The Tell-Tale Heart
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"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a classic Gothic short story by Edgar Allan Poe that explores guilt and madness through the unreliable narration of a murderer haunted by the imagined beating of his victim’s heart.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Tell-Tale Heart canonical | 11 |
| Tell Tale Heart | 1 |
| The Tell-Tale Hearts | 1 |
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tell-Tale_Heart | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T295530 — 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 Tell-Tale Heart Context triple: [Edgar Allan Poe, notableWork, The Tell-Tale Heart]
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A.
The Scapegoat
The Scapegoat is a famous 1856 painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist William Holman Hunt depicting a lone goat symbolically burdened with the sins of the people in a desolate landscape.
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B.
House with the Heads
House with the Heads is a historic canal house in Amsterdam, renowned for its ornate façade adorned with sculpted heads and its significance in the city’s architectural heritage.
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C.
The Imposture
The Imposture is a Caroline-era stage play by English dramatist James Shirley, known as one of his notable comedies of intrigue.
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D.
Murder on Capitol Hill
Murder on Capitol Hill is a political mystery novel by Margaret Truman set in Washington, D.C., involving intrigue and murder within the halls of the U.S. Congress.
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E.
The Bedroom
The Bedroom is a famous painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting his simple, brightly colored bedroom in Arles, celebrated for its bold color, distorted perspective, and emotional intensity characteristic of Post-Impressionism.
- 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 Tell-Tale Heart Target entity description: "The Tell-Tale Heart" is a classic Gothic short story by Edgar Allan Poe that explores guilt and madness through the unreliable narration of a murderer haunted by the imagined beating of his victim’s heart.
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A.
The Scapegoat
The Scapegoat is a famous 1856 painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist William Holman Hunt depicting a lone goat symbolically burdened with the sins of the people in a desolate landscape.
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B.
House with the Heads
House with the Heads is a historic canal house in Amsterdam, renowned for its ornate façade adorned with sculpted heads and its significance in the city’s architectural heritage.
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C.
The Imposture
The Imposture is a Caroline-era stage play by English dramatist James Shirley, known as one of his notable comedies of intrigue.
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D.
Murder on Capitol Hill
Murder on Capitol Hill is a political mystery novel by Margaret Truman set in Washington, D.C., involving intrigue and murder within the halls of the U.S. Congress.
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E.
The Bedroom
The Bedroom is a famous painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting his simple, brightly colored bedroom in Arles, celebrated for its bold color, distorted perspective, and emotional intensity characteristic of Post-Impressionism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gothic fiction work
ⓘ
horror fiction work ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
animated films
ⓘ
radio dramas ⓘ short films ⓘ stage plays ⓘ |
| antagonistRole | old man ⓘ |
| author | Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ |
| collectedIn | Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (later editions and collections) ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| firstPublicationDate | 1843 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Pioneer ⓘ |
| genre |
Gothic fiction
ⓘ
detective precursor ⓘ psychological horror ⓘ |
| hasWikipediaPage |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tell-Tale_Heart
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linked to:
The Tell-Tale Heart
|
| influenced |
detective and crime fiction traditions
ⓘ
modern psychological horror ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
foreshadowing
ⓘ
imagery ⓘ irony ⓘ repetition ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American Romanticism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
conscience
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guilt ⓘ madness ⓘ paranoia ⓘ the nature of evil ⓘ |
| narrativePointOfView | first-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique | unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| notableMotif |
beating heart
ⓘ
vulture eye ⓘ |
| partOfSchoolCurriculumIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
other English-speaking countries ⓘ |
| plotElement |
body hidden under floorboards
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confession driven by imagined sound ⓘ dismemberment of the body ⓘ murder of an old man ⓘ visit from police officers ⓘ |
| protagonistRole | unnamed narrator ⓘ |
| setting | the old man’s house ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| tone |
claustrophobic
ⓘ
psychologically intense ⓘ tense ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: The Tell-Tale Heart Description of subject: "The Tell-Tale Heart" is a classic Gothic short story by Edgar Allan Poe that explores guilt and madness through the unreliable narration of a murderer haunted by the imagined beating of his victim’s heart.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Tell-Tale Heart
subject linked to:
Edgar
subject linked to:
The Fall of the House of Usher
subject linked to:
The Simpsons episode "The Telltale Head"
linked to: The Tell-Tale Heart