The Witch
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"The Witch" is a short horror-tinged story by Shirley Jackson, included in her collection *The Lottery and Other Stories*, that unsettlingly explores childhood, strangers, and menace in an everyday setting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Witch canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8316952 — 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 Witch Context triple: [The Lottery and Other Stories, hasPart, The Witch]
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A.
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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B.
The Witch
The Witch is a mysterious, prophetic figure in the film "Big Fish" who reveals to the protagonist how he will die, profoundly shaping his fearless approach to life.
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C.
The Witch
The Witch is a 2015 atmospheric horror film set in 17th-century New England that follows a Puritan family menaced by sinister forces in the wilderness.
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D.
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.
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E.
Agent Whiskey
Agent Whiskey is a suave, lasso-wielding Statesman secret agent from the film "Kingsman: The Golden Circle," portrayed by Pedro Pascal.
- 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 Witch Target entity description: "The Witch" is a short horror-tinged story by Shirley Jackson, included in her collection *The Lottery and Other Stories*, that unsettlingly explores childhood, strangers, and menace in an everyday setting.
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A.
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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B.
The Witch
The Witch is a mysterious, prophetic figure in the film "Big Fish" who reveals to the protagonist how he will die, profoundly shaping his fearless approach to life.
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C.
The Witch
The Witch is a 2015 atmospheric horror film set in 17th-century New England that follows a Puritan family menaced by sinister forces in the wilderness.
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D.
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.
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E.
Agent Whiskey
Agent Whiskey is a suave, lasso-wielding Statesman secret agent from the film "Kingsman: The Golden Circle," portrayed by Pedro Pascal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
short story ⓘ |
| author | Shirley Jackson ⓘ |
| collection | The Lottery and Other Stories ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| explores |
social norms and their breakdown
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the intrusion of horror into ordinary life ⓘ the threat posed by strangers ⓘ the vulnerability of children ⓘ |
| firstPublishedInCollection | The Lottery and Other Stories ⓘ |
| genre |
horror fiction
ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
an older male stranger
ⓘ
the boy's mother ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | a young boy ⓘ |
| hasReputationFor |
creating unease from ordinary situations
ⓘ
disturbing portrayal of childhood innocence ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Witch ⓘ |
| includedIn | The Lottery and Other Stories ⓘ |
| isContainedIn | short story collection ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | short ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
economical prose
ⓘ
subtle horror ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| partOf | Shirley Jackson bibliography ⓘ |
| periodOfPublication | post-World War II era ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfCollection | 1949 ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection |
Farrar, Straus and Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
|
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
The Haunting of Hill House
ⓘ
The Lottery ⓘ We Have Always Lived in the Castle ⓘ |
| setting | passenger train ⓘ |
| settingCharacteristic | everyday environment ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | a child's encounter with a disturbing stranger ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
childhood
ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ fear ⓘ menace ⓘ strangers ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| tone |
darkly comic
ⓘ
unsettling ⓘ |
| workOf | Shirley Jackson ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Witch Description of subject: "The Witch" is a short horror-tinged story by Shirley Jackson, included in her collection *The Lottery and Other Stories*, that unsettlingly explores childhood, strangers, and menace in an everyday setting.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
short story collection "The Lottery and Other Stories"
subject linked to:
Anne in The Witch