The Return
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"The Return" is a 1910 supernatural novel by Walter de la Mare that explores identity, possession, and psychological unease through the story of a man seemingly taken over by a dead stranger.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Return canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9665569 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Return Context triple: [Walter de la Mare, notableWork, The Return]
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The Return
"The Return" is a track from the collaborative Christmas-themed mixtape "Merry Christmas Lil Mama" by Chance the Rapper and Jeremih.
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The Return
"The Return" is an R&B album by American singer and American Idol winner Ruben Studdard, marking his comeback after earlier commercial success.
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The Return
"The Return" is a poem by Ezra Pound, notable for its imagist style and exploration of mythic figures fading from power.
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The Return
The Return is a work by the American author and podcaster Buzz Bissinger, best known for his narrative nonfiction and sports writing.
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The Return
The Return is a 2006 supernatural horror film starring Sarah Michelle Gellar as a troubled young woman haunted by disturbing visions tied to a past life and a small Texas town.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Return Target entity description: "The Return" is a 1910 supernatural novel by Walter de la Mare that explores identity, possession, and psychological unease through the story of a man seemingly taken over by a dead stranger.
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A.
The Return
"The Return" is a poem by Ezra Pound, notable for its imagist style and exploration of mythic figures fading from power.
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B.
The Return
The Return is a 2006 supernatural horror film starring Sarah Michelle Gellar as a troubled young woman haunted by disturbing visions tied to a past life and a small Texas town.
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C.
The Return
The Return is a work by the American author and podcaster Buzz Bissinger, best known for his narrative nonfiction and sports writing.
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The Return
The Return is a 2003 Russian drama film directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev that follows two young brothers whose estranged father suddenly reappears and takes them on a mysterious, emotionally charged journey.
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The Return
"The Return" is an R&B album by American singer and American Idol winner Ruben Studdard, marking his comeback after earlier commercial success.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
horror novel
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novel ⓘ psychological novel ⓘ supernatural novel ⓘ |
| author | Walter de la Mare ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
alienation
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identity ⓘ marital conflict ⓘ possession ⓘ psychological unease ⓘ the double ⓘ |
| character |
Arthur Lawford
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Griselda ⓘ Mr. Bethany ⓘ Mrs. Lawford ⓘ
linked to:
Sheila Lawford
Sheila Lawford ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | regarded as a significant work in Walter de la Mare's supernatural fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
horror fiction
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psychological horror ⓘ supernatural fiction ⓘ weird fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | radio drama adaptation ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
20th-century supernatural fiction
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psychological horror literature ⓘ |
| hasReprint | modern paperback editions ⓘ |
| includedIn | collections of classic ghost and supernatural stories ⓘ |
| length | novel-length work ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | early 20th-century British literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Arthur Lawford ⓘ |
| motif |
body swap
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graveyard encounter ⓘ haunted identity ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
ambiguous supernatural elements
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exploration of self and other ⓘ subtle psychological characterization ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A respectable man appears to be taken over by the personality and appearance of a dead stranger after falling asleep in a graveyard. ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1910 ⓘ |
| publisher | Collins ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
The Listeners and Other Poems
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The Riddle and Other Stories ⓘ |
| setting | England ⓘ |
| subjectOf | literary criticism on identity and the uncanny ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory | early 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Return Description of subject: "The Return" is a 1910 supernatural novel by Walter de la Mare that explores identity, possession, and psychological unease through the story of a man seemingly taken over by a dead stranger.
Referenced by (1)
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