The King of the Birds
E316163
"The King of the Birds" is a short story by Flannery O’Connor that explores themes of pride, authority, and the grotesque through a symbolic tale about avian hierarchy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The King of the Birds canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2980575 — 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 King of the Birds Context triple: [Mystery and Manners, hasPart, The King of the Birds]
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A.
Firebirds
Firebirds is the short name of the Flint Firebirds, a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League based in Flint, Michigan.
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B.
Parliament of Fowls
Parliament of Fowls is a Middle English dream-vision poem by Geoffrey Chaucer that satirically explores themes of love and choice through a gathering of birds on St. Valentine’s Day.
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C.
Honey Hawk
Honey Hawk is one of the official bird mascots of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks professional baseball team in Japan.
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D.
Hall of Birds
Hall of Birds is a major ornithological exhibit at Chicago’s Field Museum showcasing diverse bird species, their evolution, and ecological roles.
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E.
Blood Red Bird
"Blood Red Bird" is a song by singer-songwriter Smog (Bill Callahan), featured on his 1997 indie folk/lo-fi album *Red Apple Falls*.
- 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 King of the Birds Target entity description: "The King of the Birds" is a short story by Flannery O’Connor that explores themes of pride, authority, and the grotesque through a symbolic tale about avian hierarchy.
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A.
Firebirds
Firebirds is the short name of the Flint Firebirds, a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League based in Flint, Michigan.
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B.
Parliament of Fowls
Parliament of Fowls is a Middle English dream-vision poem by Geoffrey Chaucer that satirically explores themes of love and choice through a gathering of birds on St. Valentine’s Day.
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C.
Honey Hawk
Honey Hawk is one of the official bird mascots of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks professional baseball team in Japan.
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D.
Hall of Birds
Hall of Birds is a major ornithological exhibit at Chicago’s Field Museum showcasing diverse bird species, their evolution, and ecological roles.
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E.
Blood Red Bird
"Blood Red Bird" is a song by singer-songwriter Smog (Bill Callahan), featured on his 1997 indie folk/lo-fi album *Red Apple Falls*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fiction
ⓘ
literary work ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| author |
Flannery O'Connor
ⓘ
surface form:
Flannery O’Connor
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy |
Flannery O'Connor
ⓘ
surface form:
Flannery O’Connor
|
| exploresConcept |
abuse of authority
ⓘ
human nature through animal characters ⓘ spiritual blindness ⓘ |
| genre |
Southern Gothic
ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ |
| hasSymbol |
bird community
ⓘ
king bird ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American Southern literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | Catholic-inflected fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacters | birds ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | avian hierarchy ⓘ |
| settingType | rural environment ⓘ |
| theme |
authority
ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ power hierarchy ⓘ pride ⓘ religious imagery ⓘ symbolism ⓘ the grotesque ⓘ |
| tone |
darkly comic
ⓘ
grotesque ⓘ |
| usesDevice |
allegory
ⓘ
symbolism ⓘ |
| writer |
Flannery O'Connor
ⓘ
surface form:
Flannery O’Connor
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The King of the Birds Description of subject: "The King of the Birds" is a short story by Flannery O’Connor that explores themes of pride, authority, and the grotesque through a symbolic tale about avian hierarchy.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.