The Outing
E346528
The Outing is a short story by James Baldwin that explores themes of religion, sexuality, and identity among a group of Black churchgoers on a river excursion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Outing canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3315112 — 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 Outing Context triple: [Going to Meet the Man, containsWork, The Outing]
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A.
A Night Out
A Night Out is a 1915 silent comedy film starring Charlie Chaplin, produced during his early period in American cinema.
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B.
Law of the Journey
Law of the Journey is a monumental inflatable boat sculpture by Ai Weiwei that powerfully addresses the global refugee crisis and human displacement.
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C.
Out There
"Out There" is a powerful ballad from Disney's animated film "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," composed by Stephen Schwartz and Alan Menken, in which Quasimodo yearns for freedom and acceptance beyond the confines of Notre Dame.
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D.
The Ditch
The Ditch is a colloquial nickname for the Tasman Sea, the body of water separating Australia and New Zealand.
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E.
The Perfect Holiday
The Perfect Holiday is a 2007 romantic comedy film about a young girl who enlists a department store Santa to help find a new man for her divorced mother.
- 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 Outing Target entity description: The Outing is a short story by James Baldwin that explores themes of religion, sexuality, and identity among a group of Black churchgoers on a river excursion.
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A.
A Night Out
A Night Out is a 1915 silent comedy film starring Charlie Chaplin, produced during his early period in American cinema.
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B.
Law of the Journey
Law of the Journey is a monumental inflatable boat sculpture by Ai Weiwei that powerfully addresses the global refugee crisis and human displacement.
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C.
Out There
"Out There" is a powerful ballad from Disney's animated film "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," composed by Stephen Schwartz and Alan Menken, in which Quasimodo yearns for freedom and acceptance beyond the confines of Notre Dame.
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D.
The Ditch
The Ditch is a colloquial nickname for the Tasman Sea, the body of water separating Australia and New Zealand.
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E.
The Perfect Holiday
The Perfect Holiday is a 2007 romantic comedy film about a young girl who enlists a department store Santa to help find a new man for her divorced mother.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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short story ⓘ |
| author | James Baldwin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| exploresConcept |
authority and obedience
ⓘ
conflict between religious doctrine and desire ⓘ internalized homophobia ⓘ masculinity in Black church culture ⓘ spiritual experience ⓘ |
| exploresRelationshipType |
homoerotic attraction
ⓘ
religious community relationships ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Elisha
ⓘ
Gabriel ⓘ Johnnie ⓘ Roy ⓘ |
| featuresEthnicGroup | Black churchgoers ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | magazine publication ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
journey
ⓘ
music and hymn-singing ⓘ religious ritual ⓘ water ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
African-American church life
ⓘ
adolescent sexuality ⓘ family authority ⓘ religious hypocrisy ⓘ spiritual conflict ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | Going to Meet the Man ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | African-American literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
coming of age
ⓘ
desire ⓘ faith ⓘ family dynamics ⓘ identity ⓘ race ⓘ religion ⓘ repression ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| partOf | James Baldwin bibliography ⓘ |
| protagonist | Johnnie ⓘ |
| setting |
Hudson River excursion
ⓘ
New York metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form:
New York City area
church community ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Outing Description of subject: The Outing is a short story by James Baldwin that explores themes of religion, sexuality, and identity among a group of Black churchgoers on a river excursion.
Referenced by (1)
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