The Ice Palace
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"The Ice Palace" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald that explores themes of regional contrast, emotional isolation, and disillusionment through the relationship between a Southern woman and a Northern man.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Ice Palace canonical | 2 |
| The Ice Palace (1920s radio dramatizations) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3912652 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Ice Palace Context triple: [Flappers and Philosophers, hasPart, The Ice Palace]
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A.
The Ice-Shirt
The Ice-Shirt is a historical novel by William T. Vollmann that blends myth, saga, and experimental narrative to reimagine the Norse exploration and settlement of North America.
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B.
Ice Palace
Ice Palace was the original name of the multi-purpose indoor arena in Tampa, Florida, now known as Amalie Arena and home to the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning.
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C.
A Dream of Ice
A Dream of Ice is a science fiction novel co-authored by actress and writer Gillian Anderson that continues the story of a mysterious global conspiracy and otherworldly phenomena.
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D.
Kingdom of Permafrost
The Kingdom of Permafrost is an ice-themed tourist attraction and museum in Yakutsk, Russia, featuring elaborate sculptures and exhibits carved into the region’s natural permafrost.
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E.
Ice Flower
Ice Flower is a recurring power-up in the Mario series that lets characters throw ice balls to freeze enemies into blocks.
- 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 Ice Palace Target entity description: "The Ice Palace" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald that explores themes of regional contrast, emotional isolation, and disillusionment through the relationship between a Southern woman and a Northern man.
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A.
The Ice-Shirt
The Ice-Shirt is a historical novel by William T. Vollmann that blends myth, saga, and experimental narrative to reimagine the Norse exploration and settlement of North America.
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B.
Ice Palace
Ice Palace was the original name of the multi-purpose indoor arena in Tampa, Florida, now known as Amalie Arena and home to the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning.
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C.
A Dream of Ice
A Dream of Ice is a science fiction novel co-authored by actress and writer Gillian Anderson that continues the story of a mysterious global conspiracy and otherworldly phenomena.
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D.
Kingdom of Permafrost
The Kingdom of Permafrost is an ice-themed tourist attraction and museum in Yakutsk, Russia, featuring elaborate sculptures and exhibits carved into the region’s natural permafrost.
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E.
Ice Flower
Ice Flower is a recurring power-up in the Mario series that lets characters throw ice balls to freeze enemies into blocks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | F. Scott Fitzgerald ⓘ |
| collectedIn | Flappers and Philosophers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresCharacter | Harry Bellamy ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1920 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Saturday Evening Post ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
modernist fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Ice Palace
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
The Ice Palace (1920s radio dramatizations)
|
| includedIn | various anthologies of American short stories ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Fitzgerald's experiences with Southern and Northern social circles ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
Roaring Twenties
ⓘ
surface form:
Jazz Age
|
| literaryTechnique |
contrast
ⓘ
regionalism ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Sally Carrol Happer ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of North–South tensions in the United States
ⓘ
use of setting as psychological landscape ⓘ |
| partOf | F. Scott Fitzgerald's early short fiction ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A Southern woman becomes engaged to a Northern man and confronts the emotional and cultural coldness she finds in the North. ⓘ |
| protagonistGender | female ⓘ |
| protagonistOrigin | Southern United States ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Charles Scribner's Sons ⓘ |
| setting |
Eastern North America
ⓘ
surface form:
American North
Southern United States ⓘ
surface form:
American South
|
| symbol | ice palace ⓘ |
| symbolism |
cultural alienation
ⓘ
disillusionment with idealized regions ⓘ emotional coldness ⓘ |
| theme |
North–South cultural differences
ⓘ
disillusionment ⓘ emotional isolation ⓘ identity conflict ⓘ regional contrast ⓘ romantic disillusionment ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 20th century ⓘ |
| tone |
ironic
ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: The Ice Palace Description of subject: "The Ice Palace" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald that explores themes of regional contrast, emotional isolation, and disillusionment through the relationship between a Southern woman and a Northern man.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Ice Palace (1920s radio dramatizations)