Short story "Incident"
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"Incident" is a short story by William Kennedy that served as the basis for the 1991 crime drama film *The Indian Runner*, directed by Sean Penn.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Short story "Incident" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10355603 — 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: Short story "Incident" Context triple: [The Indian Runner, basedOn, Short story "Incident"]
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A.
short story "The Sentinel"
"The Sentinel" is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke that explores humanity's encounter with an ancient alien artifact on the Moon, later serving as a key inspiration for the film and novel 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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B.
short story "In the Event of My Father’s Death"
"In the Event of My Father’s Death" is a short story by Roxane Gay that appears in her collection Difficult Women, exploring themes of family, grief, and complex emotional inheritance.
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C.
A Very Short Story
"A Very Short Story" is a brief World War I–themed narrative by Ernest Hemingway, known for its concise style and emotional understatement, later collected in his book *In Our Time*.
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D.
“Incident”
“Incident” is a brief, powerful poem by Countee Cullen that recounts a childhood encounter with racism in Baltimore to highlight the lasting impact of prejudice.
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E.
Loot and Other Stories
Loot and Other Stories is a collection of short fiction by Nobel Prize–winning South African writer Nadine Gordimer that explores themes of politics, morality, and human relationships in post-apartheid society.
- 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: Short story "Incident" Target entity description: "Incident" is a short story by William Kennedy that served as the basis for the 1991 crime drama film *The Indian Runner*, directed by Sean Penn.
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A.
short story "The Sentinel"
"The Sentinel" is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke that explores humanity's encounter with an ancient alien artifact on the Moon, later serving as a key inspiration for the film and novel 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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B.
short story "In the Event of My Father’s Death"
"In the Event of My Father’s Death" is a short story by Roxane Gay that appears in her collection Difficult Women, exploring themes of family, grief, and complex emotional inheritance.
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C.
A Very Short Story
"A Very Short Story" is a brief World War I–themed narrative by Ernest Hemingway, known for its concise style and emotional understatement, later collected in his book *In Our Time*.
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D.
“Incident”
“Incident” is a brief, powerful poem by Countee Cullen that recounts a childhood encounter with racism in Baltimore to highlight the lasting impact of prejudice.
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E.
Loot and Other Stories
Loot and Other Stories is a collection of short fiction by Nobel Prize–winning South African writer Nadine Gordimer that explores themes of politics, morality, and human relationships in post-apartheid society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feature film
ⓘ
person ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| adaptedInto | The Indian Runner (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | William Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| basedOn | Incident (short story) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Sean Penn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalForm | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama film
ⓘ
crime fiction ⓘ drama fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptationRelationshipWith | The Indian Runner (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCreator | William Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
crime
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family relationships ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Incident NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredWork | The Indian Runner (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the basis for the film The Indian Runner ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film director ⓘ novelist ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| originalWorkMedium | print ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1991 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Short story "Incident" Description of subject: "Incident" is a short story by William Kennedy that served as the basis for the 1991 crime drama film *The Indian Runner*, directed by Sean Penn.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.