So Much Water So Close to Home
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"So Much Water So Close to Home" is a short story by Raymond Carver that explores moral ambiguity and marital tension after a group of men delay reporting the discovery of a dead body during a fishing trip.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| So Much Water So Close to Home canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12875663 — 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: So Much Water So Close to Home Context triple: [What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, containsShortStory, So Much Water So Close to Home]
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A.
Living in the Flood
"Living in the Flood" is a reggae album by Jamaican singer Horace Andy, showcasing his distinctive soulful vocals and roots-influenced sound.
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B.
High Water Everywhere
"High Water Everywhere" is a seminal 1929 Delta blues song by Charley Patton that vividly chronicles the devastation of the Great Mississippi Flood.
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C.
Dam That River
"Dam That River" is a heavy, groove-driven track by the American grunge band Alice in Chains, featured on their influential 1992 album *Dirt*.
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D.
Don’t Go Near the Water
Don’t Go Near the Water is a 1957 American romantic comedy film set in the U.S. Navy during World War II, known for its humorous take on military public relations and wartime romance.
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E.
Flood
The Flood is a parasitic alien species in the Halo universe that infects and assimilates other lifeforms, serving as one of the series’ primary antagonistic forces.
- 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: So Much Water So Close to Home Target entity description: "So Much Water So Close to Home" is a short story by Raymond Carver that explores moral ambiguity and marital tension after a group of men delay reporting the discovery of a dead body during a fishing trip.
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A.
Living in the Flood
"Living in the Flood" is a reggae album by Jamaican singer Horace Andy, showcasing his distinctive soulful vocals and roots-influenced sound.
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B.
High Water Everywhere
"High Water Everywhere" is a seminal 1929 Delta blues song by Charley Patton that vividly chronicles the devastation of the Great Mississippi Flood.
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C.
Dam That River
"Dam That River" is a heavy, groove-driven track by the American grunge band Alice in Chains, featured on their influential 1992 album *Dirt*.
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D.
Don’t Go Near the Water
Don’t Go Near the Water is a 1957 American romantic comedy film set in the U.S. Navy during World War II, known for its humorous take on military public relations and wartime romance.
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E.
Flood
The Flood is a parasitic alien species in the Halo universe that infects and assimilates other lifeforms, serving as one of the series’ primary antagonistic forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| adaptationType | film adaptation ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | segment in film Short Cuts ⓘ |
| author | Raymond Carver ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
tension between ethical duty and self-interest
ⓘ
wife questions husband’s morality ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| explores |
fear and vulnerability
ⓘ
gender dynamics ⓘ social responsibility ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Claire
ⓘ
Stuart ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | short story collection ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Jindabyne ⓘ |
| hasMotiveQuestioned | motives of male characters on fishing trip ⓘ |
| hasTitleOrigin | title refers to proximity of local rivers and lakes ⓘ |
| includedIn |
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
ⓘ
Where I’m Calling From ⓘ
linked to:
Where I'm Calling From
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | minimalism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
guilt
ⓘ
marital tension ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ trust in relationships ⓘ violence against women ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Claire ⓘ |
| plotElement |
delay in reporting the body to authorities
ⓘ
discovery of a dead woman during a fishing trip ⓘ marital conflict following the fishing trip ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstCollection | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| setting | rural United States ⓘ |
| style |
realist narration
ⓘ
spare prose ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
conscience
ⓘ
crime ⓘ marriage ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory | late 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: So Much Water So Close to Home Description of subject: "So Much Water So Close to Home" is a short story by Raymond Carver that explores moral ambiguity and marital tension after a group of men delay reporting the discovery of a dead body during a fishing trip.
Referenced by (5)
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