Digging
E519325
"Digging" is a celebrated poem by Seamus Heaney that reflects on heritage, manual labor, and the poet’s craft through memories of his father and grandfather working the land.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Digging canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5439334 — 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: Digging Context triple: [Death of a Naturalist, containsPoem, Digging]
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A.
Dig Your Own Hole
Dig Your Own Hole is a critically acclaimed 1997 electronic music album by The Chemical Brothers, known for its influential big beat sound and hit singles like "Block Rockin' Beats."
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B.
Digging in the Dirt
"Digging in the Dirt" is a dark, introspective rock song by Peter Gabriel that explores themes of psychological excavation and personal trauma.
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C.
Dig a Little Deeper
"Dig a Little Deeper" is an upbeat gospel-inspired musical number performed by Mama Odie in Disney's animated film The Princess and the Frog, encouraging characters to look within themselves to find what they truly need.
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D.
Dig Your Roots
Dig Your Roots is a studio album by country duo Florida Georgia Line that showcases a more mature, reflective sound blending country, pop, and R&B influences.
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E.
Livin' Thing
"Livin' Thing" is a 1976 symphonic rock song by Electric Light Orchestra, known for its lush string arrangements and catchy, upbeat melody.
- 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: Digging Target entity description: "Digging" is a celebrated poem by Seamus Heaney that reflects on heritage, manual labor, and the poet’s craft through memories of his father and grandfather working the land.
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A.
Dig Your Own Hole
Dig Your Own Hole is a critically acclaimed 1997 electronic music album by The Chemical Brothers, known for its influential big beat sound and hit singles like "Block Rockin' Beats."
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B.
Digging in the Dirt
"Digging in the Dirt" is a dark, introspective rock song by Peter Gabriel that explores themes of psychological excavation and personal trauma.
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C.
Dig a Little Deeper
"Dig a Little Deeper" is an upbeat gospel-inspired musical number performed by Mama Odie in Disney's animated film The Princess and the Frog, encouraging characters to look within themselves to find what they truly need.
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D.
Dig Your Roots
Dig Your Roots is a studio album by country duo Florida Georgia Line that showcases a more mature, reflective sound blending country, pop, and R&B influences.
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E.
Livin' Thing
"Livin' Thing" is a 1976 symphonic rock song by Electric Light Orchestra, known for its lush string arrangements and catchy, upbeat melody.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literaryWork
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poem ⓘ |
| author | Seamus Heaney ⓘ |
| centralContrast | physical digging with a spade vs. metaphorical digging with a pen ⓘ |
| closingLine | I’ll dig with it. ⓘ |
| collection | Death of a Naturalist ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| creator | Seamus Heaney ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Death of a Naturalist ⓘ |
| form | free verse ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasRhymeScheme | irregular ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyAnthologized | true ⓘ |
| isStudiedIn |
secondary education curricula
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university literature courses ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary Irish poetry ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mentionsCharacter |
the speaker’s father
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the speaker’s grandfather ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
its evocation of rural Irish life and family memory
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its meditation on the relationship between writing and manual labor ⓘ |
| openingLine | Between my finger and my thumb ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstBookAppearance | Faber and Faber ⓘ |
| setting | rural Ireland ⓘ |
| speaker | a poet persona closely associated with Seamus Heaney ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
agricultural work
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art versus labor ⓘ intergenerational continuity ⓘ |
| symbol |
pen
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spade ⓘ |
| theme |
Irish rural life
ⓘ
family tradition ⓘ heritage ⓘ identity ⓘ manual labor ⓘ memory ⓘ respect for physical work ⓘ the poet’s craft ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
alliteration
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enjambment ⓘ imagery ⓘ metaphor ⓘ onamatopoeia ⓘ simile ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Digging Description of subject: "Digging" is a celebrated poem by Seamus Heaney that reflects on heritage, manual labor, and the poet’s craft through memories of his father and grandfather working the land.
Referenced by (2)
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