The Burning Book
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"The Burning Book" is a notable poem by American poet Edwin Arlington Robinson, recognized for its reflective, philosophical treatment of memory, loss, and the passage of time.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Burning Book canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5452432 — 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 Burning Book Context triple: [Collected Poems by Edwin Arlington Robinson, hasNotablePoem, The Burning Book]
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A.
The Burning
The Burning is a 1981 American slasher film, notable for its summer-camp setting and early special effects work by makeup artist Tom Savini.
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B.
The Burning
The Burning was a Union scorched-earth campaign in the Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War, aimed at destroying Confederate resources and crippling the region’s ability to support the Southern war effort.
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C.
The Fire Raisers
The Fire Raisers is an English title for Max Frisch’s darkly comic play about complacency and the rise of fascism, in which a seemingly respectable citizen naively harbors arsonists in his home.
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D.
The Fire
The Fire is a Major League Soccer club based in Chicago, Illinois, known formally as Chicago Fire FC.
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E.
The Fire Inside
The Fire Inside is a nonfiction book by Steve Delsohn that explores the lives, challenges, and culture of firefighters.
- 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 Burning Book Target entity description: "The Burning Book" is a notable poem by American poet Edwin Arlington Robinson, recognized for its reflective, philosophical treatment of memory, loss, and the passage of time.
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A.
The Burning
The Burning is a 1981 American slasher film, notable for its summer-camp setting and early special effects work by makeup artist Tom Savini.
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B.
The Burning
The Burning was a Union scorched-earth campaign in the Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War, aimed at destroying Confederate resources and crippling the region’s ability to support the Southern war effort.
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C.
The Fire Raisers
The Fire Raisers is an English title for Max Frisch’s darkly comic play about complacency and the rise of fascism, in which a seemingly respectable citizen naively harbors arsonists in his home.
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D.
The Fire
The Fire is a Major League Soccer club based in Chicago, Illinois, known formally as Chicago Fire FC.
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E.
The Fire Inside
The Fire Inside is a nonfiction book by Steve Delsohn that explores the lives, challenges, and culture of firefighters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literaryWork
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poem ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor | Edwin Arlington Robinson ⓘ |
| author | Edwin Arlington Robinson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| creator | Edwin Arlington Robinson ⓘ |
| genre |
lyric poetry
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philosophical poetry ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasForm | poem ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
emotional impact of loss
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human experience of time ⓘ persistence of memory ⓘ
linked to:
The Persistence of Memory
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| hasTone |
contemplative
ⓘ
somber ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American poetry ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 19th–early 20th century American literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
meditative
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reflective ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
loss
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memory ⓘ passage of time ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Burning Book Description of subject: "The Burning Book" is a notable poem by American poet Edwin Arlington Robinson, recognized for its reflective, philosophical treatment of memory, loss, and the passage of time.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.