The Haw Lantern
E122096
The Haw Lantern is a 1987 poetry collection by Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney that reflects on themes of conscience, mortality, and political turmoil in Ireland.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Haw Lantern canonical | 16 |
| The Haw Lantern (poem) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1036647 — 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 Haw Lantern Context triple: [Seamus Heaney, notableWork, The Haw Lantern]
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A.
The Inn Kitchen
"The Inn Kitchen" is a short story by Washington Irving, included in his collection *The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.*, that evokes the atmosphere and characters of an English inn.
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B.
Hog’s Head Inn
Hog’s Head Inn is a shabby, somewhat seedy pub in Hogsmeade that serves as a discreet meeting place for secretive and pivotal events in the Harry Potter series.
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C.
Brewmaster’s Castle
Brewmaster’s Castle is a historic Washington, D.C. mansion built by German-American brewer Christian Heurich, now preserved as a museum showcasing late 19th-century architecture and brewing-era history.
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D.
Tales from the White Hart
Tales from the White Hart is a humorous science fiction short story collection by Arthur C. Clarke, framed as tall tales told in a fictional London pub.
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E.
Trader Sam's Grog Grotto
Trader Sam's Grog Grotto is a tiki-themed, story-driven cocktail bar at Walt Disney World known for its elaborate specialty drinks, interactive effects, and immersive Adventureland-inspired atmosphere.
- 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 Haw Lantern Target entity description: The Haw Lantern is a 1987 poetry collection by Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney that reflects on themes of conscience, mortality, and political turmoil in Ireland.
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A.
The Inn Kitchen
"The Inn Kitchen" is a short story by Washington Irving, included in his collection *The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.*, that evokes the atmosphere and characters of an English inn.
-
B.
Hog’s Head Inn
Hog’s Head Inn is a shabby, somewhat seedy pub in Hogsmeade that serves as a discreet meeting place for secretive and pivotal events in the Harry Potter series.
-
C.
Brewmaster’s Castle
Brewmaster’s Castle is a historic Washington, D.C. mansion built by German-American brewer Christian Heurich, now preserved as a museum showcasing late 19th-century architecture and brewing-era history.
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D.
Tales from the White Hart
Tales from the White Hart is a humorous science fiction short story collection by Arthur C. Clarke, framed as tall tales told in a fictional London pub.
-
E.
Trader Sam's Grog Grotto
Trader Sam's Grog Grotto is a tiki-themed, story-driven cocktail bar at Walt Disney World known for its elaborate specialty drinks, interactive effects, and immersive Adventureland-inspired atmosphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney
ⓘ
linked to:
Seamus Heaney
The Troubles ⓘ |
| author | Seamus Heaney ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| explores |
aging and death
ⓘ
moral judgment ⓘ personal conscience ⓘ public responsibility ⓘ |
| follows | Station Island ⓘ |
| form |
lyric poetry
ⓘ
sequence of poems ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtist | Faber and Faber design department ⓘ |
| hasDedication | to his mother (via Clearances sequence) ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
lantern as conscience
ⓘ
light and darkness ⓘ |
| hasPoem |
Clearances
ⓘ
From the Land of the Unspoken ⓘ From the Republic of Conscience ⓘ Terminus ⓘ The Disappearing Island ⓘ The Haw Lantern (poem) ⓘ
linked to:
The Haw Lantern
The Mud Vision ⓘ The Stone Verdict ⓘ |
| hasReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| hasSection | Clearances sonnet sequence ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Irish politics
ⓘ
conscience ⓘ ethics ⓘ identity ⓘ memory ⓘ mortality ⓘ political turmoil ⓘ responsibility ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Catholic upbringing of Seamus Heaney
ⓘ
Irish history ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th-century poetry ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Seamus Heaney ⓘ |
| originalPublisherCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| partOf | Seamus Heaney bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| publisher | Faber and Faber ⓘ |
| setIn | Ireland ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Referenced by (17)
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linked to: The Haw Lantern