The Last Night of the World
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"The Last Night of the World" is a Ray Bradbury short story that quietly explores how an ordinary couple spends their final evening together after learning the world will end.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| "The Last Night of the World" | 1 |
| Last Night of the World | 1 |
| The Last Night of the World canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4915566 — 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 Last Night of the World Context triple: [The Illustrated Man, containsWork, The Last Night of the World]
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A.
The Night
The Night is the 92nd chapter of the Qur’an, a Meccan surah that contrasts the paths of righteousness and wickedness and emphasizes the consequences of human choices.
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B.
The Night
The Night is a haunting Expressionist painting by Max Beckmann that depicts the brutal terror and psychological trauma of a violent home invasion.
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C.
The Night
The Night is an 18th-century painting by French artist Joseph Vernet, renowned for its dramatic nocturnal seascape and masterful use of light and atmosphere.
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D.
The Last Years
The Last Years is the concluding volume of Maxim Gorky’s epic novel cycle "The Life of Klim Samgin," depicting the final phase of its protagonist’s life amid the social and political upheavals of early 20th-century Russia.
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E.
World's End
World's End is a riverside district in the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, known for its large 1970s housing estate and proximity to the western end of the King's Road.
- 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 Last Night of the World Target entity description: "The Last Night of the World" is a Ray Bradbury short story that quietly explores how an ordinary couple spends their final evening together after learning the world will end.
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A.
The Night
The Night is the 92nd chapter of the Qur’an, a Meccan surah that contrasts the paths of righteousness and wickedness and emphasizes the consequences of human choices.
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B.
The Night
The Night is a haunting Expressionist painting by Max Beckmann that depicts the brutal terror and psychological trauma of a violent home invasion.
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C.
The Night
The Night is an 18th-century painting by French artist Joseph Vernet, renowned for its dramatic nocturnal seascape and masterful use of light and atmosphere.
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D.
The Last Years
The Last Years is the concluding volume of Maxim Gorky’s epic novel cycle "The Life of Klim Samgin," depicting the final phase of its protagonist’s life amid the social and political upheavals of early 20th-century Russia.
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E.
World's End
World's End is a riverside district in the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, known for its large 1970s housing estate and proximity to the western end of the King's Road.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | Ray Bradbury ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| exploresConcept |
how ordinary people respond to certain doom
ⓘ
shared human fate ⓘ value of everyday moments ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType | married couple ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium |
Esquire
ⓘ
linked to:
Esquire magazine
|
| genre |
science fiction
ⓘ
speculative fiction ⓘ |
| hasDialogue | conversation between husband and wife ⓘ |
| hasEnding | the couple goes to sleep together as the world is expected to end ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
dreams foretelling the end
ⓘ
routine domestic activities ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | The Illustrated Man ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | mid-20th-century American science fiction ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An ordinary married couple quietly spends their final evening together after learning the world will end that night. ⓘ |
| setting |
mid-20th century
ⓘ
suburban home ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
acceptance of death
ⓘ
calm in the face of catastrophe ⓘ end of the world ⓘ marriage ⓘ ordinary life ⓘ |
| tone |
calm
ⓘ
quiet ⓘ reflective ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Last Night of the World Description of subject: "The Last Night of the World" is a Ray Bradbury short story that quietly explores how an ordinary couple spends their final evening together after learning the world will end.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Last Night of the World
linked to: The Last Night of the World