Terminus
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"Terminus" is a poem by Seamus Heaney, featured in his collection *The Haw Lantern*, that reflects on themes of borders, identity, and historical division.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Terminus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5439542 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Terminus Context triple: [The Haw Lantern, hasPoem, Terminus]
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Terminus
Terminus was the original 19th-century name for the settlement that later became the city of Atlanta, Georgia.
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Terminus Legion
Terminus Legion is a prominent supporters’ group known for passionately backing Major League Soccer club Atlanta United FC with organized chants, tifos, and matchday events.
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Reaper
Reaper is a comedic supernatural television series about a young man who becomes a bounty hunter for the Devil, capturing escaped souls from Hell.
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Reaper
Reaper is a dark, wraith-like damage hero in the game Overwatch known for his dual shotguns, life-stealing abilities, and teleportation-based ambush tactics.
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E.
Zabivaka
Zabivaka is the wolf character that served as the official mascot for major international football tournaments hosted by Russia, including the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Terminus Target entity description: "Terminus" is a poem by Seamus Heaney, featured in his collection *The Haw Lantern*, that reflects on themes of borders, identity, and historical division.
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A.
Terminus
Terminus was the original 19th-century name for the settlement that later became the city of Atlanta, Georgia.
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B.
Terminus Legion
Terminus Legion is a prominent supporters’ group known for passionately backing Major League Soccer club Atlanta United FC with organized chants, tifos, and matchday events.
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C.
Reaper
Reaper is a comedic supernatural television series about a young man who becomes a bounty hunter for the Devil, capturing escaped souls from Hell.
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D.
Reaper
Reaper is a dark, wraith-like damage hero in the game Overwatch known for his dual shotguns, life-stealing abilities, and teleportation-based ambush tactics.
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E.
Zabivaka
Zabivaka is the wolf character that served as the official mascot for major international football tournaments hosted by Russia, including the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| appearsInCollectionSection | The Haw Lantern – main body ⓘ |
| author | Seamus Heaney ⓘ |
| concerns |
division between North and South of Ireland
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historical inheritance ⓘ personal and political identity ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | Irish ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | widely studied in Heaney scholarship ⓘ |
| hasForm | short poem ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Terminus ⓘ |
| includedIn | school and university syllabi on Heaney ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
allusion
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enjambment ⓘ imagery ⓘ metaphor ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary Irish poetry ⓘ |
| partOf | The Haw Lantern ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| publisher | Faber and Faber ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Field Work
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North ⓘ Station Island ⓘ |
| setInRegion | border regions of Ireland ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Irish studies
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literary studies ⓘ postcolonial studies ⓘ |
| theme |
Irish history
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The Troubles ⓘ belonging ⓘ borders ⓘ boundaries between communities ⓘ historical division ⓘ identity ⓘ liminality ⓘ memory ⓘ place ⓘ political conflict ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Terminus Description of subject: "Terminus" is a poem by Seamus Heaney, featured in his collection *The Haw Lantern*, that reflects on themes of borders, identity, and historical division.
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