A Mother
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"A Mother" is a short story by James Joyce, included in his collection Dubliners, that portrays an ambitious Irish woman's social aspirations and frustrations within early 20th-century Dublin society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Mother canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10184336 — 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)
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Target entity: A Mother Context triple: [Dubliners, hasPart, A Mother]
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A.
The Mother
The Mother is the long-anticipated, pivotal character in the sitcom "How I Met Your Mother," ultimately revealed as Ted Mosby's future wife and the mother of his children.
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B.
The Mother
"The Mother" is a politically charged play by Bertolt Brecht that follows a working-class woman’s radicalization into socialist activism amid early 20th-century labor struggles.
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C.
The Mother
"The Mother" is a socialist realist novel by Polish writer Wanda Wasilewska that portrays working-class struggle and political awakening in pre-war Eastern Europe.
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D.
The Mother
The Mother, born Mirra Alfassa, was a spiritual collaborator of Sri Aurobindo and a central figure in Integral Yoga, revered as the spiritual head of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India.
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E.
The Mother
The Mother is a painting by Italian Futurist and Metaphysical artist Carlo Carrà that reflects his shift toward more contemplative, structured compositions.
- 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: A Mother Target entity description: "A Mother" is a short story by James Joyce, included in his collection Dubliners, that portrays an ambitious Irish woman's social aspirations and frustrations within early 20th-century Dublin society.
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A.
The Mother
"The Mother" is a socialist realist novel by Polish writer Wanda Wasilewska that portrays working-class struggle and political awakening in pre-war Eastern Europe.
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B.
The Mother
The Mother, born Mirra Alfassa, was a spiritual collaborator of Sri Aurobindo and a central figure in Integral Yoga, revered as the spiritual head of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India.
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C.
The Mother
The Mother is a painting by Italian Futurist and Metaphysical artist Carlo Carrà that reflects his shift toward more contemplative, structured compositions.
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D.
The Mother
The Mother is the long-anticipated, pivotal character in the sitcom "How I Met Your Mother," ultimately revealed as Ted Mosby's future wife and the mother of his children.
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E.
The Mother
"The Mother" is a politically charged play by Bertolt Brecht that follows a working-class woman’s radicalization into socialist activism amid early 20th-century labor struggles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
short story
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work of fiction ⓘ |
| analyzedFor |
portrayal of women in Joyce’s fiction
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representation of Irish nationalism ⓘ |
| author | James Joyce ⓘ |
| centralConflict | dispute over payment for a concert series ⓘ |
| centralRelationship | relationship between a mother and her daughter ⓘ |
| collectionPosition | one of the middle stories in Dubliners ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Kathleen Kearney ⓘ |
| featuresOrganization | Eire Abu Society ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Dubliners ⓘ |
| focusesOn | Irish middle-class society ⓘ |
| genre |
modernist literature
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realist fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
radio adaptations of Dubliners
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stage adaptations of Dubliners ⓘ |
| includedIn | collected editions of James Joyce’s works ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
detailed social observation
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epiphany ⓘ free indirect discourse ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Mrs. Kearney ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| partOf | Dubliners ⓘ |
| portrays | Dublin musical and cultural life ⓘ |
| protagonistGender | female ⓘ |
| protagonistNationality | Irish ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1914 ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstEdition | Grant Richards ⓘ |
| setDuring | Irish Revival period ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Ireland ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Dublin ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
courses on Irish literature
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courses on modernist literature ⓘ |
| theme |
art and commerce
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cultural nationalism ⓘ frustration and disillusionment ⓘ gender roles ⓘ middle-class pretensions ⓘ social ambition ⓘ social climbing ⓘ |
| tone |
critical of social pretension
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ironic ⓘ |
| workInSeries | Dubliners stories about public life ⓘ |
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