Soldier’s Home
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"Soldier’s Home" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway that follows a young World War I veteran’s alienated return to small-town American life.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Soldier’s Home canonical | 2 |
| Soldier's Home | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2880993 — 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: Soldier’s Home Context triple: [In Our Time, hasPart, Soldier’s Home]
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A.
The American Soldier
The American Soldier is a symbolic collective representing U.S. military personnel, recognized for their service and impact, including being honored as Time magazine's Person of the Year.
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B.
The Red Badge of Courage
The Red Badge of Courage is an 1895 American Civil War novel by Stephen Crane that follows a young Union soldier’s psychological struggle with fear, courage, and self-identity in battle.
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C.
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms is a classic war-time romance novel by Ernest Hemingway that follows an American ambulance driver in World War I and explores themes of love, loss, and the brutality of conflict.
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D.
Soldiers’ Home in Chelsea
Soldiers’ Home in Chelsea is a state-run long-term care and residential facility in Chelsea, Massachusetts, dedicated to serving military veterans.
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E.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front is a 2022 German anti-war film, adapted from Erich Maria Remarque’s novel, that portrays the harrowing experiences of German soldiers during World War I.
- 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: Soldier’s Home Target entity description: "Soldier’s Home" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway that follows a young World War I veteran’s alienated return to small-town American life.
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A.
The American Soldier
The American Soldier is a symbolic collective representing U.S. military personnel, recognized for their service and impact, including being honored as Time magazine's Person of the Year.
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B.
The Red Badge of Courage
The Red Badge of Courage is an 1895 American Civil War novel by Stephen Crane that follows a young Union soldier’s psychological struggle with fear, courage, and self-identity in battle.
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C.
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms is a classic war-time romance novel by Ernest Hemingway that follows an American ambulance driver in World War I and explores themes of love, loss, and the brutality of conflict.
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D.
Soldiers’ Home in Chelsea
Soldiers’ Home in Chelsea is a state-run long-term care and residential facility in Chelsea, Massachusetts, dedicated to serving military veterans.
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E.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front is a 2022 German anti-war film, adapted from Erich Maria Remarque’s novel, that portrays the harrowing experiences of German soldiers during World War I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | Ernest Hemingway ⓘ |
| collection | In Our Time ⓘ |
| collectionPublicationYear | 1925 ⓘ |
| conflictType |
internal psychological conflict
ⓘ
man versus society ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuresCharacter |
Krebs’s father
ⓘ
Krebs’s mother ⓘ Krebs’s sisters ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | magazine publication ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1924 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
Contact Collection of Contemporary Writers
ⓘ
linked to:
Contact Editions
|
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
war fiction ⓘ |
| hasCopyrightStatus | in copyright (United States) ⓘ |
| includesMotif |
emotional detachment in relationships
ⓘ
home as an alien place ⓘ religious pressure ⓘ returning soldier ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterIncludedIn | In Our Time ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | frequently anthologized in American literature courses ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Harold Krebs ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| originalMedium | print ⓘ |
| portrays |
difficulty of communicating war experiences
ⓘ
gap between veterans and civilians ⓘ pressure to conform to social norms ⓘ |
| protagonist | Harold Krebs ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | post–World War I era ⓘ |
| settingPlace | small-town Oklahoma ⓘ |
| style |
Hemingway’s iceberg theory
ⓘ
linked to:
Hemingway iceberg theory
minimalist prose ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
World War I veteran’s return home
ⓘ
conflict between individual and community ⓘ psychological impact of war ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
ⓘ
difficulty of returning to civilian life ⓘ disillusionment after war ⓘ emotional numbness ⓘ family expectations ⓘ isolation ⓘ truth versus lies ⓘ |
| timeOfAction | early 1920s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Soldier’s Home Description of subject: "Soldier’s Home" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway that follows a young World War I veteran’s alienated return to small-town American life.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Soldier’s Home