Come Dance with Me in Ireland
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"Come Dance with Me in Ireland" is a short story by Shirley Jackson, included in her collection *The Lottery and Other Stories*, that explores themes of isolation, social tension, and the unsettling undercurrents of everyday life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Come Dance with Me in Ireland canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8316964 — 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: Come Dance with Me in Ireland Context triple: [The Lottery and Other Stories, hasPart, Come Dance with Me in Ireland]
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A.
Riiverdance
"Riiverdance" is a song by Beyoncé from her genre-blending 2024 album "Cowboy Carter."
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B.
I’ll Always Be Irish
"I’ll Always Be Irish" is a musical number from Disney’s 1967 film *The Happiest Millionaire*, celebrating Irish heritage with a lighthearted, sentimental tone.
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C.
Dance with Me
"Dance with Me" is a 1959 doo-wop and R&B song by The Drifters that became one of the group's early hit singles.
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D.
Reed Dance
Reed Dance is a traditional Zulu ceremony in which young women present reeds to the monarch in a celebration of chastity, cultural pride, and communal identity.
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E.
The Irish in Us
The Irish in Us is a 1935 American romantic comedy film starring James Cagney, Pat O’Brien, and Olivia de Havilland, centered on a boxing-themed love triangle in an Irish-American family.
- 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: Come Dance with Me in Ireland Target entity description: "Come Dance with Me in Ireland" is a short story by Shirley Jackson, included in her collection *The Lottery and Other Stories*, that explores themes of isolation, social tension, and the unsettling undercurrents of everyday life.
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A.
Riiverdance
"Riiverdance" is a song by Beyoncé from her genre-blending 2024 album "Cowboy Carter."
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B.
I’ll Always Be Irish
"I’ll Always Be Irish" is a musical number from Disney’s 1967 film *The Happiest Millionaire*, celebrating Irish heritage with a lighthearted, sentimental tone.
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C.
Dance with Me
"Dance with Me" is a 1959 doo-wop and R&B song by The Drifters that became one of the group's early hit singles.
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D.
Reed Dance
Reed Dance is a traditional Zulu ceremony in which young women present reeds to the monarch in a celebration of chastity, cultural pride, and communal identity.
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E.
The Irish in Us
The Irish in Us is a 1935 American romantic comedy film starring James Cagney, Pat O’Brien, and Olivia de Havilland, centered on a boxing-themed love triangle in an Irish-American family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | Shirley Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| collection | The Lottery and Other Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| fictionalUniverse | realist setting ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ short fiction ⓘ |
| includedIn | The Lottery and Other Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| notableFor | depiction of social unease in ordinary situations ⓘ |
| originalPublicationFormat | short story collection ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Farrar, Straus and Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | everyday life with disturbing undertones ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
ⓘ
class differences ⓘ hospitality and hostility ⓘ isolation ⓘ social tension ⓘ unsettling undercurrents of everyday life ⓘ |
| tone |
ambiguous
ⓘ
unsettling ⓘ |
| workByAuthor | Shirley Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Come Dance with Me in Ireland Description of subject: "Come Dance with Me in Ireland" is a short story by Shirley Jackson, included in her collection *The Lottery and Other Stories*, that explores themes of isolation, social tension, and the unsettling undercurrents of everyday life.
Referenced by (1)
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subject surface form:
The Lottery and Other Stories