Three Lives
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Three Lives is a 1909 modernist short story collection by Gertrude Stein that experiments with language and narrative in portraying the inner lives of three working-class women.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Three Lives canonical | 9 |
| Three Lives (1909) | 1 |
| Three Lives (1915 edition) | 1 |
| Three Lives to Live | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2128102 — 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: Three Lives Context triple: [Gertrude Stein, notableWork, Three Lives]
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A.
A Double Life
A Double Life is a 1947 psychological film noir drama about an actor whose immersion in a murderous stage role begins to blur the line between performance and reality.
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B.
Three Women
Three Women is a 1921 Cubist-inspired painting by Fernand Léger that depicts three stylized female figures in a bold, mechanized, and brightly colored composition emblematic of his “machine aesthetic.”
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C.
Where I Lived, and What I Lived For
"Where I Lived, and What I Lived For" is a famous early chapter of Henry David Thoreau’s *Walden* in which he reflects on simple living, self-reliance, and the search for a more deliberate, meaningful life.
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D.
My Several Lives
"My Several Lives" is the autobiography of American chemist and educator James B. Conant, recounting his multifaceted career in science, academia, and public service.
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E.
Love Life
Love Life is a 1948 Broadway musical with music by Kurt Weill and book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, often cited as an early example of the concept musical.
- 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: Three Lives Target entity description: Three Lives is a 1909 modernist short story collection by Gertrude Stein that experiments with language and narrative in portraying the inner lives of three working-class women.
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A.
A Double Life
A Double Life is a 1947 psychological film noir drama about an actor whose immersion in a murderous stage role begins to blur the line between performance and reality.
-
B.
Three Women
Three Women is a 1921 Cubist-inspired painting by Fernand Léger that depicts three stylized female figures in a bold, mechanized, and brightly colored composition emblematic of his “machine aesthetic.”
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C.
Where I Lived, and What I Lived For
"Where I Lived, and What I Lived For" is a famous early chapter of Henry David Thoreau’s *Walden* in which he reflects on simple living, self-reliance, and the search for a more deliberate, meaningful life.
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D.
My Several Lives
"My Several Lives" is the autobiography of American chemist and educator James B. Conant, recounting his multifaceted career in science, academia, and public service.
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E.
Love Life
"Love Life" is a memoir by American actor Rob Lowe that reflects on his personal experiences, career, and family life with humor and introspection.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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short story collection ⓘ |
| author | Gertrude Stein ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| firstEditionPlace |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
modernist fiction
ⓘ
short stories ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
Three Lives (1915 edition)
ⓘ
linked to:
Three Lives
|
| hasPart |
Melanctha
ⓘ
The Gentle Lena ⓘ The Good Anna ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Paul Cézanne
ⓘ
post-impressionism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | early example of American modernist fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Anna Federner
ⓘ
Lena Mainz ⓘ Melanctha Herbert ⓘ
linked to:
Melanctha
|
| narrativeFocus | inner lives of working-class women ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
experimental syntax
ⓘ
repetition ⓘ stream of consciousness elements ⓘ |
| notableFor |
experimental narrative structure
ⓘ
innovative prose style ⓘ |
| numberOfStories | 3 ⓘ |
| precededBy | Q.E.D. ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1909 ⓘ |
| publisher | The Four Seas Company ⓘ |
| setting | Bridgepoint ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
feminist literary analysis
ⓘ
literary criticism on modernism ⓘ studies of race in American literature ⓘ |
| theme |
class
ⓘ
emotional isolation ⓘ gender ⓘ identity ⓘ race ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Three Lives Description of subject: Three Lives is a 1909 modernist short story collection by Gertrude Stein that experiments with language and narrative in portraying the inner lives of three working-class women.
Referenced by (12)
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