The Blue Hotel
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The Blue Hotel is a short story by American author Stephen Crane that explores themes of fear, alienation, and violence in a small Nebraska town.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Blue Hotel canonical | 9 |
| "The Blue Hotel" | 2 |
| The Blue Hotel (1898) | 2 |
| "The Blue Hotel" (first published 1898) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T838695 — 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 Blue Hotel Context triple: [Stephen Crane, notableWork, The Blue Hotel]
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A.
The Girl at the Lion d'Or
The Girl at the Lion d'Or is a historical novel by Sebastian Faulks set in 1930s provincial France, exploring love, betrayal, and the political tensions preceding World War II.
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B.
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness is a 1958 British drama film starring Ingrid Bergman as a missionary in China, based on the true story of Gladys Aylward.
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C.
The Gold and the Blue
The Gold and the Blue is a two-volume memoir by former University of California president Clark Kerr, chronicling the history, politics, and transformation of the UC system in the mid-20th century.
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D.
The Bedroom
The Bedroom is a famous painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting his simple, brightly colored bedroom in Arles, celebrated for its bold color, distorted perspective, and emotional intensity characteristic of Post-Impressionism.
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E.
House with the Heads
House with the Heads is a historic canal house in Amsterdam, renowned for its ornate façade adorned with sculpted heads and its significance in the city’s architectural heritage.
- 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 Blue Hotel Target entity description: The Blue Hotel is a short story by American author Stephen Crane that explores themes of fear, alienation, and violence in a small Nebraska town.
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A.
The Girl at the Lion d'Or
The Girl at the Lion d'Or is a historical novel by Sebastian Faulks set in 1930s provincial France, exploring love, betrayal, and the political tensions preceding World War II.
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B.
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness is a 1958 British drama film starring Ingrid Bergman as a missionary in China, based on the true story of Gladys Aylward.
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C.
The Gold and the Blue
The Gold and the Blue is a two-volume memoir by former University of California president Clark Kerr, chronicling the history, politics, and transformation of the UC system in the mid-20th century.
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D.
The Bedroom
The Bedroom is a famous painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting his simple, brightly colored bedroom in Arles, celebrated for its bold color, distorted perspective, and emotional intensity characteristic of Post-Impressionism.
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E.
House with the Heads
House with the Heads is a historic canal house in Amsterdam, renowned for its ornate façade adorned with sculpted heads and its significance in the city’s architectural heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | Stephen Crane ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| exploresConcept |
miscommunication
ⓘ
moral responsibility ⓘ psychological terror ⓘ social dynamics ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1898 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
Collier's Weekly
ⓘ
linked to:
Collier’s magazine
|
| genre |
psychological fiction
ⓘ
realist fiction ⓘ short fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | television adaptation ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Scully
ⓘ
Scully's son Johnnie ⓘ the Cowboy ⓘ the Easterner ⓘ the Swede ⓘ the gambler ⓘ
linked to:
The Gambler
|
| hasColorSymbolism | blue ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | considered a significant work of American short fiction ⓘ |
| includedIn | collections of Stephen Crane's short stories ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
American realism
ⓘ
linked to:
Realism
naturalism ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | impressionistic ⓘ |
| partOf |
Stephen Crane's Western stories
ⓘ
linked to:
Stephen Crane
|
| settingCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| settingEnvironment |
railroad hotel
ⓘ
small town ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Nebraska ⓘ |
| studiedIn | American literature courses ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
ⓘ
fatalism ⓘ fear ⓘ isolation ⓘ perception versus reality ⓘ violence ⓘ xenophobia ⓘ |
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: The Blue Hotel Description of subject: The Blue Hotel is a short story by American author Stephen Crane that explores themes of fear, alienation, and violence in a small Nebraska town.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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