The Cotter's Saturday Night
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The Cotter's Saturday Night is a narrative poem by Robert Burns that portrays the humble piety and domestic life of a Scottish peasant family.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Cotter's Saturday Night canonical | 9 |
| The Cotter’s Saturday Night | 4 |
| The Cottar's Saturday Night by James Grahame | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Cotter's Saturday Night Context triple: [Robert Burns, notableWork, The Cotter's Saturday Night]
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A.
Mr. Saturday Night
Mr. Saturday Night is a 1992 comedy-drama film, later adapted into a stage musical, in which Billy Crystal portrays an aging Borscht Belt comedian reflecting on his fading career and fractured relationships.
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B.
One More Saturday Night
"One More Saturday Night" is a high-energy rock song written and performed by Bob Weir, best known through his work with the Grateful Dead.
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C.
The Great McGinty
The Great McGinty is a 1940 political satire film written and directed by Preston Sturges, notable for its sharp, comedic take on corruption and machine politics.
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D.
Fools' Parade
Fools' Parade is a 1971 crime drama film, based on a Davis Grubb novel, about three ex-convicts facing corruption and violence when they try to collect their prison savings in a small West Virginia town.
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E.
Letterkenny
Letterkenny is a Canadian television sitcom set in a small rural Ontario town, known for its fast-paced wordplay, quirky characters, and deadpan humor.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Cotter's Saturday Night Target entity description: The Cotter's Saturday Night is a narrative poem by Robert Burns that portrays the humble piety and domestic life of a Scottish peasant family.
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A.
Mr. Saturday Night
Mr. Saturday Night is a 1992 comedy-drama film, later adapted into a stage musical, in which Billy Crystal portrays an aging Borscht Belt comedian reflecting on his fading career and fractured relationships.
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B.
One More Saturday Night
"One More Saturday Night" is a high-energy rock song written and performed by Bob Weir, best known through his work with the Grateful Dead.
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C.
The Great McGinty
The Great McGinty is a 1940 political satire film written and directed by Preston Sturges, notable for its sharp, comedic take on corruption and machine politics.
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D.
Fools' Parade
Fools' Parade is a 1971 crime drama film, based on a Davis Grubb novel, about three ex-convicts facing corruption and violence when they try to collect their prison savings in a small West Virginia town.
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E.
Letterkenny
Letterkenny is a Canadian television sitcom set in a small rural Ontario town, known for its fast-paced wordplay, quirky characters, and deadpan humor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
narrative poem
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poem ⓘ |
| author | Robert Burns ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | urban vice ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Robert Aiken ⓘ |
| depicts |
Bible reading
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Sabbath preparation ⓘ family worship ⓘ rural laborers returning home ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
1786
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Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect ⓘ
linked to:
Poems of Robert Burns
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| genre |
narrative poetry
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pastoral poetry ⓘ religious poetry ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
the cotter
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the cotter's children ⓘ the cotter's wife ⓘ the daughter's lover ⓘ the eldest daughter ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later depictions of Scottish domestic life ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryAllusion |
The Cottar's Saturday Night by James Grahame
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linked to:
The Cotter's Saturday Night
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| inspiredBy |
The Seasons
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The Task ⓘ |
| languageFeature |
Scots dialect
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standard English narration ⓘ |
| literaryForm | verse ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Romanticism
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Scottish literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Presbyterian religious devotion
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Scottish peasant life ⓘ domestic piety ⓘ family life ⓘ virtue of humble poverty ⓘ |
| meter | Spenserian stanza ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | a Scottish cotter and his family ⓘ |
| originalLanguage |
English
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Scots ⓘ |
| partOf |
Robert Burns's early Kilmarnock volume
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linked to:
Poems of Robert Burns
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| placeOfFirstPublication | Kilmarnock edition ⓘ |
| praises | simple rural virtue ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | ababbcbcc ⓘ |
| setting | rural Scotland ⓘ |
| structure | stanzaic ⓘ |
| tone |
didactic
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pious ⓘ sentimental ⓘ |
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Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Kilmarnock Edition of Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect
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The Cotter’s Saturday Night
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linked to: The Cotter's Saturday Night