short story "The World to Come" by Jim Shepard
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"The World to Come" is a historical short story by Jim Shepard that portrays the harsh isolation and emotional turmoil of a 19th-century frontier woman through her intimate diary entries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| short story "The World to Come" by Jim Shepard canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11597248 — 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: short story "The World to Come" by Jim Shepard Context triple: [The World to Come, basedOn, short story "The World to Come" by Jim Shepard]
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A.
short story "In the Event of My Father’s Death"
"In the Event of My Father’s Death" is a short story by Roxane Gay that appears in her collection Difficult Women, exploring themes of family, grief, and complex emotional inheritance.
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B.
short story "The Sentinel"
"The Sentinel" is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke that explores humanity's encounter with an ancient alien artifact on the Moon, later serving as a key inspiration for the film and novel 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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C.
short story "Needle in the Heart" by Richard Matheson
"Needle in the Heart" is a horror short story by Richard Matheson that served as the basis for one of the segments in the anthology film Trilogy of Terror.
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D.
Short story "Incident"
"Incident" is a short story by William Kennedy that served as the basis for the 1991 crime drama film *The Indian Runner*, directed by Sean Penn.
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E.
short story "I Will Follow You"
"I Will Follow You" is a short story by Roxane Gay, included in her collection Difficult Women, that explores complex female relationships and emotional trauma.
- 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: short story "The World to Come" by Jim Shepard Target entity description: "The World to Come" is a historical short story by Jim Shepard that portrays the harsh isolation and emotional turmoil of a 19th-century frontier woman through her intimate diary entries.
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A.
short story "In the Event of My Father’s Death"
"In the Event of My Father’s Death" is a short story by Roxane Gay that appears in her collection Difficult Women, exploring themes of family, grief, and complex emotional inheritance.
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B.
short story "The Sentinel"
"The Sentinel" is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke that explores humanity's encounter with an ancient alien artifact on the Moon, later serving as a key inspiration for the film and novel 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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C.
short story "Needle in the Heart" by Richard Matheson
"Needle in the Heart" is a horror short story by Richard Matheson that served as the basis for one of the segments in the anthology film Trilogy of Terror.
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D.
Short story "Incident"
"Incident" is a short story by William Kennedy that served as the basis for the 1991 crime drama film *The Indian Runner*, directed by Sean Penn.
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E.
short story "I Will Follow You"
"I Will Follow You" is a short story by Roxane Gay, included in her collection Difficult Women, that explores complex female relationships and emotional trauma.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
short story
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work of fiction ⓘ |
| author | Jim Shepard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| focusesOn | intimate inner life of the narrator ⓘ |
| form | short story ⓘ |
| genre | historical fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st-century American literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
historical realism
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psychological realism ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | diary entries ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| portrays |
domestic labor on the frontier
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emotional isolation ⓘ frontier life ⓘ harsh environmental conditions ⓘ |
| protagonist | 19th-century frontier woman ⓘ |
| settingPlace | American frontier ⓘ |
| settingTime | 19th century ⓘ |
| structure | diary-like entries ⓘ |
| theme |
desire
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emotional turmoil ⓘ female interiority ⓘ isolation ⓘ loneliness ⓘ marital dissatisfaction ⓘ repression ⓘ |
| workOf | Jim Shepard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: short story "The World to Come" by Jim Shepard Description of subject: "The World to Come" is a historical short story by Jim Shepard that portrays the harsh isolation and emotional turmoil of a 19th-century frontier woman through her intimate diary entries.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.