The Trembling of a Leaf
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The Trembling of a Leaf is a 1921 collection of short stories by W. Somerset Maugham set in the South Pacific, exploring themes of colonialism, morality, and human frailty.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Trembling of a Leaf canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5159714 — 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 Trembling of a Leaf Context triple: [Sadie Thompson, includedInCollection, The Trembling of a Leaf]
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A.
Those Barren Leaves
Those Barren Leaves is a satirical novel by Aldous Huxley that explores the lives and pretensions of a group of intellectuals and socialites in post–World War I Europe.
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B.
La hojarasca
La hojarasca is a novella by Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez that introduces the fictional town of Macondo and explores themes of death, memory, and social hypocrisy.
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C.
A Thousand Leaves
A Thousand Leaves is a 1998 experimental rock album by American band Sonic Youth, noted for its dense guitar textures, improvisational structures, and exploration of more abstract, art-rock territory.
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D.
Blood on the Leaves
"Blood on the Leaves" is a Kanye West song from his 2013 album *Yeezus* that powerfully blends Nina Simone samples with themes of heartbreak, fame, and racial trauma over an aggressive, experimental production.
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E.
The Dying Grass
The Dying Grass is a sprawling historical novel by William T. Vollmann that chronicles the Nez Perce War of 1877 in his characteristically dense, experimental style.
- 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 Trembling of a Leaf Target entity description: The Trembling of a Leaf is a 1921 collection of short stories by W. Somerset Maugham set in the South Pacific, exploring themes of colonialism, morality, and human frailty.
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A.
Those Barren Leaves
Those Barren Leaves is a satirical novel by Aldous Huxley that explores the lives and pretensions of a group of intellectuals and socialites in post–World War I Europe.
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B.
La hojarasca
La hojarasca is a novella by Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez that introduces the fictional town of Macondo and explores themes of death, memory, and social hypocrisy.
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C.
A Thousand Leaves
A Thousand Leaves is a 1998 experimental rock album by American band Sonic Youth, noted for its dense guitar textures, improvisational structures, and exploration of more abstract, art-rock territory.
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D.
Blood on the Leaves
"Blood on the Leaves" is a Kanye West song from his 2013 album *Yeezus* that powerfully blends Nina Simone samples with themes of heartbreak, fame, and racial trauma over an aggressive, experimental production.
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E.
The Dying Grass
The Dying Grass is a sprawling historical novel by William T. Vollmann that chronicles the Nez Perce War of 1877 in his characteristically dense, experimental style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
short story collection ⓘ |
| author | W. Somerset Maugham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsCharacter | Sadie Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
European colonials in the South Pacific
ⓘ
indigenous island populations ⓘ |
| explores |
clash between Western values and local cultures
ⓘ
psychological tension ⓘ sexual morality ⓘ |
| firstPublicationPlace | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
ⓘ
short stories ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
ebook
ⓘ
hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | adaptations of the story Rain ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Envoi
NERFINISHED
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Honolulu NERFINISHED ⓘ Mackintosh NERFINISHED ⓘ Rain NERFINISHED ⓘ Red ⓘ The Fall of Edward Barnard NERFINISHED ⓘ The Pool NERFINISHED ⓘ The Trembling of a Leaf (short story) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
colonial administrators
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guilt ⓘ isolation ⓘ missionaries ⓘ moral hypocrisy ⓘ temptation ⓘ traders ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | realism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1921 ⓘ |
| publisher | George H. Doran Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | South Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
colonialism
ⓘ
human frailty ⓘ morality ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Trembling of a Leaf Description of subject: The Trembling of a Leaf is a 1921 collection of short stories by W. Somerset Maugham set in the South Pacific, exploring themes of colonialism, morality, and human frailty.
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