Bitter Grounds
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"Bitter Grounds" is a dark, atmospheric short story by Neil Gaiman that blends voodoo, identity, and the supernatural in a haunting tale of personal escape and transformation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bitter Grounds canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6875558 — 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: Bitter Grounds Context triple: [Fragile Things, hasStory, Bitter Grounds]
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A.
O Lavrador de Café
O Lavrador de Café is a famous modernist painting by Brazilian artist Cândido Portinari that powerfully depicts a coffee farmer as a symbol of Brazil’s rural working class.
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B.
Strange Brew
Strange Brew is a 1983 Canadian comedy film featuring the characters Bob and Doug McKenzie from SCTV, known for its offbeat humor and cult following.
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C.
An Other Cup
An Other Cup is a 2006 studio album by Yusuf Islam (formerly known as Cat Stevens), marking his return to mainstream pop music after a long hiatus focused on religious and philanthropic work.
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D.
Kofy
Kofy is a variant spelling of the given name Kofi, commonly used in some personal or brand contexts.
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E.
The Casbah Coffee Club
The Casbah Coffee Club was an early Liverpool music venue and social club closely associated with the birth of the Merseybeat scene and the formative years of The Beatles.
- 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: Bitter Grounds Target entity description: "Bitter Grounds" is a dark, atmospheric short story by Neil Gaiman that blends voodoo, identity, and the supernatural in a haunting tale of personal escape and transformation.
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A.
O Lavrador de Café
O Lavrador de Café is a famous modernist painting by Brazilian artist Cândido Portinari that powerfully depicts a coffee farmer as a symbol of Brazil’s rural working class.
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B.
Strange Brew
Strange Brew is a 1983 Canadian comedy film featuring the characters Bob and Doug McKenzie from SCTV, known for its offbeat humor and cult following.
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C.
An Other Cup
An Other Cup is a 2006 studio album by Yusuf Islam (formerly known as Cat Stevens), marking his return to mainstream pop music after a long hiatus focused on religious and philanthropic work.
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D.
Kofy
Kofy is a variant spelling of the given name Kofi, commonly used in some personal or brand contexts.
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E.
The Casbah Coffee Club
The Casbah Coffee Club was an early Liverpool music venue and social club closely associated with the birth of the Merseybeat scene and the formative years of The Beatles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Neil Gaiman ⓘ |
| centralCharacterRole | unnamed male narrator ⓘ |
| containsElement |
Haitian mythology
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linked to:
Haitian Vodou
folklore ⓘ magic ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | anthology contribution ⓘ |
| genre |
dark fantasy
ⓘ
horror fiction ⓘ supernatural fiction ⓘ |
| hasReception |
critically praised for atmosphere
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noted for exploration of identity and loss ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Fragile Things
ⓘ
short story collections by Neil Gaiman ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
ambiguous reality
ⓘ
surreal ⓘ |
| motif |
coffee
ⓘ
voodoo ⓘ zombies ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| plotElement |
encounter with Haitian studies conference
ⓘ
interactions with women who may be zombies ⓘ narrator assumes another man’s identity ⓘ |
| setting |
New Orleans
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
death
ⓘ
displacement ⓘ identity ⓘ personal escape ⓘ the supernatural ⓘ transformation ⓘ |
| tone |
atmospheric
ⓘ
dark ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bitter Grounds Description of subject: "Bitter Grounds" is a dark, atmospheric short story by Neil Gaiman that blends voodoo, identity, and the supernatural in a haunting tale of personal escape and transformation.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.