Button, Button (short story collection)
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"Button, Button (short story collection)" is a compilation of short stories by Richard Matheson, best known for its title story about a morally fraught offer involving a mysterious button.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Button, Button (short story collection) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8361622 — 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: Button, Button (short story collection) Context triple: [Button, Button, includedInCollection, Button, Button (short story collection)]
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A.
short story collection "Postcards"
"Postcards" is a short story collection by Irish-British writer Bridget O’Connor, showcasing her darkly comic, sharply observed tales of contemporary life.
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B.
Nine Stories
Nine Stories is a celebrated collection of short stories by J. D. Salinger that explores themes of innocence, trauma, and spiritual longing through understated, character-driven narratives.
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C.
short story collection "The Lottery and Other Stories"
"The Lottery and Other Stories" is a renowned collection of dark, psychologically unsettling short fiction by American author Shirley Jackson, best known for including her iconic story "The Lottery."
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D.
Loot and Other Stories
Loot and Other Stories is a collection of short fiction by Nobel Prize–winning South African writer Nadine Gordimer that explores themes of politics, morality, and human relationships in post-apartheid society.
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E.
The First Person and Other Stories
The First Person and Other Stories is a short story collection by Scottish author Ali Smith that showcases her inventive, playful prose and explorations of identity, relationships, and narrative form.
- 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: Button, Button (short story collection) Target entity description: "Button, Button (short story collection)" is a compilation of short stories by Richard Matheson, best known for its title story about a morally fraught offer involving a mysterious button.
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A.
short story collection "Postcards"
"Postcards" is a short story collection by Irish-British writer Bridget O’Connor, showcasing her darkly comic, sharply observed tales of contemporary life.
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B.
Nine Stories
Nine Stories is a celebrated collection of short stories by J. D. Salinger that explores themes of innocence, trauma, and spiritual longing through understated, character-driven narratives.
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C.
short story collection "The Lottery and Other Stories"
"The Lottery and Other Stories" is a renowned collection of dark, psychologically unsettling short fiction by American author Shirley Jackson, best known for including her iconic story "The Lottery."
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D.
Loot and Other Stories
Loot and Other Stories is a collection of short fiction by Nobel Prize–winning South African writer Nadine Gordimer that explores themes of politics, morality, and human relationships in post-apartheid society.
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E.
The First Person and Other Stories
The First Person and Other Stories is a short story collection by Scottish author Ali Smith that showcases her inventive, playful prose and explorations of identity, relationships, and narrative form.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story collection ⓘ |
| author | Richard Matheson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnShortStoriesBy | Richard Matheson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsShortStory | Button, Button NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| creator | Richard Matheson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
horror fiction
ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ speculative fiction ⓘ |
| hasAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasForm | collection of previously published short stories ⓘ |
| hasFormat | paperback ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
consequences of choice
ⓘ
greed ⓘ moral dilemma ⓘ |
| hasWorkInCollection | Button, Button NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century American horror fiction ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor | title story about a mysterious button and a morally fraught offer ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1970s ⓘ |
| publisher | Tor Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleStory | Button, Button NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Richard Matheson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Button, Button (short story collection) Description of subject: "Button, Button (short story collection)" is a compilation of short stories by Richard Matheson, best known for its title story about a morally fraught offer involving a mysterious button.
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