Last Stories and Other Stories
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Last Stories and Other Stories is a 2014 collection of dark, genre-blending short fiction by William T. Vollmann that explores themes of death, love, and the supernatural.
All labels observed (1)
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| Last Stories and Other Stories canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3090804 — 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: Last Stories and Other Stories Context triple: [William T. Vollmann, notableWork, Last Stories and Other Stories]
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A.
Nine Stories
Nine Stories is a celebrated collection of short stories by J. D. Salinger that explores themes of innocence, trauma, and spiritual longing through understated, character-driven narratives.
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B.
The First Person and Other Stories
The First Person and Other Stories is a short story collection by Scottish author Ali Smith that showcases her inventive, playful prose and explorations of identity, relationships, and narrative form.
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C.
Three Stories and Ten Poems
Three Stories and Ten Poems is Ernest Hemingway’s first published book, a 1923 collection that introduced his concise, modernist prose style through a small set of short stories and poems.
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D.
Some Stories
Some Stories is a collection of short works included within Hannah Arendt’s philosophical study The Human Condition.
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E.
Public Library and Other Stories
Public Library and Other Stories is a short story collection by Scottish author Ali Smith that explores the importance of books, libraries, and reading through inventive, interlinked narratives.
- 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: Last Stories and Other Stories Target entity description: Last Stories and Other Stories is a 2014 collection of dark, genre-blending short fiction by William T. Vollmann that explores themes of death, love, and the supernatural.
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A.
Nine Stories
Nine Stories is a celebrated collection of short stories by J. D. Salinger that explores themes of innocence, trauma, and spiritual longing through understated, character-driven narratives.
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B.
The First Person and Other Stories
The First Person and Other Stories is a short story collection by Scottish author Ali Smith that showcases her inventive, playful prose and explorations of identity, relationships, and narrative form.
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C.
Three Stories and Ten Poems
Three Stories and Ten Poems is Ernest Hemingway’s first published book, a 1923 collection that introduced his concise, modernist prose style through a small set of short stories and poems.
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D.
Some Stories
Some Stories is a collection of short works included within Hannah Arendt’s philosophical study The Human Condition.
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E.
Public Library and Other Stories
Public Library and Other Stories is a short story collection by Scottish author Ali Smith that explores the importance of books, libraries, and reading through inventive, interlinked narratives.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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short story collection ⓘ |
| author | William T. Vollmann ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genre |
dark fiction
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fantasy fiction ⓘ genre-blending fiction ⓘ horror fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ short fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | collection of short stories ⓘ |
| hasPart | individual short stories ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st-century literature ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| theme |
afterlife
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death ⓘ ghosts ⓘ love ⓘ mortality ⓘ relationships ⓘ the supernatural ⓘ |
| writtenBy | William T. Vollmann ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Last Stories and Other Stories Description of subject: Last Stories and Other Stories is a 2014 collection of dark, genre-blending short fiction by William T. Vollmann that explores themes of death, love, and the supernatural.
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