There Will Come Soft Rains
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"There Will Come Soft Rains" is a classic Ray Bradbury short story depicting an automated house continuing its daily routines after its human inhabitants have been wiped out by nuclear catastrophe.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| There Will Come Soft Rains canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4833990 — 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: There Will Come Soft Rains Context triple: [The Martian Chronicles, containsStory, There Will Come Soft Rains]
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A.
A Fable for Tomorrow
"A Fable for Tomorrow" is the allegorical opening chapter of Rachel Carson’s environmental classic Silent Spring, depicting a seemingly idyllic town devastated by mysterious ecological collapse to illustrate the dangers of pesticide misuse.
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B.
The Machine Stops
The Machine Stops is a 1909 dystopian science fiction short story depicting a future society utterly dependent on an all-controlling technological system and the consequences when it fails.
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C.
I, Robot
I, Robot is a seminal science fiction short story collection by Isaac Asimov that explores the ethical and logical implications of advanced robotics and the famous Three Laws of Robotics.
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D.
I, Robot
I, Robot is a 2004 science fiction film loosely inspired by Isaac Asimov’s robot stories, featuring Will Smith in a futuristic murder mystery involving advanced robots and artificial intelligence.
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E.
The Children’s Machine
The Children’s Machine is a seminal book by Seymour Papert that explores how computers can transform education by empowering children to learn through exploration, creativity, and constructionist principles.
- 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: There Will Come Soft Rains Target entity description: "There Will Come Soft Rains" is a classic Ray Bradbury short story depicting an automated house continuing its daily routines after its human inhabitants have been wiped out by nuclear catastrophe.
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A.
A Fable for Tomorrow
"A Fable for Tomorrow" is the allegorical opening chapter of Rachel Carson’s environmental classic Silent Spring, depicting a seemingly idyllic town devastated by mysterious ecological collapse to illustrate the dangers of pesticide misuse.
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B.
The Machine Stops
The Machine Stops is a 1909 dystopian science fiction short story depicting a future society utterly dependent on an all-controlling technological system and the consequences when it fails.
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C.
I, Robot
I, Robot is a seminal science fiction short story collection by Isaac Asimov that explores the ethical and logical implications of advanced robotics and the famous Three Laws of Robotics.
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D.
I, Robot
I, Robot is a 2004 science fiction film loosely inspired by Isaac Asimov’s robot stories, featuring Will Smith in a futuristic murder mystery involving advanced robots and artificial intelligence.
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E.
The Children’s Machine
The Children’s Machine is a seminal book by Seymour Papert that explores how computers can transform education by empowering children to learn through exploration, creativity, and constructionist principles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
post-apocalyptic fiction
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science fiction short story ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| adaptation |
animated film adaptation
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radio drama adaptation ⓘ stage adaptation ⓘ |
| author | Ray Bradbury ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
automation
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environmental destruction ⓘ human extinction ⓘ nuclear war ⓘ routine and emptiness ⓘ technology and humanity ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| firstPublicationYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
Collier's magazine
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linked to:
Collier’s magazine
|
| form | short fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
dystopian fiction
ⓘ
post-apocalyptic fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ speculative fiction ⓘ |
| hasAllusionTo | Sara Teasdale ⓘ |
| hasNoHumanProtagonist | true ⓘ |
| includedIn |
The Illustrated Man
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The Martian Chronicles ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | poem There Will Come Soft Rains by Sara Teasdale ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
imagery
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irony ⓘ personification of house ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Golden Age of Science Fiction ⓘ |
| mainLocation | fully automated house ⓘ |
| medium | prose ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | automated house ⓘ |
| notableFor |
anti-nuclear message
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critique of blind faith in technology ⓘ depiction of automated house without humans ⓘ |
| plotElement |
house continues daily routines after humans die
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house is destroyed by fire ⓘ |
| publicationType | magazine publication ⓘ |
| settingContext | after nuclear war ⓘ |
| settingTime | future ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
adult readers
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young adult readers ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | poem There Will Come Soft Rains by Sara Teasdale ⓘ |
| tone |
bleak
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cautionary ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: There Will Come Soft Rains Description of subject: "There Will Come Soft Rains" is a classic Ray Bradbury short story depicting an automated house continuing its daily routines after its human inhabitants have been wiped out by nuclear catastrophe.
Referenced by (3)
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