Vacillation
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"Vacillation" is a reflective poem by W. B. Yeats that explores spiritual doubt, emotional conflict, and the search for meaning in the modern world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vacillation canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10767387 — 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: Vacillation Context triple: [The Winding Stair and Other Poems, hasPoem, Vacillation]
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A.
Indecision
"Indecision" is a musical track from the collaborative folk and classical album *Appalachian Journey* by Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, and Mark O’Connor.
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B.
Swing Vote
Swing Vote is a 2008 American political comedy-drama film in which a single man's vote unexpectedly decides a deadlocked U.S. presidential election.
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C.
State of Confusion
"State of Confusion" is a 1983 rock album by The Kinks known for its blend of hard rock and new wave influences, featuring the hit single "Come Dancing."
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D.
All Gall Is Divided
All Gall Is Divided is a collection of aphoristic reflections by Romanian-born philosopher Emil Cioran, expressing his characteristically bleak, ironic meditations on existence, despair, and the human condition.
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E.
Vexed
Vexed is a British comedy-drama television series following two mismatched detectives solving crimes with a humorous, offbeat tone.
- 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: Vacillation Target entity description: "Vacillation" is a reflective poem by W. B. Yeats that explores spiritual doubt, emotional conflict, and the search for meaning in the modern world.
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A.
Indecision
"Indecision" is a musical track from the collaborative folk and classical album *Appalachian Journey* by Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, and Mark O’Connor.
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B.
Swing Vote
Swing Vote is a 2008 American political comedy-drama film in which a single man's vote unexpectedly decides a deadlocked U.S. presidential election.
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C.
State of Confusion
"State of Confusion" is a 1983 rock album by The Kinks known for its blend of hard rock and new wave influences, featuring the hit single "Come Dancing."
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D.
All Gall Is Divided
All Gall Is Divided is a collection of aphoristic reflections by Romanian-born philosopher Emil Cioran, expressing his characteristically bleak, ironic meditations on existence, despair, and the human condition.
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E.
Vexed
Vexed is a British comedy-drama television series following two mismatched detectives solving crimes with a humorous, offbeat tone.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lyric poem
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philosophical poem ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| author | W. B. Yeats NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsAllusionTo |
Buddhism
NERFINISHED
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Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ Irish history ⓘ Yeats's personal life ⓘ classical mythology ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
art and spirituality
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body ⓘ doubt and belief ⓘ good and evil ⓘ modernity ⓘ soul ⓘ transcendence ⓘ |
| form | sequence of lyric sections ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasFamousLine |
A trembling in the balance.
NERFINISHED
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Between extremities man runs his course. ⓘ Happiness is but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain. ⓘ Homer is my example and his unremitting toil. ⓘ What is this flesh I purchased with my pains? ⓘ |
| hasTone |
conflicted
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meditative ⓘ visionary ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Yeats's occult interests
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Yeats's political disillusionment ⓘ Yeats's reflections on aging ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| meter | varied meter ⓘ |
| partOf | W. B. Yeats's later poetry ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | irregular ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
academic essays
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literary criticism ⓘ university courses on Yeats ⓘ |
| theme |
Irish identity
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aging and mortality ⓘ emotional conflict ⓘ faith and skepticism ⓘ mysticism ⓘ search for meaning ⓘ self-division ⓘ spiritual doubt ⓘ |
| writer | W. B. Yeats NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Vacillation Description of subject: "Vacillation" is a reflective poem by W. B. Yeats that explores spiritual doubt, emotional conflict, and the search for meaning in the modern world.
Referenced by (2)
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