poem "In the Store"
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"In the Store" is a poem by Yevgeny Yevtushenko that, like his better-known "Babi Yar," critiques Soviet society and was used as the text for one of the movements of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 13.
All labels observed (1)
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| poem "In the Store" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11701030 — 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: poem "In the Store" Context triple: [Symphony No. 13 "Babi Yar", textSource, poem "In the Store"]
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poem "In the desert"
"In the Desert" is a brief, starkly imagistic poem by Stephen Crane that explores themes of self-knowledge and the bitter nature of the human heart.
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B.
Three Poems
Three Poems is a 1972 experimental prose-poetry collection by John Ashbery that explores consciousness, language, and perception in three extended, meditative pieces.
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C.
Fosterling (poem)
"Fosterling" is a reflective poem by Seamus Heaney, included in his 1991 collection *Seeing Things*, that meditates on aging, self-acceptance, and the belated arrival of poetic confidence.
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D.
Poemata
Poemata is a collection of Latin poems by the Swiss polymath Albrecht von Haller, reflecting his prominence in 18th-century scientific and literary circles.
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E.
Letter To An Old Poet
"Letter To An Old Poet" is a track featured on the album "The Record," known for its introspective, lyrically driven style.
- 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: poem "In the Store" Target entity description: "In the Store" is a poem by Yevgeny Yevtushenko that, like his better-known "Babi Yar," critiques Soviet society and was used as the text for one of the movements of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 13.
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A.
poem "In the desert"
"In the Desert" is a brief, starkly imagistic poem by Stephen Crane that explores themes of self-knowledge and the bitter nature of the human heart.
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B.
Three Poems
Three Poems is a 1972 experimental prose-poetry collection by John Ashbery that explores consciousness, language, and perception in three extended, meditative pieces.
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C.
Fosterling (poem)
"Fosterling" is a reflective poem by Seamus Heaney, included in his 1991 collection *Seeing Things*, that meditates on aging, self-acceptance, and the belated arrival of poetic confidence.
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D.
Poemata
Poemata is a collection of Latin poems by the Swiss polymath Albrecht von Haller, reflecting his prominence in 18th-century scientific and literary circles.
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E.
Letter To An Old Poet
"Letter To An Old Poet" is a track featured on the album "The Record," known for its introspective, lyrically driven style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Dmitri Shostakovich
NERFINISHED
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Symphony No. 13 in B‑flat minor, Op. 113 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Yevgeny Yevtushenko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| comparedTo | Babi Yar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| creator | Yevgeny Yevtushenko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticized |
Soviet bureaucracy
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Soviet social conditions ⓘ official indifference to citizens ⓘ |
| genre |
political poem
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social critique ⓘ |
| hasAuthorCitizenship | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | Russian ⓘ |
| hasForm | lyric poem ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
critique of Soviet society
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dehumanization ⓘ female experience ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ queueing and scarcity ⓘ state indifference ⓘ |
| influenced | musical setting by Dmitri Shostakovich ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Russian post‑Stalinist poetry
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Soviet literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Soviet society
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bureaucracy ⓘ everyday life in the USSR ⓘ suffering of ordinary people ⓘ |
| notableFor |
social criticism in Soviet context
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use as text in a Shostakovich symphony ⓘ |
| originalScript | Cyrillic ⓘ |
| partOf | cycle of Yevtushenko poems used in Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 13 ⓘ |
| portrays |
hardships of everyday Soviet life
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women standing in line in a Soviet store ⓘ |
| publicationContext | Khrushchev Thaw era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sharesAuthorWith | Babi Yar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sharesThemeWith | Babi Yar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAsTextIn |
Shostakovich Symphony No. 13, movement about a shop queue
NERFINISHED
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Symphony No. 13 (Shostakovich) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: poem "In the Store" Description of subject: "In the Store" is a poem by Yevgeny Yevtushenko that, like his better-known "Babi Yar," critiques Soviet society and was used as the text for one of the movements of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 13.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Symphony No. 13 "Babi Yar"