The End of Something
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"The End of Something" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway that explores themes of change and the dissolution of a relationship against the backdrop of a declining mill town.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The End of Something canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2880989 — 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 End of Something Context triple: [In Our Time, hasPart, The End of Something]
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A.
Until the End of the World
"Until the End of the World" is a song by Irish rock band U2, known for its atmospheric sound and lyrics inspired by a dialogue between Jesus and Judas.
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B.
Stories Don’t End
Stories Don’t End is a 2013 folk-rock album by American band Dawes, noted for its introspective songwriting and warm, Laurel Canyon-inspired sound.
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C.
Everything I Thought It Was
"Everything I Thought It Was" is a pop and R&B studio album by American singer Justin Timberlake, marking his return to music after a lengthy hiatus.
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D.
In the End
"In the End" is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day from their breakthrough 1994 album "Dookie."
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E.
The Waiting
"The Waiting" is a popular rock song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, known for its jangly guitars and reflective lyrics about anticipation and patience.
- 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 End of Something Target entity description: "The End of Something" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway that explores themes of change and the dissolution of a relationship against the backdrop of a declining mill town.
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A.
Until the End of the World
"Until the End of the World" is a song by Irish rock band U2, known for its atmospheric sound and lyrics inspired by a dialogue between Jesus and Judas.
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B.
Stories Don’t End
Stories Don’t End is a 2013 folk-rock album by American band Dawes, noted for its introspective songwriting and warm, Laurel Canyon-inspired sound.
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C.
Everything I Thought It Was
"Everything I Thought It Was" is a pop and R&B studio album by American singer Justin Timberlake, marking his return to music after a lengthy hiatus.
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D.
In the End
"In the End" is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day from their breakthrough 1994 album "Dookie."
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E.
The Waiting
"The Waiting" is a popular rock song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, known for its jangly guitars and reflective lyrics about anticipation and patience.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
short story ⓘ |
| author | Ernest Hemingway ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresCharacter |
Bill
ⓘ
Marjorie ⓘ Nick Adams ⓘ |
| firstPublicationCollection | In Our Time ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception |
frequently analyzed for its depiction of breakup
ⓘ
widely anthologized ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | 20th-century American short fiction ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
fishing trip
ⓘ
nighttime lake ⓘ ruins of industry ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
emotional distance
ⓘ
failure of communication ⓘ masculinity ⓘ transition from youth to adulthood ⓘ |
| includedInEdition | 1925 New York edition of In Our Time ⓘ |
| isStudiedIn |
American literature courses
ⓘ
modernist literature courses ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
dialogue-driven narrative
ⓘ
iceberg theory ⓘ minimalist style ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
change
ⓘ
coming of age ⓘ disillusionment ⓘ end of a romantic relationship ⓘ loss ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| openingImage | abandoned lumber mill ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Nick Adams stories ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1925 ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstCollection | Boni & Liveright ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Big Two-Hearted River: Part I
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surface form:
Big Two-Hearted River
Indian Camp ⓘ The Three-Day Blow ⓘ |
| setting |
Horton Bay, Michigan, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Horton Bay, Michigan
|
| settingRegion |
Northern Michigan
ⓘ
surface form:
northern Michigan
|
| symbolism | declining mill town as symbol of relationship’s end ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 20th century ⓘ |
| wordCountApproximate | short story length ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The End of Something Description of subject: "The End of Something" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway that explores themes of change and the dissolution of a relationship against the backdrop of a declining mill town.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.