Speech Sounds
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"Speech Sounds" is a post-apocalyptic science fiction short story by Octavia E. Butler that explores the breakdown of language and social order after a mysterious illness impairs human communication.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Speech Sounds canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12091159 — 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: Speech Sounds Context triple: [Octavia E. Butler, notableWork, Speech Sounds]
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A.
Sounds
Sounds was the short name of the Memphis Sounds, a former professional basketball team in the American Basketball Association (ABA) during the 1970s.
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B.
Visible Speech
Visible Speech is a 19th-century phonetic notation system devised by Alexander Melville Bell to visually represent the position and movement of speech organs for any spoken sound.
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C.
Visible Speech alphabet
The Visible Speech alphabet is a 19th-century phonetic writing system that represents the physical positions and movements of the speech organs to visually depict spoken sounds.
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D.
Speak
"Speak" is a 2004 drama film based on Laurie Halse Anderson's novel, featuring Kristen Stewart as a traumatized teenager who becomes selectively mute after a sexual assault.
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E.
Speak
"Speak" is a hard rock single by the American band Godsmack, known for its heavy riffs and aggressive vocal style.
- 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: Speech Sounds Target entity description: "Speech Sounds" is a post-apocalyptic science fiction short story by Octavia E. Butler that explores the breakdown of language and social order after a mysterious illness impairs human communication.
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A.
Sounds
Sounds was the short name of the Memphis Sounds, a former professional basketball team in the American Basketball Association (ABA) during the 1970s.
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B.
Visible Speech
Visible Speech is a 19th-century phonetic notation system devised by Alexander Melville Bell to visually represent the position and movement of speech organs for any spoken sound.
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C.
Visible Speech alphabet
The Visible Speech alphabet is a 19th-century phonetic writing system that represents the physical positions and movements of the speech organs to visually depict spoken sounds.
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D.
Speak
"Speak" is a 2004 drama film based on Laurie Halse Anderson's novel, featuring Kristen Stewart as a traumatized teenager who becomes selectively mute after a sexual assault.
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E.
Speak
"Speak" is a hard rock single by the American band Godsmack, known for its heavy riffs and aggressive vocal style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.