When We Went to See the End of the World
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"When We Went to See the End of the World" is a short story by Neil Gaiman that blends dark fantasy and surrealism to explore human relationships and apocalyptic anxieties.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| When We Went to See the End of the World canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6875518 — 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: When We Went to See the End of the World Context triple: [Smoke and Mirrors, containsWork, When We Went to See the End of the World]
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A.
Until the End of the World
"Until the End of the World" is a song by Irish rock band U2, known for its atmospheric sound and lyrics inspired by a dialogue between Jesus and Judas.
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B.
The Day the World Took Off
The Day the World Took Off is a historical television documentary series that explores how scientific, technological, and social developments in 18th-century Britain sparked the Industrial Revolution and transformed the modern world.
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C.
The Ends of the Earth
The Ends of the Earth is a historical work by Alfred W. Crosby that examines how human societies have expanded, migrated, and transformed environments across the globe over time.
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D.
Ends of the Earth
"Ends of the Earth" is a cinematic, folk-inspired indie rock song by Lord Huron known for its expansive, wanderlust-driven themes and atmospheric sound.
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E.
The Day the World Went Away
"The Day the World Went Away" is a 1999 industrial rock single by Nine Inch Nails known for its heavy, atmospheric sound and minimal use of vocals.
- 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: When We Went to See the End of the World Target entity description: "When We Went to See the End of the World" is a short story by Neil Gaiman that blends dark fantasy and surrealism to explore human relationships and apocalyptic anxieties.
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A.
Until the End of the World
"Until the End of the World" is a song by Irish rock band U2, known for its atmospheric sound and lyrics inspired by a dialogue between Jesus and Judas.
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B.
The Day the World Took Off
The Day the World Took Off is a historical television documentary series that explores how scientific, technological, and social developments in 18th-century Britain sparked the Industrial Revolution and transformed the modern world.
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C.
The Ends of the Earth
The Ends of the Earth is a historical work by Alfred W. Crosby that examines how human societies have expanded, migrated, and transformed environments across the globe over time.
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D.
Ends of the Earth
"Ends of the Earth" is a cinematic, folk-inspired indie rock song by Lord Huron known for its expansive, wanderlust-driven themes and atmospheric sound.
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E.
The Day the World Went Away
"The Day the World Went Away" is a 1999 industrial rock single by Nine Inch Nails known for its heavy, atmospheric sound and minimal use of vocals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (22)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
short story
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work of fiction ⓘ |
| author | Neil Gaiman ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Neil Gaiman ⓘ |
| explores |
denial in the face of catastrophe
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emotional distance ⓘ marital tension ⓘ |
| genre |
dark fantasy
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surrealism ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Neil Gaiman ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | British ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasTitle | When We Went to See the End of the World ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary fantasy ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
darkly comic
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surreal ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
apocalyptic anxiety
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end of the world ⓘ human relationships ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: When We Went to See the End of the World Description of subject: "When We Went to See the End of the World" is a short story by Neil Gaiman that blends dark fantasy and surrealism to explore human relationships and apocalyptic anxieties.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.