A Bewitched Place
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"A Bewitched Place" is a short story by Nikolai Gogol, blending Ukrainian folklore, supernatural elements, and humorous village life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Bewitched Place canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5638587 — 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: A Bewitched Place Context triple: [Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka, containsStory, A Bewitched Place]
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A.
The Witch's Familiar
"The Witch's Familiar" is a 2015 Doctor Who television episode featuring the Twelfth Doctor, Missy, and Clara in a confrontation with the Daleks and a dying Davros.
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B.
Bewitched
Bewitched is a classic American television sitcom from the 1960s and 1970s about a witch who marries a mortal man and tries to live a normal suburban life, blending fantasy and domestic comedy.
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C.
I Married a Witch
I Married a Witch is a 1942 romantic fantasy-comedy film best known for starring Veronica Lake as a mischievous witch who complicates a politician’s life with magic and romance.
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D.
The Witches of Eastwick
The Witches of Eastwick is a 1987 dark fantasy-comedy film about three women in a small New England town whose lives are upended when a mysterious and charismatic stranger arrives, awakening their latent magical powers.
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E.
Race to Witch Mountain
Race to Witch Mountain is a 2009 Disney science-fiction adventure film about a taxi driver helping two alien siblings with supernatural powers evade government agents and uncover the secrets of their origins.
- 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: A Bewitched Place Target entity description: "A Bewitched Place" is a short story by Nikolai Gogol, blending Ukrainian folklore, supernatural elements, and humorous village life.
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A.
The Witch's Familiar
"The Witch's Familiar" is a 2015 Doctor Who television episode featuring the Twelfth Doctor, Missy, and Clara in a confrontation with the Daleks and a dying Davros.
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B.
Bewitched
Bewitched is a classic American television sitcom from the 1960s and 1970s about a witch who marries a mortal man and tries to live a normal suburban life, blending fantasy and domestic comedy.
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C.
I Married a Witch
I Married a Witch is a 1942 romantic fantasy-comedy film best known for starring Veronica Lake as a mischievous witch who complicates a politician’s life with magic and romance.
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D.
The Witches of Eastwick
The Witches of Eastwick is a 1987 dark fantasy-comedy film about three women in a small New England town whose lives are upended when a mysterious and charismatic stranger arrives, awakening their latent magical powers.
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E.
Race to Witch Mountain
Race to Witch Mountain is a 2009 Disney science-fiction adventure film about a taxi driver helping two alien siblings with supernatural powers evade government agents and uncover the secrets of their origins.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Nikolai Gogol ⓘ |
| collectionByAuthor | Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka ⓘ |
| containsElement |
enchanted locations
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magic ⓘ witchcraft ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType |
Ukrainian peasants
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village sexton ⓘ |
| firstPublicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| genre |
comic fiction
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fantastic fiction ⓘ short story ⓘ supernatural fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
radio dramatization
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stage adaptation ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
bargain for hidden treasure
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bewitched or cursed place ⓘ comic misadventure ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
greed
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rural life ⓘ satire of superstition ⓘ supernatural ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Ukrainian oral tradition ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century Russian literature ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| partOf | Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka ⓘ |
| setting | Ukrainian village ⓘ |
| tone |
humorous
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satirical ⓘ |
| usesElement | Ukrainian folklore ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Bewitched Place Description of subject: "A Bewitched Place" is a short story by Nikolai Gogol, blending Ukrainian folklore, supernatural elements, and humorous village life.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.