The Lottery
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"The Lottery" is a renowned 1948 short story by Shirley Jackson that chillingly depicts a small town's violent adherence to a brutal annual ritual, serving as a powerful critique of conformity and tradition.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Lottery canonical | 2 |
| "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1715149 — 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: The Lottery Context triple: [Shirley Jackson, notableWork, The Lottery]
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A.
The Lottery Winner
The Lottery Winner is a suspenseful mystery novel by Mary Higgins Clark that follows characters whose lives are dramatically altered after winning a large lottery prize.
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B.
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
"A Good Man Is Hard to Find" is a classic short story by Flannery O’Connor that exemplifies Southern Gothic fiction through its dark humor, moral ambiguity, and violent exploration of grace and redemption in the American South.
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C.
Joe Cinque’s Consolation
Joe Cinque’s Consolation is a non-fiction book by Australian writer Helen Garner that examines the real-life murder of Joe Cinque and the ensuing legal and moral complexities surrounding the case.
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D.
The Violent Bear It Away
The Violent Bear It Away is a Southern Gothic novel by Flannery O'Connor that explores themes of faith, prophecy, and destiny through the story of a young boy grappling with his religious calling in the rural American South.
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E.
Home Burial
Home Burial is a narrative poem by Robert Frost that portrays the emotional estrangement of a grieving couple after the death of their child.
- 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 Lottery Target entity description: "The Lottery" is a renowned 1948 short story by Shirley Jackson that chillingly depicts a small town's violent adherence to a brutal annual ritual, serving as a powerful critique of conformity and tradition.
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A.
The Lottery Winner
The Lottery Winner is a suspenseful mystery novel by Mary Higgins Clark that follows characters whose lives are dramatically altered after winning a large lottery prize.
-
B.
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
"A Good Man Is Hard to Find" is a classic short story by Flannery O’Connor that exemplifies Southern Gothic fiction through its dark humor, moral ambiguity, and violent exploration of grace and redemption in the American South.
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C.
Joe Cinque’s Consolation
Joe Cinque’s Consolation is a non-fiction book by Australian writer Helen Garner that examines the real-life murder of Joe Cinque and the ensuing legal and moral complexities surrounding the case.
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D.
The Violent Bear It Away
The Violent Bear It Away is a Southern Gothic novel by Flannery O'Connor that explores themes of faith, prophecy, and destiny through the story of a young boy grappling with his religious calling in the rural American South.
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E.
Home Burial
Home Burial is a narrative poem by Robert Frost that portrays the emotional estrangement of a grieving couple after the death of their child.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
short story ⓘ |
| adaptation |
1969 short film adaptation
ⓘ
radio dramatizations ⓘ television adaptations ⓘ |
| approximateWordCount | about 3,000 words ⓘ |
| author | Shirley Jackson ⓘ |
| centralEvent | annual lottery ritual ⓘ |
| climax | stoning of Tessie Hutchinson ⓘ |
| controversy | provoked strong reader backlash upon publication ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | later regarded as a classic of American short fiction ⓘ |
| fictionalTraditionDuration | more than seventy years ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | June 26, 1948 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The New Yorker ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
horror fiction
ⓘ
psychological horror ⓘ social commentary ⓘ |
| includedIn |
short story collection "The Lottery and Other Stories"
ⓘ
surface form:
The Lottery and Other Stories
|
| influenceOn | subsequent dystopian literature ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | frequently anthologized ⓘ |
| message |
critique of unexamined traditions
ⓘ
warning about collective violence ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person objective ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Mr. Summers
ⓘ
Old Man Warner ⓘ Tessie Hutchinson ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1948 ⓘ |
| publicationTypeOfFirstAppearance | magazine ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstAppearance | The New Yorker ⓘ |
| setting | fictional small American town ⓘ |
| structure | linear narrative ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
American high school curricula
ⓘ
university literature courses ⓘ |
| style | understated prose ⓘ |
| symbol |
black box
ⓘ
slips of paper ⓘ stones ⓘ |
| theme |
banality of evil
ⓘ
conformity ⓘ mob mentality ⓘ scapegoating ⓘ tradition ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| timeOfFictionalEvent | June 27 ⓘ |
| tone | matter-of-fact ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Lottery Description of subject: "The Lottery" is a renowned 1948 short story by Shirley Jackson that chillingly depicts a small town's violent adherence to a brutal annual ritual, serving as a powerful critique of conformity and tradition.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Lottery and Other Stories
this entity surface form:
"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson