Dance on My Grave
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"Dance on My Grave" is a young adult novel by Aidan Chambers that explores a passionate and tragic gay teenage romance and its emotional aftermath.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dance on My Grave canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10249193 — 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: Dance on My Grave Context triple: [Aidan Chambers, notableWork, Dance on My Grave]
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A.
Dancing on My Grave
"Dancing on My Grave" is a candid memoir by ballerina Gelsey Kirkland that chronicles her rise to stardom and the personal and professional struggles she faced in the world of classical ballet.
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B.
Dance with Death
Dance with Death is a 1968 avant-garde jazz album by pianist and composer Andrew Hill, noted for its complex harmonies, innovative structures, and distinctive Blue Note sound.
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C.
Death of Me
"Death of Me" is a song by the American punk rock band Ramones from their 1987 album "Halfway to Sanity."
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D.
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
"They'll Love Me When I'm Dead" is a 2018 documentary film that chronicles Orson Welles's tumultuous, unfinished final project "The Other Side of the Wind" and his late-career struggles in Hollywood.
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E.
Bury Me
"Bury Me" is a country song by Dwight Yoakam, featured on his debut album "Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc."
- 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: Dance on My Grave Target entity description: "Dance on My Grave" is a young adult novel by Aidan Chambers that explores a passionate and tragic gay teenage romance and its emotional aftermath.
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A.
Dancing on My Grave
"Dancing on My Grave" is a candid memoir by ballerina Gelsey Kirkland that chronicles her rise to stardom and the personal and professional struggles she faced in the world of classical ballet.
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B.
Dance with Death
Dance with Death is a 1968 avant-garde jazz album by pianist and composer Andrew Hill, noted for its complex harmonies, innovative structures, and distinctive Blue Note sound.
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C.
Death of Me
"Death of Me" is a song by the American punk rock band Ramones from their 1987 album "Halfway to Sanity."
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D.
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
"They'll Love Me When I'm Dead" is a 2018 documentary film that chronicles Orson Welles's tumultuous, unfinished final project "The Other Side of the Wind" and his late-career struggles in Hollywood.
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E.
Bury Me
"Bury Me" is a country song by Dwight Yoakam, featured on his debut album "Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | Summer of 85 ⓘ |
| author | Aidan Chambers ⓘ |
| availableAs |
ebook
ⓘ
print book ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
dance as ritual
ⓘ
funeral pact ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtMedium | print ⓘ |
| explores |
emotional aftermath of a lover’s death
ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ social attitudes toward homosexuality ⓘ teenage sexuality ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | François Ozon ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationLanguage | French ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 2020 ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationTitleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| genre |
LGBT literature
ⓘ
coming-of-age novel ⓘ romance novel ⓘ young adult fiction ⓘ |
| hasAward |
ALA Best Book for Young Adults
ⓘ
Horn Book Fanfare selection ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| hasLGBTCharacter | yes ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeStructure | nonlinear ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 200–250 pages ⓘ |
| includedIn | LGBT young adult literature canon ⓘ |
| intendedMarket | English-speaking market ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | early positive portrayal of gay teens in YA fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Barry Gorman
ⓘ
Hal Robinson ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
death
ⓘ
friendship ⓘ gay teenage romance ⓘ grief ⓘ identity ⓘ mourning ⓘ |
| narrationType | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | confessional narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Dance Sequence ⓘ |
| protagonistSexualOrientation | gay ⓘ |
| publisher | Bodley Head ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| targetAudience | young adults ⓘ |
| toldThrough | police report framework ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dance on My Grave Description of subject: "Dance on My Grave" is a young adult novel by Aidan Chambers that explores a passionate and tragic gay teenage romance and its emotional aftermath.
Referenced by (5)
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