"The Trial, Execution, and Burial of Homer Phelps"
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"The Trial, Execution, and Burial of Homer Phelps" is a short story by Stephen Crane set in the fictional town of Whilomville, depicting children's imaginative play and moral dilemmas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| "The Trial, Execution, and Burial of Homer Phelps" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4610506 — 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 Trial, Execution, and Burial of Homer Phelps" Context triple: [Whilomville Stories, hasPart, "The Trial, Execution, and Burial of Homer Phelps"]
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A.
The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers
The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers is a 17th-century painting by Dutch artist Jan de Baen depicting the brutal lynching and mutilated bodies of the republican statesmen Johan and Cornelis de Witt.
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B.
Trial of the Twenty-One
The Trial of the Twenty-One was a 1938 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks and party leaders were accused of treason and executed, marking one of the most infamous episodes of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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C.
Roger Malvin's Burial
"Roger Malvin's Burial" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores themes of guilt, promise, and psychological torment in the aftermath of a frontier battle.
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D.
Murder on Capitol Hill
Murder on Capitol Hill is a political mystery novel by Margaret Truman set in Washington, D.C., involving intrigue and murder within the halls of the U.S. Congress.
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E.
The Potter’s Field
The Potter’s Field is a historical mystery novel in the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters, featuring the medieval monk-sleuth investigating a body found in a field once used for burying strangers and the poor.
- 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 Trial, Execution, and Burial of Homer Phelps" Target entity description: "The Trial, Execution, and Burial of Homer Phelps" is a short story by Stephen Crane set in the fictional town of Whilomville, depicting children's imaginative play and moral dilemmas.
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A.
The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers
The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers is a 17th-century painting by Dutch artist Jan de Baen depicting the brutal lynching and mutilated bodies of the republican statesmen Johan and Cornelis de Witt.
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B.
Trial of the Twenty-One
The Trial of the Twenty-One was a 1938 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks and party leaders were accused of treason and executed, marking one of the most infamous episodes of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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C.
Roger Malvin's Burial
"Roger Malvin's Burial" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores themes of guilt, promise, and psychological torment in the aftermath of a frontier battle.
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D.
Murder on Capitol Hill
Murder on Capitol Hill is a political mystery novel by Margaret Truman set in Washington, D.C., involving intrigue and murder within the halls of the U.S. Congress.
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E.
The Potter’s Field
The Potter’s Field is a historical mystery novel in the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters, featuring the medieval monk-sleuth investigating a body found in a field once used for burying strangers and the poor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
short story
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work of fiction ⓘ |
| author | Stephen Crane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| depicts |
a symbolic execution and burial
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children staging a mock trial ⓘ |
| explores |
children's understanding of justice
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consequences of play turning serious ⓘ peer pressure among children ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType | children ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
children-centered fiction
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realist fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasFictionalEvent |
burial of Homer Phelps
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execution of Homer Phelps ⓘ trial of Homer Phelps ⓘ |
| hasFictionalLocation | Whilomville, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Homer Phelps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkTitle | The Trial, Execution, and Burial of Homer Phelps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedPublicationMedium | magazine or periodical ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American realism ⓘ |
| literarySetting | Whilomville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Homer Phelps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
children's imaginative play
ⓘ
moral dilemmas ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalUniverse | Whilomville stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingType | fictional town ⓘ |
| theme |
childhood imagination
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group dynamics among children ⓘ innocence and guilt ⓘ justice and punishment ⓘ morality ⓘ play-acting and reality ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 19th century ⓘ |
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