Colloquy
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"Colloquy" is a short story by Shirley Jackson, included in her collection *The Lottery and Other Stories*, that explores unsettling psychological and social themes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Colloquy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8316959 — 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: Colloquy Context triple: [The Lottery and Other Stories, hasPart, Colloquy]
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A.
Conversazione Society
The Conversazione Society, commonly known as the Cambridge Apostles, is an elite and secretive intellectual discussion group at the University of Cambridge whose members have included many prominent philosophers, writers, and politicians.
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B.
Dialogi
Dialogi is a satirical humanist work by Ulrich von Hutten that criticizes the corruption and abuses of the late medieval Church and contemporary authorities.
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C.
Dialogues
Dialogues is a collection of hagiographical and miracle stories by Pope Gregory the Great, presenting the lives and wonders of Italian saints in late antiquity.
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D.
Gespräche
Gespräche is a collection of dialogues and prose pieces by Austrian writer Hugo von Hofmannsthal that explores philosophical, aesthetic, and psychological themes in a highly refined literary style.
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E.
Monatsgespräche
Monatsgespräche is an early Enlightenment German periodical by Christian Thomasius that used accessible prose and satire to promote rational thought and critique social and religious conventions.
- 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: Colloquy Target entity description: "Colloquy" is a short story by Shirley Jackson, included in her collection *The Lottery and Other Stories*, that explores unsettling psychological and social themes.
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A.
Conversazione Society
The Conversazione Society, commonly known as the Cambridge Apostles, is an elite and secretive intellectual discussion group at the University of Cambridge whose members have included many prominent philosophers, writers, and politicians.
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B.
Dialogi
Dialogi is a satirical humanist work by Ulrich von Hutten that criticizes the corruption and abuses of the late medieval Church and contemporary authorities.
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C.
Dialogues
Dialogues is a collection of hagiographical and miracle stories by Pope Gregory the Great, presenting the lives and wonders of Italian saints in late antiquity.
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D.
Gespräche
Gespräche is a collection of dialogues and prose pieces by Austrian writer Hugo von Hofmannsthal that explores philosophical, aesthetic, and psychological themes in a highly refined literary style.
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E.
Monatsgespräche
Monatsgespräche is an early Enlightenment German periodical by Christian Thomasius that used accessible prose and satire to promote rational thought and critique social and religious conventions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | Shirley Jackson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| fictionalSetting |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| firstPublicationFormat | short story collection ⓘ |
| genre |
psychological fiction
ⓘ
short story ⓘ social commentary ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | reputation of Shirley Jackson as a master of unsettling fiction ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | The Lottery and Other Stories ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | The Lottery and Other Stories ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection |
Farrar, Straus and Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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| subjectMatter | psychological and social tensions ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
ⓘ
breakdown of communication ⓘ conformity and social norms ⓘ psychological unease ⓘ social anxiety ⓘ |
| tone |
ambiguous
ⓘ
unsettling ⓘ |
| workOfAuthor | Shirley Jackson ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Colloquy Description of subject: "Colloquy" is a short story by Shirley Jackson, included in her collection *The Lottery and Other Stories*, that explores unsettling psychological and social themes.
Referenced by (1)
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"