Ticket to the Fair
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"Ticket to the Fair" is David Foster Wallace’s humorous, hyper-detailed essay about attending the Illinois State Fair, later collected in his book *A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ticket to the Fair canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12885967 — 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: Ticket to the Fair Context triple: [A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, containsEssay, Ticket to the Fair]
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A.
Children at the Fair
"Children at the Fair" is an early 20th-century painting by German Expressionist artist August Macke that depicts children in a lively fairground scene with his characteristic use of bright color and simplified forms.
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B.
Merry Go 'Round
"Merry Go 'Round" is a critically acclaimed country song by Kacey Musgraves that helped establish her reputation for sharp, socially observant songwriting.
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C.
The Carousel
The Carousel is a themed section of Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa, styled after classic Victorian-era carousel architecture and décor.
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D.
A Ticket to the Circus
A Ticket to the Circus is a memoir by Norris Church Mailer recounting her unconventional life, including her marriage to writer Norman Mailer and her experiences in the literary and art worlds.
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E.
Merry Go Round
"Merry Go Round" is a blues-rock track by guitarist Gary Moore from his Peter Green tribute album "Blues for Greeny."
- 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: Ticket to the Fair Target entity description: "Ticket to the Fair" is David Foster Wallace’s humorous, hyper-detailed essay about attending the Illinois State Fair, later collected in his book *A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again*.
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A.
Children at the Fair
"Children at the Fair" is an early 20th-century painting by German Expressionist artist August Macke that depicts children in a lively fairground scene with his characteristic use of bright color and simplified forms.
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B.
Merry Go 'Round
"Merry Go 'Round" is a critically acclaimed country song by Kacey Musgraves that helped establish her reputation for sharp, socially observant songwriting.
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C.
The Carousel
The Carousel is a themed section of Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa, styled after classic Victorian-era carousel architecture and décor.
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D.
A Ticket to the Circus
A Ticket to the Circus is a memoir by Norris Church Mailer recounting her unconventional life, including her marriage to writer Norman Mailer and her experiences in the literary and art worlds.
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E.
Merry Go Round
"Merry Go Round" is a blues-rock track by guitarist Gary Moore from his Peter Green tribute album "Blues for Greeny."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay
ⓘ
nonfiction work ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
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Getting Away from Already Being Pretty Much Away ⓘ |
| author | David Foster Wallace ⓘ |
| collectedIn | A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| firstPublishedIn | Harper's Magazine ⓘ |
| genre |
humorous essay
ⓘ
literary journalism ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryDevice |
detailed observation
ⓘ
digression ⓘ footnotes ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| partOf | David Foster Wallace bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationType | magazine article ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Little, Brown and Company ⓘ |
| setting | Illinois State Fair ⓘ |
| style |
first-person narrative
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hyper-detailed description ⓘ |
| subject |
American leisure activities
ⓘ
mass entertainment ⓘ state fairs ⓘ |
| theme |
American popular culture
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Midwestern culture ⓘ consumerism ⓘ spectacle and entertainment ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | late 20th century ⓘ |
| tone |
humorous
ⓘ
ironic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ticket to the Fair Description of subject: "Ticket to the Fair" is David Foster Wallace’s humorous, hyper-detailed essay about attending the Illinois State Fair, later collected in his book *A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again*.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.