The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
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The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail is a play that dramatizes Henry David Thoreau’s act of civil disobedience and his philosophical opposition to the Mexican-American War.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7093296 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail Context triple: [Jerome Lawrence, notableWork, The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail]
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Walden; or, Life in the Woods
Walden; or, Life in the Woods is Henry David Thoreau’s seminal 1854 work of philosophical memoir and nature writing, reflecting on simple living, self-reliance, and spiritual contemplation during his experiment in solitude at Walden Pond.
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Walden
Walden is an unincorporated community located in Bibb County, Georgia, United States.
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C.
Morning in the Adirondacks
Morning in the Adirondacks is a luminous 19th-century landscape painting by American Hudson River School artist Sanford Robinson Gifford, depicting the tranquil beauty of the Adirondack Mountains at daybreak.
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D.
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers is Henry David Thoreau’s reflective travel narrative that blends natural observation, philosophy, and personal memoir based on a boating trip he took with his brother.
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E.
Ah, Wilderness!
"Ah, Wilderness!" is a 1933 coming-of-age comedy play by Eugene O’Neill that nostalgically portrays small-town American family life around the Fourth of July.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail Target entity description: The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail is a play that dramatizes Henry David Thoreau’s act of civil disobedience and his philosophical opposition to the Mexican-American War.
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A.
Walden; or, Life in the Woods
Walden; or, Life in the Woods is Henry David Thoreau’s seminal 1854 work of philosophical memoir and nature writing, reflecting on simple living, self-reliance, and spiritual contemplation during his experiment in solitude at Walden Pond.
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B.
Walden
Walden is an unincorporated community located in Bibb County, Georgia, United States.
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C.
Morning in the Adirondacks
Morning in the Adirondacks is a luminous 19th-century landscape painting by American Hudson River School artist Sanford Robinson Gifford, depicting the tranquil beauty of the Adirondack Mountains at daybreak.
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D.
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers is Henry David Thoreau’s reflective travel narrative that blends natural observation, philosophy, and personal memoir based on a boating trip he took with his brother.
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E.
Ah, Wilderness!
"Ah, Wilderness!" is a 1933 coming-of-age comedy play by Eugene O’Neill that nostalgically portrays small-town American family life around the Fourth of July.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
play
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theatrical work ⓘ |
| addresses |
government authority
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moral responsibility of citizens ⓘ personal freedom ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
Henry David Thoreau’s imprisonment
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opposition to slavery ⓘ opposition to the Mexican–American War ⓘ refusal to pay poll tax ⓘ |
| educationalUse |
college literature curriculum
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high school literature curriculum ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Bailey
NERFINISHED
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Henry David Thoreau NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry’s brother John NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry’s mother ⓘ Ralph Waldo Emerson NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam Staples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
biographical play
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historical drama ⓘ political drama ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Henry David Thoreau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Civil Disobedience
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Henry David Thoreau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Henry David Thoreau
NERFINISHED
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Mexican–American War NERFINISHED ⓘ civil disobedience ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice |
flashbacks
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nonlinear structure ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | one night in jail ⓘ |
| portrays |
Thoreau’s philosophy of simple living
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Thoreau’s relationship with Emerson ⓘ moral opposition to unjust laws ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Concord, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
individual conscience
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nonviolent resistance ⓘ relationship between individual and state ⓘ slavery and injustice ⓘ transcendentalism ⓘ war and militarism ⓘ |
| timePeriodPortrayed |
19th century
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Mexican–American War era ⓘ |
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Subject: The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail Description of subject: The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail is a play that dramatizes Henry David Thoreau’s act of civil disobedience and his philosophical opposition to the Mexican-American War.
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