Elizabeth
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"Elizabeth" is a short story by Shirley Jackson, included in her collection *The Lottery and Other Stories*, that explores themes of identity, ambition, and self-deception through the life of a young literary agent.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Elizabeth canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8316960 — 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: Elizabeth Context triple: [The Lottery and Other Stories, hasPart, Elizabeth]
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Elizabeth
Elizabeth "Betty" Ford was the influential First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977, renowned for her advocacy on women's rights, breast cancer awareness, and addiction treatment.
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Elizabeth
Elizabeth is the middle name of Diane Elizabeth Dern, an individual likely known in relation to the Dern family.
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Elizabeth
Elizabeth is the birth name of American actress and singer Betty Hutton, a popular Hollywood star of the 1940s and 1950s.
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Elizabeth
Elizabeth is an alternate given name associated with Mary Surratt, the American boardinghouse owner convicted and executed for her role in the conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln.
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Elizabeth
Elizabeth is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally interpreted to mean "God is my oath" and widely used in many English-speaking and European cultures.
- 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: Elizabeth Target entity description: "Elizabeth" is a short story by Shirley Jackson, included in her collection *The Lottery and Other Stories*, that explores themes of identity, ambition, and self-deception through the life of a young literary agent.
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Elizabeth
Elizabeth is a key character in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “The Minister’s Black Veil,” serving as Reverend Hooper’s fiancée whose reaction to his mysterious veil highlights themes of isolation and the fear of hidden sin.
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Elizabeth
Elizabeth is a central character in Helen Garner's novella "The Children’s Bach," around whom much of the story’s domestic and emotional tension revolves.
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Elizabeth
Elizabeth is the central protagonist of the interactive narrative game "If/Then," around whom the story’s key choices and emotional developments revolve.
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Elizabeth
"Elizabeth" is a biographical work by J. Randy Taraborrelli that chronicles the life and career of actress Elizabeth Taylor.
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Elizabeth
Elizabeth is the central character in the Broadway musical "If/Then," a woman who explores how a single choice can lead to radically different life paths.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | Shirley Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| collectionPublicationYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| explores |
illusion of control
ⓘ
pressures on women in professional environments ⓘ tension between self-image and reality ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | short story collection ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorialReputationFor | subtle horror and psychological unease ⓘ |
| includedIn | various Shirley Jackson short story anthologies ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | The Lottery and Other Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
psychological realism
ⓘ
realism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Elizabeth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalPublisherOfCollection | Farrar, Straus and Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Shirley Jackson short fiction ⓘ |
| protagonistGender | female ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | literary agent ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| theme |
ambition
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gender roles ⓘ identity ⓘ professional life ⓘ self-deception ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Elizabeth Description of subject: "Elizabeth" is a short story by Shirley Jackson, included in her collection *The Lottery and Other Stories*, that explores themes of identity, ambition, and self-deception through the life of a young literary agent.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Lottery and Other Stories