Snake
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"Snake" is a famous poem by D. H. Lawrence that explores a charged encounter between a man and a snake, delving into themes of nature, guilt, and the conflict between instinct and social conditioning.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Snake canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12774416 — 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: Snake Context triple: [Birds, Beasts and Flowers, notablePoem, Snake]
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A.
Snake
"Snake" is a raw, intense track by PJ Harvey from her critically acclaimed 1993 album "Rid of Me."
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B.
Snake
Snake is a large, spiraling steel sculpture by Richard Serra that forms part of his monumental installation "The Matter of Time" at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.
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C.
Snake
Snake is the central protagonist of the 1993 action film "Airborne," around whom the movie’s primary conflicts and narrative developments revolve.
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D.
Snake
Snake is a classic mobile arcade game in which the player guides a growing line to collect items while avoiding collisions with walls and its own tail.
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E.
Lizard
"Lizard" is a 1970 progressive rock album by King Crimson, noted for its jazz-influenced experimentation and complex, avant-garde compositions.
- 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: Snake Target entity description: "Snake" is a famous poem by D. H. Lawrence that explores a charged encounter between a man and a snake, delving into themes of nature, guilt, and the conflict between instinct and social conditioning.
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A.
Snake
"Snake" is a raw, intense track by PJ Harvey from her critically acclaimed 1993 album "Rid of Me."
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B.
Snake
Snake is the central protagonist of the 1993 action film "Airborne," around whom the movie’s primary conflicts and narrative developments revolve.
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C.
Snake
Snake is a large, spiraling steel sculpture by Richard Serra that forms part of his monumental installation "The Matter of Time" at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.
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D.
Snake
Snake is a classic mobile arcade game in which the player guides a growing line to collect items while avoiding collisions with walls and its own tail.
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E.
Lizard
"Lizard" is a 1970 progressive rock album by King Crimson, noted for its jazz-influenced experimentation and complex, avant-garde compositions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| author | D. H. Lawrence ⓘ |
| centralImage | a snake drinking at a water-trough ⓘ |
| consequence | narrator feels guilty after attacking the snake ⓘ |
| containsAllusion |
The Albatross in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
ⓘ
linked to:
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
|
| containsBiblicalAllusion | Edenic serpent ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educationalUse | commonly studied in literature curricula ⓘ |
| explores |
conflict between social voice and personal instinct
ⓘ
human attitudes toward animals ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ |
| form | free verse poem ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasNarratorAction | throws a log at the snake ⓘ |
| hasNarratorEmotion |
admiration for the snake
ⓘ
regret ⓘ shame ⓘ |
| imagery |
natural imagery
ⓘ
religious imagery ⓘ |
| includedIn | collections of D. H. Lawrence’s poems ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| meter | free verse ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of inner moral conflict
ⓘ
psychological depth ⓘ vivid natural description ⓘ |
| originalPublicationLanguage | English ⓘ |
| periodOfComposition | early 20th century ⓘ |
| setting | a water-trough in Sicily ⓘ |
| subject | a man’s encounter with a snake ⓘ |
| symbol |
snake as symbol of forbidden or feared aspects of self
ⓘ
snake as symbol of nature’s dignity ⓘ snake as symbol of the unconscious ⓘ |
| theme |
conscience
ⓘ
fear ⓘ guilt ⓘ instinct versus social conditioning ⓘ man and nature relationship ⓘ nature ⓘ remorse ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| tone |
conflicted
ⓘ
contemplative ⓘ reverent toward nature ⓘ |
| writer | D. H. Lawrence ⓘ |
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: Snake Description of subject: "Snake" is a famous poem by D. H. Lawrence that explores a charged encounter between a man and a snake, delving into themes of nature, guilt, and the conflict between instinct and social conditioning.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.