The Listeners
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"The Listeners" is a haunting narrative poem by Walter de la Mare, renowned for its mysterious atmosphere and evocative depiction of a lone Traveller calling to an unresponsive, ghostly house.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Listeners canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9665564 — 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 Listeners Context triple: [Walter de la Mare, notableWork, The Listeners]
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A.
The Listening Room
The Listening Room is a surrealist painting by René Magritte that depicts an oversized green apple filling an entire room, exemplifying his signature play with scale and reality.
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B.
The Place Where You Go to Listen
The Place Where You Go to Listen is a sound and light installation by composer John Luther Adams that transforms real-time environmental data from Alaska—such as seismic activity, daylight, and weather—into an immersive, continuously evolving audiovisual experience.
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C.
The World Won't Listen
The World Won't Listen is a 1987 compilation album by English rock band The Smiths, featuring a collection of singles, B-sides, and rarities from their mid-1980s output.
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D.
The Listening Walls
The Listening Walls is a psychological mystery novel by Margaret Millar, known for its intricate plotting and exploration of dark family secrets and emotional tensions.
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E.
Listen to the Land
Listen to the Land was the original boat ride attraction in Epcot’s The Land pavilion that combined a narrated journey through greenhouses with themes of agriculture and environmental stewardship.
- 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 Listeners Target entity description: "The Listeners" is a haunting narrative poem by Walter de la Mare, renowned for its mysterious atmosphere and evocative depiction of a lone Traveller calling to an unresponsive, ghostly house.
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A.
The Listening Room
The Listening Room is a surrealist painting by René Magritte that depicts an oversized green apple filling an entire room, exemplifying his signature play with scale and reality.
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B.
The Place Where You Go to Listen
The Place Where You Go to Listen is a sound and light installation by composer John Luther Adams that transforms real-time environmental data from Alaska—such as seismic activity, daylight, and weather—into an immersive, continuously evolving audiovisual experience.
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C.
The World Won't Listen
The World Won't Listen is a 1987 compilation album by English rock band The Smiths, featuring a collection of singles, B-sides, and rarities from their mid-1980s output.
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D.
The Listening Walls
The Listening Walls is a psychological mystery novel by Margaret Millar, known for its intricate plotting and exploration of dark family secrets and emotional tensions.
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E.
Listen to the Land
Listen to the Land was the original boat ride attraction in Epcot’s The Land pavilion that combined a narrated journey through greenhouses with themes of agriculture and environmental stewardship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lyric poem
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poem ⓘ |
| author | Walter de la Mare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
the Traveller
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
the phantom listeners NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | public domain in many countries ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| features |
ambiguous, open-ended conclusion
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evocative imagery of a moonlit, quiet house ⓘ repetition of the Traveller’s unanswered call ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Listeners and Other Poems NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | verse ⓘ |
| genre |
mystery poetry
ⓘ
supernatural poetry ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
dramatic recitations
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musical settings ⓘ radio readings ⓘ |
| hasImagery | forest and moonlight imagery ⓘ |
| hasSymbol |
the closed door
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the phantom listeners NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | English literature anthologies ⓘ |
| influenced | later ghostly and atmospheric poems ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Georgian poetry ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | the Traveller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | irregular meter ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
atmospheric description
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sense of eerie silence ⓘ suggestive, rather than explicit, narrative details ⓘ |
| openingLine | "Is there anybody there?" said the Traveller ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Walter de la Mare’s early poetic output ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1912 ⓘ |
| publisher | Constable & Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | irregular rhyme scheme ⓘ |
| setting | a lonely house in a forest ⓘ |
| studiedIn | school curricula in English-speaking countries ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | a Traveller seeking a response at a deserted house ⓘ |
| theme |
failed communication
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isolation ⓘ the supernatural ⓘ the unknown ⓘ |
| tone |
haunting
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mysterious ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Listeners Description of subject: "The Listeners" is a haunting narrative poem by Walter de la Mare, renowned for its mysterious atmosphere and evocative depiction of a lone Traveller calling to an unresponsive, ghostly house.
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