Follower
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"Follower" is a well-known poem by Seamus Heaney that reflects on his childhood admiration for his father’s skilled farm work and his own feelings of clumsiness and later role reversal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Follower canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5439337 — 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: Follower Context triple: [Death of a Naturalist, containsPoem, Follower]
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A.
Foles
Foles is the surname of Nick Foles, an American football quarterback best known for leading the Philadelphia Eagles to a Super Bowl LII victory and earning the game's MVP award.
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B.
Affile
Affile is a small town and comune in the Lazio region of central Italy, located east of Rome in the province of Rome.
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C.
Fanning
Fanning is the surname of American actress Dakota Fanning, known for her prominent roles in film and television since childhood.
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D.
Fiyero
Fiyero is a central character in the musical and novel "Wicked," portrayed as a carefree prince who becomes Elphaba's love interest and undergoes significant moral growth.
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E.
Flo
Flo is a supporting character in Pixar's "Cars" franchise, known as the stylish turquoise show car who runs Flo's V8 Café in Radiator Springs.
- 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: Follower Target entity description: "Follower" is a well-known poem by Seamus Heaney that reflects on his childhood admiration for his father’s skilled farm work and his own feelings of clumsiness and later role reversal.
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A.
Foles
Foles is the surname of Nick Foles, an American football quarterback best known for leading the Philadelphia Eagles to a Super Bowl LII victory and earning the game's MVP award.
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B.
Affile
Affile is a small town and comune in the Lazio region of central Italy, located east of Rome in the province of Rome.
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C.
Fanning
Fanning is the surname of American actress Dakota Fanning, known for her prominent roles in film and television since childhood.
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D.
Fiyero
Fiyero is a central character in the musical and novel "Wicked," portrayed as a carefree prince who becomes Elphaba's love interest and undergoes significant moral growth.
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E.
Flo
Flo is a supporting character in Pixar's "Cars" franchise, known as the stylish turquoise show car who runs Flo's V8 Café in Radiator Springs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| author | Seamus Heaney ⓘ |
| collection | Death of a Naturalist ⓘ |
| concludesWith | image of father now following the son ⓘ |
| contrasts | father’s skill with child’s clumsiness ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| depicts | father as expert ploughman ⓘ |
| explores |
burden of parental expectations
ⓘ
changing family roles over time ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
ploughing
ⓘ
speaker’s father ⓘ |
| form | regular stanza form ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| includesMotif | following and being followed ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Heaney’s rural upbringing ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
alliteration
ⓘ
enjambment ⓘ imagery ⓘ metaphor ⓘ simile ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Postwar poetry ⓘ |
| meter | loosely iambic ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| oftenAnthologizedIn | modern poetry anthologies ⓘ |
| partOf | Seamus Heaney’s early farm poems ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| publisher | Faber and Faber ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | largely regular ⓘ |
| setIn | mid-20th-century Irish countryside ⓘ |
| setting | rural farm in County Derry ⓘ |
| speaker | child version of the poet ⓘ |
| structure | six quatrains ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
A-level English Literature syllabuses
ⓘ
GCSE English Literature syllabuses ⓘ |
| theme |
admiration
ⓘ
childhood ⓘ father–son relationship ⓘ identity ⓘ masculinity ⓘ memory ⓘ role reversal ⓘ rural life ⓘ skill and clumsiness ⓘ |
| tone |
nostalgic
ⓘ
reflective ⓘ tinged with regret ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Follower Description of subject: "Follower" is a well-known poem by Seamus Heaney that reflects on his childhood admiration for his father’s skilled farm work and his own feelings of clumsiness and later role reversal.
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