“Incident”
E302485
“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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| "Incident" | 1 |
| “Incident” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2809646 — 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: “Incident” Context triple: [Countee Cullen, notableWork, “Incident”]
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A.
Auspicious Incident
The Auspicious Incident was the 1826 violent suppression and abolition of the Janissary corps by Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II, marking a major turning point in the empire’s military and administrative modernization.
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B.
The Accident
The Accident is a semi-autobiographical novel by Elie Wiesel that explores trauma, survival, and identity in the aftermath of the Holocaust.
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C.
Operation Dignity
Operation Dignity was a major 2014 Libyan military campaign led by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar aimed at defeating Islamist militias and asserting control over eastern Libya, particularly Benghazi.
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D.
Ring the Alarm
"Ring the Alarm" is a song by the Black Eyed Peas from their album *Masters of the Sun Vol. 1*, blending socially conscious lyrics with the group's signature hip-hop and pop sound.
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E.
The Rescue
The Rescue is a dramatic 1855 painting by British Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais depicting a father saving his children from a burning building.
- 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: “Incident” Target entity description: “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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A.
Auspicious Incident
The Auspicious Incident was the 1826 violent suppression and abolition of the Janissary corps by Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II, marking a major turning point in the empire’s military and administrative modernization.
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B.
The Accident
The Accident is a semi-autobiographical novel by Elie Wiesel that explores trauma, survival, and identity in the aftermath of the Holocaust.
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C.
Operation Dignity
Operation Dignity was a major 2014 Libyan military campaign led by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar aimed at defeating Islamist militias and asserting control over eastern Libya, particularly Benghazi.
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D.
Ring the Alarm
"Ring the Alarm" is a song by the Black Eyed Peas from their album *Masters of the Sun Vol. 1*, blending socially conscious lyrics with the group's signature hip-hop and pop sound.
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E.
The Rescue
The Rescue is a dramatic 1855 painting by British Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais depicting a father saving his children from a burning building.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literaryWork
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poem ⓘ |
| author | Countee Cullen ⓘ |
| centralEvent | childhood encounter with a racial slur ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Black child narrator
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white child who uses a racial slur ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| culturalSignificance | widely anthologized poem on racism ⓘ |
| depicts | loss of innocence ⓘ |
| emotionalEffect | lingering pain from brief encounter ⓘ |
| firstLine | Once riding in old Baltimore ⓘ |
| focus | lasting impact of a single racist incident ⓘ |
| form | three quatrains ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| impactOnNarrator | dominates memory of Baltimore visit ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Countee Cullen
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surface form:
Countee Cullen poetry collections
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| language | English ⓘ |
| length | short poem ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
contrast
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irony ⓘ repetition ⓘ understatement ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| meter | regular meter with variations ⓘ |
| movement | Harlem Renaissance ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1925 ⓘ |
| portrays | psychological effects of racial slurs ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | alternating rhyme ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Baltimore ⓘ |
| speakerAge | eight years old ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
African American literature courses
ⓘ
American literature courses ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | personal experience of racism ⓘ |
| theme |
childhood
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memory ⓘ prejudice ⓘ racism ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
| tone |
bittersweet
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deceptively simple ⓘ haunting ⓘ |
| usedFor |
teaching about poetic economy of language
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teaching about racism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: “Incident” Description of subject: “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.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Countee Cullen
this entity surface form:
"Incident"