The Open Window
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The Open Window is a classic short story by British author Saki (H.H. Munro), renowned for its witty narration and twist ending involving a mischievous girl and a nervous visitor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Open Window canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9214435 — 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 Open Window Context triple: [La Fenêtre ouverte, firstPublicationTitle, The Open Window]
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A.
The Open Window
The Open Window is a renowned 1905 Fauvist painting by Henri Matisse, celebrated for its vivid colors and depiction of a sunlit view from a Collioure hotel room.
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B.
The Girl on the Landing
The Girl on the Landing is a psychological novel by British writer Paul Torday that blends elements of mystery and the supernatural to explore mental illness, memory, and the fragility of identity within a seemingly conventional marriage.
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C.
The Chimney-Corner
"The Chimney-Corner" is a collection of domestic essays and sketches by Harriet Beecher Stowe that reflect on family life, morality, and social issues in 19th-century America.
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D.
The Canterville Ghost
The Canterville Ghost is a humorous short story by Oscar Wilde that satirizes both British aristocracy and American pragmatism through the misadventures of a frustrated ghost haunting an unflappable modern family.
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E.
The Doubtful Guest
The Doubtful Guest is a darkly whimsical illustrated storybook by Edward Gorey about a mysterious, long-term houseguest whose bizarre behavior unsettles a Victorian 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: The Open Window Target entity description: The Open Window is a classic short story by British author Saki (H.H. Munro), renowned for its witty narration and twist ending involving a mischievous girl and a nervous visitor.
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A.
The Open Window
The Open Window is a renowned 1905 Fauvist painting by Henri Matisse, celebrated for its vivid colors and depiction of a sunlit view from a Collioure hotel room.
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B.
The Girl on the Landing
The Girl on the Landing is a psychological novel by British writer Paul Torday that blends elements of mystery and the supernatural to explore mental illness, memory, and the fragility of identity within a seemingly conventional marriage.
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C.
The Chimney-Corner
"The Chimney-Corner" is a collection of domestic essays and sketches by Harriet Beecher Stowe that reflect on family life, morality, and social issues in 19th-century America.
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D.
The Canterville Ghost
The Canterville Ghost is a humorous short story by Oscar Wilde that satirizes both British aristocracy and American pragmatism through the misadventures of a frustrated ghost haunting an unflappable modern family.
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E.
The Doubtful Guest
The Doubtful Guest is a darkly whimsical illustrated storybook by Edward Gorey about a mysterious, long-term houseguest whose bizarre behavior unsettles a Victorian family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
short story ⓘ |
| author |
H. H. Munro
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
deception
ⓘ
imagination versus reality ⓘ social anxiety ⓘ storytelling as manipulation ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| endingFeature |
Vera invents a second story to explain the visitor’s flight
ⓘ
visitor flees in terror ⓘ |
| featuresMotif |
ghostly return
ⓘ
nervous breakdown ⓘ practical joke ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1914 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Story-Teller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comic fiction
ⓘ
short story ⓘ twist-ending fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
radio adaptations
ⓘ
stage adaptations ⓘ television adaptations ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Mr. Sappleton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mrs. Sappleton NERFINISHED ⓘ Ronnie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Framton Nuttel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOpeningSituation | Framton Nuttel visits Mrs. Sappleton with a letter of introduction ⓘ |
| hasTitleReference | open French window in the Sappleton house ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | Beasts and Super-Beasts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isCommonlyAnthologizedIn | short story anthologies ⓘ |
| isStudiedIn | English literature courses ⓘ |
| keyPlotElement |
fabricated ghost story told by Vera
ⓘ
open French window awaiting supposed return of dead hunters ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Edwardian literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
ironic humor
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twist ending ⓘ unreliable child narrator ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonistTrait | nervous disposition of Framton Nuttel ⓘ |
| publicationEra | early 20th century ⓘ |
| settingLocation | English countryside ⓘ |
| tone |
ironic
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satirical ⓘ witty ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Open Window Description of subject: The Open Window is a classic short story by British author Saki (H.H. Munro), renowned for its witty narration and twist ending involving a mischievous girl and a nervous visitor.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.