The Death of the Hired Man
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The Death of the Hired Man is a narrative poem by Robert Frost that explores themes of home, duty, and compassion through a couple’s late-night discussion about an aging farmhand who has returned to die.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Death of the Hired Man canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Death of the Hired Man Context triple: [Robert Frost, notableWork, The Death of the Hired Man]
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A.
The Lonedale Operator
The Lonedale Operator is a 1911 silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith, noted for its innovative cross-cutting and suspenseful storytelling in early cinema.
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B.
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d
"When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d" is Walt Whitman’s elegiac poem mourning the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, renowned for its lyrical meditation on grief, nature, and national loss.
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C.
The Milk-Eyed Mender
The Milk-Eyed Mender is the 2004 debut studio album by American singer-songwriter and harpist Joanna Newsom, noted for its intricate lyrics, distinctive vocals, and folk-inspired arrangements.
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D.
The Old Guitarist
The Old Guitarist is a famous Blue Period painting by Pablo Picasso depicting a gaunt, blind musician hunched over his guitar, known for its somber mood and monochromatic blue palette.
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E.
The Ghost of Tom Joad
The Ghost of Tom Joad is a stark, acoustic-driven folk album by Bruce Springsteen that explores themes of social injustice, poverty, and the struggles of marginalized people in contemporary America.
- 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: The Death of the Hired Man Target entity description: The Death of the Hired Man is a narrative poem by Robert Frost that explores themes of home, duty, and compassion through a couple’s late-night discussion about an aging farmhand who has returned to die.
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A.
The Lonedale Operator
The Lonedale Operator is a 1911 silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith, noted for its innovative cross-cutting and suspenseful storytelling in early cinema.
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B.
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d
"When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d" is Walt Whitman’s elegiac poem mourning the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, renowned for its lyrical meditation on grief, nature, and national loss.
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C.
The Milk-Eyed Mender
The Milk-Eyed Mender is the 2004 debut studio album by American singer-songwriter and harpist Joanna Newsom, noted for its intricate lyrics, distinctive vocals, and folk-inspired arrangements.
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D.
The Old Guitarist
The Old Guitarist is a famous Blue Period painting by Pablo Picasso depicting a gaunt, blind musician hunched over his guitar, known for its somber mood and monochromatic blue palette.
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E.
The Ghost of Tom Joad
The Ghost of Tom Joad is a stark, acoustic-driven folk album by Bruce Springsteen that explores themes of social injustice, poverty, and the struggles of marginalized people in contemporary America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
narrative poem
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poem ⓘ |
| author | Robert Frost ⓘ |
| centralConflict | whether Silas should be accepted back as part of the home ⓘ |
| collection | North of Boston ⓘ |
| containsCharacter | Harold Wilson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| explores |
different definitions of home
ⓘ
tension between practical responsibility and human kindness ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1914 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | North of Boston ⓘ |
| form | blank verse ⓘ |
| genre | dramatic narrative ⓘ |
| hasCharacterRole |
Mary as the compassionate spouse
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Silas as the hired man ⓘ Warren as the practical farmer ⓘ |
| hasDialogueBetween | Mary and Warren ⓘ |
| hasFamousLine |
“Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.”
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“I should have called it / Something you somehow haven’t to deserve.” ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Robert Frost's early major works ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
New England literary culture
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surface form:
New England regionalism
modern American poetry ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacters |
Mary
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Silas ⓘ Warren ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | dialogue-driven narrative ⓘ |
| portrays | an aging farmhand returning to die ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstBookAppearance | David Nutt ⓘ |
| setting | a New England farm ⓘ |
| settingTime | one evening ⓘ |
| structure | conversation between husband and wife ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | rural New England life ⓘ |
| theme |
aging and mortality
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compassion ⓘ duty ⓘ forgiveness ⓘ home ⓘ loyalty ⓘ the meaning of home ⓘ work and obligation ⓘ |
| tone |
meditative
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somber ⓘ |
| uses |
colloquial speech
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dramatic irony ⓘ |
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