A Very Short Story
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"A Very Short Story" is a brief World War I–themed narrative by Ernest Hemingway, known for its concise style and emotional understatement, later collected in his book *In Our Time*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Very Short Story canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2880992 — 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: A Very Short Story Context triple: [In Our Time, hasPart, A Very Short Story]
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A.
A Strange Story
A Strange Story is an 1862 supernatural novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton that blends occult themes with psychological and philosophical exploration.
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B.
Some Stories
Some Stories is a collection of short works included within Hannah Arendt’s philosophical study The Human Condition.
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C.
Banal Story
"Banal Story" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway included in his 1927 collection *Men Without Women*, noted for its experimental, metafictional narrative style.
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D.
The Tale
The Tale is a 2018 autobiographical drama film written and directed by Jennifer Fox, in which she reexamines a sexual relationship from her youth to confront the nature of memory and abuse.
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E.
Stories That Matter
Stories That Matter is the guiding motto of the Peabody Awards, emphasizing their focus on honoring impactful and socially significant storytelling in media.
- 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: A Very Short Story Target entity description: "A Very Short Story" is a brief World War I–themed narrative by Ernest Hemingway, known for its concise style and emotional understatement, later collected in his book *In Our Time*.
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A.
A Strange Story
A Strange Story is an 1862 supernatural novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton that blends occult themes with psychological and philosophical exploration.
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B.
Some Stories
Some Stories is a collection of short works included within Hannah Arendt’s philosophical study The Human Condition.
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C.
Banal Story
"Banal Story" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway included in his 1927 collection *Men Without Women*, noted for its experimental, metafictional narrative style.
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D.
The Tale
The Tale is a 2018 autobiographical drama film written and directed by Jennifer Fox, in which she reexamines a sexual relationship from her youth to confront the nature of memory and abuse.
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E.
Stories That Matter
Stories That Matter is the guiding motto of the Peabody Awards, emphasizing their focus on honoring impactful and socially significant storytelling in media.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Ernest Hemingway ⓘ |
| collection | In Our Time ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| firstPublicationForm | magazine publication ⓘ |
| genre |
modernist fiction
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war fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | often studied in Hemingway scholarship ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | 20th-century short story form ⓘ |
| includedIn | 1925 edition of In Our Time ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Modernism
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surface form:
modernism
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| literaryTechnique |
iceberg theory
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minimalist dialogue ⓘ understatement ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
concise prose style
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emotional understatement ⓘ |
| protagonistCharacteristic | American soldier ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | World War I ⓘ |
| subjectOf | literary criticism on Hemingway’s war stories ⓘ |
| theme |
betrayal
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disillusionment ⓘ loss ⓘ love ⓘ the impact of war on relationships ⓘ war ⓘ |
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