The Rocking-Horse Winner
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"The Rocking-Horse Winner" is a dark, psychologically driven short story by D. H. Lawrence that explores themes of greed, luck, and the destructive pressures of materialism within a middle-class English family.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Rocking Horse Winner | 1 |
| The Rocking-Horse Winner canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2854795 — 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 Rocking-Horse Winner Context triple: [D. H. Lawrence, notableWork, The Rocking-Horse Winner]
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A.
The Wishing-Chair
The Wishing-Chair is a classic children's fantasy book by Enid Blyton about a magical flying chair that takes two siblings on a series of whimsical adventures.
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B.
The Dresser
The Dresser is a 1983 British drama film, adapted from Ronald Harwood’s play, about the complex relationship between an aging Shakespearean actor and his devoted dresser during World War II.
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C.
The Loved One
The Loved One is a darkly comic novella by Evelyn Waugh that satirizes the American funeral industry and Hollywood culture.
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D.
The Horseshoe
The Horseshoe is the iconic, horseshoe-shaped football stadium at The Ohio State University, officially known as Ohio Stadium.
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E.
The Heiress
The Heiress is an 18th-century comedic play by British general and playwright John Burgoyne, best known for its satirical portrayal of wealth, marriage, and social ambition in Georgian high society.
- 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 Rocking-Horse Winner Target entity description: "The Rocking-Horse Winner" is a dark, psychologically driven short story by D. H. Lawrence that explores themes of greed, luck, and the destructive pressures of materialism within a middle-class English family.
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A.
The Wishing-Chair
The Wishing-Chair is a classic children's fantasy book by Enid Blyton about a magical flying chair that takes two siblings on a series of whimsical adventures.
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B.
The Dresser
The Dresser is a 1983 British drama film, adapted from Ronald Harwood’s play, about the complex relationship between an aging Shakespearean actor and his devoted dresser during World War II.
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C.
The Loved One
The Loved One is a darkly comic novella by Evelyn Waugh that satirizes the American funeral industry and Hollywood culture.
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D.
The Horseshoe
The Horseshoe is the iconic, horseshoe-shaped football stadium at The Ohio State University, officially known as Ohio Stadium.
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E.
The Heiress
The Heiress is an 18th-century comedic play by British general and playwright John Burgoyne, best known for its satirical portrayal of wealth, marriage, and social ambition in Georgian high society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
short story ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
The Rocking Horse Winner (1949 film)
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various television adaptations ⓘ |
| author | D. H. Lawrence ⓘ |
| centralConflict | tension between love and money ⓘ |
| centralMotif | gambling on horse races ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| explores |
destructive nature of obsessive desire for wealth
ⓘ
emotional neglect within families ⓘ psychological effects of financial anxiety ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1926 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
Harper’s Bazaar
ⓘ
surface form:
Harper's Bazaar
|
| genre |
modernist literature
ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| hasEnding | tragic death of Paul ⓘ |
| hasSymbol |
rocking horse
ⓘ
whispering house ⓘ |
| includedIn | The Ghost Book ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
foreshadowing
ⓘ
irony ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Modernism
ⓘ
surface form:
modernism
|
| mainCharacter |
Bassett
ⓘ
Hester ⓘ Paul ⓘ Uncle Oscar ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person omniscient ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonist | Paul ⓘ |
| settingLocation | England ⓘ |
| studiedIn | English literature courses ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
class anxiety
ⓘ
family pressure ⓘ greed ⓘ luck ⓘ materialism ⓘ parent–child relationships ⓘ the pursuit of money ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 20th century England ⓘ |
| tone |
dark
ⓘ
tragic ⓘ |
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Subject: The Rocking-Horse Winner Description of subject: "The Rocking-Horse Winner" is a dark, psychologically driven short story by D. H. Lawrence that explores themes of greed, luck, and the destructive pressures of materialism within a middle-class English family.
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
The Rocking Horse Winner