical nonfiction book by Stacy Schiff that offers a detailed, narrative reconstruction of the Salem witch trials and their social and cultural context.
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| The Witches: Salem, 1692 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Witches: Salem, 1692 Context triple: [Stacy Schiff, notableWork, The Witches: Salem, 1692]
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The Witches (2020 film)
The Witches (2020 film) is a dark fantasy comedy based on Roald Dahl’s novel, featuring Anne Hathaway as a glamorous yet sinister Grand High Witch who leads a coven plotting against children.
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The Witch
The Witch is a central, morally complex sorceress in the musical fantasy "Into the Woods," known for driving the plot through her curses, bargains, and eventual transformation.
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C.
Season of the Witch
Season of the Witch is a 2011 supernatural action-horror film starring Nicolas Cage as a medieval knight tasked with escorting an accused witch suspected of causing the Black Plague.
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Hocus Pocus
Hocus Pocus is a 1993 fantasy-comedy film about three resurrected witches wreaking havoc in modern-day Salem, which has since become a cult Halloween classic.
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E.
Burn the Witch
"Burn the Witch" is a 2016 Radiohead song known for its tense, orchestral arrangement and politically charged lyrics critiquing authoritarianism and social paranoia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Witches: Salem, 1692 Target entity description: The Witches: Salem, 1692 is a historical nonfiction book by Stacy Schiff that offers a detailed, narrative reconstruction of the Salem witch trials and their social and cultural context.
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A.
The Witches (2020 film)
The Witches (2020 film) is a dark fantasy comedy based on Roald Dahl’s novel, featuring Anne Hathaway as a glamorous yet sinister Grand High Witch who leads a coven plotting against children.
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B.
The Witch
The Witch is a central, morally complex sorceress in the musical fantasy "Into the Woods," known for driving the plot through her curses, bargains, and eventual transformation.
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C.
Season of the Witch
Season of the Witch is a 2011 supernatural action-horror film starring Nicolas Cage as a medieval knight tasked with escorting an accused witch suspected of causing the Black Plague.
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D.
Hocus Pocus
Hocus Pocus is a 1993 fantasy-comedy film about three resurrected witches wreaking havoc in modern-day Salem, which has since become a cult Halloween classic.
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E.
Burn the Witch
"Burn the Witch" is a 2016 Radiohead song known for its tense, orchestral arrangement and politically charged lyrics critiquing authoritarianism and social paranoia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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historical nonfiction book ⓘ nonfiction book ⓘ |
| author | Stacy Schiff ⓘ |
| awards | shortlisted for several literary prizes ⓘ |
| basedOn |
archival records
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contemporary accounts ⓘ court transcripts ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| focusesOn |
gender dynamics in witchcraft accusations
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legal proceedings of the Salem witch trials ⓘ mass hysteria and collective fear ⓘ religious tensions in Puritan New England ⓘ social and cultural context of the Salem witch trials ⓘ |
| genre |
history
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narrative history ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780316200608 ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeForm | narrative reconstruction ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | interpretive historical analysis ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Puritanism
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colonial American history ⓘ legal history ⓘ mass psychology ⓘ religious extremism ⓘ witch hunts ⓘ women in early America ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Salem witch trials
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social history of 17th-century Massachusetts ⓘ witchcraft accusations in colonial New England ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed narrative of the Salem witch trials
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emphasis on social and psychological factors behind the trials ⓘ literary narrative style in historical writing ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2015 ⓘ |
| publisher | Little, Brown and Company ⓘ |
| setInPlace |
Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Salem, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| setInTime | 1692 ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general adult readers
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readers of narrative history ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | late 17th century ⓘ |
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