Tell the Women We're Going
E1007643
"Tell the Women We're Going" is a dark, violent short story by Raymond Carver that explores male friendship, misogyny, and sudden brutality.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tell the Women We're Going canonical | 1 |
| Tell the Women We’re Going | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12875661 — 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: Tell the Women We're Going Context triple: [What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, containsShortStory, Tell the Women We're Going]
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A.
Up the Women
Up the Women is a British sitcom set in 1910 that follows a group of women in a small English town as they become involved in the suffragette movement.
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B.
Two Women
Two Women is a Russian drama film directed by Vera Glagoleva, adapted from Ivan Turgenev’s play "A Month in the Country" and known for its period setting and emotional romantic entanglements.
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C.
Two Women
Two Women is a 1960 Italian war drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica, best known for Sophia Loren’s Oscar-winning performance as a mother struggling to protect her daughter during World War II.
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D.
Four Women
"Four Women" is a powerful 1966 song by Nina Simone that portrays the struggles and identities of four Black women, highlighting themes of racism, sexism, and resilience.
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E.
All Your Women Things
"All Your Women Things" is a melancholic folk song by the Mountain Goats, known for its intimate storytelling and emotional lyricism.
- 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: Tell the Women We're Going Target entity description: "Tell the Women We're Going" is a dark, violent short story by Raymond Carver that explores male friendship, misogyny, and sudden brutality.
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A.
Up the Women
Up the Women is a British sitcom set in 1910 that follows a group of women in a small English town as they become involved in the suffragette movement.
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B.
Two Women
Two Women is a Russian drama film directed by Vera Glagoleva, adapted from Ivan Turgenev’s play "A Month in the Country" and known for its period setting and emotional romantic entanglements.
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C.
Two Women
Two Women is a 1960 Italian war drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica, best known for Sophia Loren’s Oscar-winning performance as a mother struggling to protect her daughter during World War II.
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D.
Four Women
"Four Women" is a powerful 1966 song by Nina Simone that portrays the struggles and identities of four Black women, highlighting themes of racism, sexism, and resilience.
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E.
All Your Women Things
"All Your Women Things" is a melancholic folk song by the Mountain Goats, known for its intimate storytelling and emotional lyricism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Raymond Carver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
male aggression toward women
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tension between ordinary life and sudden brutality ⓘ |
| character |
Bill
NERFINISHED
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Jerry NERFINISHED ⓘ two young women ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalDiscussion |
often cited in analyses of Carver's treatment of violence
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used in scholarship on representations of misogyny in Carver's work ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | short story collection ⓘ |
| genre |
dark fiction
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realist fiction ⓘ short fiction ⓘ |
| hasViolentContent | true ⓘ |
| includedIn | What We Talk About When We Talk About Love NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | dirty realism ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeTone |
dark
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violent ⓘ |
| notableFor |
abrupt shift from mundane to horrific events
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economical, understated narration of violence ⓘ |
| period | late 20th century American literature ⓘ |
| plotElement |
encounter escalates into brutal violence
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two male friends follow two young women ⓘ |
| portrays |
banality of evil
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toxic masculinity ⓘ |
| protagonist |
Bill
NERFINISHED
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Jerry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
So Much Water So Close to Home
NERFINISHED
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (short story) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
American suburb
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rural area outside town ⓘ |
| style | minimalist prose ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
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everyday brutality ⓘ male friendship ⓘ misogyny ⓘ sudden violence ⓘ working-class life ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Tell the Women We're Going Description of subject: "Tell the Women We're Going" is a dark, violent short story by Raymond Carver that explores male friendship, misogyny, and sudden brutality.
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Tell the Women We’re Going