Water, water, every where, nor any drop to drink
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"Water, water, every where, nor any drop to drink" is a renowned line from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," expressing the irony of being surrounded by undrinkable water while suffering from extreme thirst.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Water, water, every where, nor any drop to drink canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5928787 — 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: Water, water, every where, nor any drop to drink Context triple: [The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, famousLine, Water, water, every where, nor any drop to drink]
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A.
People of the waters that are never still
"People of the waters that are never still" is the translated meaning of the name "Mahikan," likely referring to a group or people associated with ever-moving waters.
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B.
Old Water
Old Water is a minor river in northern England that serves as one of the tributaries feeding into the River Eden.
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C.
Dark Water
"Dark Water" is a 2014 Doctor Who television episode that serves as the first part of the Series 8 finale, featuring the Twelfth Doctor and the revelation of Missy's true identity.
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D.
Dark Water
Dark Water is a 2005 American supernatural horror film, adapted from a Japanese story, about a mother and daughter haunted by mysterious water-related phenomena in their new apartment.
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E.
A Drink of Water
"A Drink of Water" is a poem by Seamus Heaney, included in his collection *Field Work*, that reflects on memory, gratitude, and rural Irish life through the simple act of receiving water from an elderly neighbor.
- 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: Water, water, every where, nor any drop to drink Target entity description: "Water, water, every where, nor any drop to drink" is a renowned line from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," expressing the irony of being surrounded by undrinkable water while suffering from extreme thirst.
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A.
People of the waters that are never still
"People of the waters that are never still" is the translated meaning of the name "Mahikan," likely referring to a group or people associated with ever-moving waters.
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B.
Old Water
Old Water is a minor river in northern England that serves as one of the tributaries feeding into the River Eden.
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C.
Dark Water
Dark Water is a 2005 American supernatural horror film, adapted from a Japanese story, about a mother and daughter haunted by mysterious water-related phenomena in their new apartment.
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D.
Dark Water
"Dark Water" is a 2014 Doctor Who television episode that serves as the first part of the Series 8 finale, featuring the Twelfth Doctor and the revelation of Missy's true identity.
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E.
A Drink of Water
"A Drink of Water" is a poem by Seamus Heaney, included in his collection *Field Work*, that reflects on memory, gratitude, and rural Irish life through the simple act of receiving water from an elderly neighbor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poetic line
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quotation ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ⓘ |
| author | Samuel Taylor Coleridge ⓘ |
| connotation |
desperation
ⓘ
paradox ⓘ |
| culturalStatus | famous literary quotation ⓘ |
| describes | being surrounded by undrinkable seawater ⓘ |
| firstPublicationWork |
Lyrical Ballads (expanded editions containing The Rime of the Ancient Mariner)
ⓘ
linked to:
Lyrical Ballads
|
| form | rhymed verse ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkItAppearsIn |
literary ballad
ⓘ
narrative poem ⓘ |
| hasVariant | "Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink" ⓘ |
| influence | English-language proverbial speech ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice | irony ⓘ |
| medium | text ⓘ |
| meter | ballad meter ⓘ |
| nationalityOfAuthor | British ⓘ |
| partOf | stanza describing the mariners' extreme thirst ⓘ |
| period |
Romantic era
ⓘ
linked to:
Romanticism
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| rhymeSchemeContext | ABCB ballad stanza ⓘ |
| setting | sea ⓘ |
| spellingVariant | "every where" as archaic form of "everywhere" ⓘ |
| theme |
scarcity amid abundance
ⓘ
suffering ⓘ thirst ⓘ |
| topic |
dehydration
ⓘ
maritime hardship ⓘ seawater ⓘ |
| usedAs |
idiom
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proverbial expression ⓘ |
| usedToIllustrate |
dramatic irony
ⓘ
environmental paradox ⓘ resource inaccessibility ⓘ |
| work | The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Water, water, every where, nor any drop to drink Description of subject: "Water, water, every where, nor any drop to drink" is a renowned line from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," expressing the irony of being surrounded by undrinkable water while suffering from extreme thirst.
Referenced by (1)
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