An Encounter
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"An Encounter" is a short story by James Joyce that follows two Dublin schoolboys who skip class seeking adventure, only to face a disturbing experience that exposes the complexities and darker undercurrents of adult life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| An Encounter canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10184325 — 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: An Encounter Context triple: [Dubliners, hasPart, An Encounter]
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A.
The Journey
The Journey is a film score composed by Academy Award–winning British composer Stephen Warbeck.
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B.
The Journey
The Journey is a literary work by American author Robert Paul Smith, best known for his reflective, character-driven storytelling.
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The Journey
"The Journey" is a song by the British ska band The Specials, released under their pseudonym Palookaville.
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D.
The Intrigue
The Intrigue is a famous 1890 painting by Belgian expressionist James Ensor, known for its grotesque masked figures and satirical depiction of bourgeois society.
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E.
The Turmoil
"The Turmoil" is a 1915 novel by American author Booth Tarkington that explores industrialization, social change, and family conflict in a rapidly modernizing Midwestern city.
- 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: An Encounter Target entity description: "An Encounter" is a short story by James Joyce that follows two Dublin schoolboys who skip class seeking adventure, only to face a disturbing experience that exposes the complexities and darker undercurrents of adult life.
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A.
The Journey
The Journey is a film score composed by Academy Award–winning British composer Stephen Warbeck.
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B.
The Journey
The Journey is a literary work by American author Robert Paul Smith, best known for his reflective, character-driven storytelling.
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C.
The Journey
"The Journey" is a song by the British ska band The Specials, released under their pseudonym Palookaville.
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D.
The Intrigue
The Intrigue is a famous 1890 painting by Belgian expressionist James Ensor, known for its grotesque masked figures and satirical depiction of bourgeois society.
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E.
The Turmoil
"The Turmoil" is a 1915 novel by American author Booth Tarkington that explores industrialization, social change, and family conflict in a rapidly modernizing Midwestern city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | James Joyce ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
disillusionment
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loss of innocence ⓘ paralysis ⓘ sexual menace ⓘ the dangers of escapism ⓘ transition from childhood to adulthood ⓘ |
| collectionPublicationTitle | Dubliners ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
Catholic moral codes
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escape and adventure ⓘ schoolboy rebellion ⓘ voyeurism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| explores |
complexities of adult sexuality as perceived by children
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moral ambiguity ⓘ urban Irish life ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Mahony
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old man in the field ⓘ |
| genre |
modernist fiction
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realist fiction ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
childhood friendship
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fear and anxiety ⓘ power dynamics between adults and children ⓘ |
| includedIn | Irish literature curricula ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
free indirect discourse elements
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irony ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | early example of Joyce’s epiphanic short fiction ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
epiphany-centered
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stream-of-consciousness elements ⓘ |
| originalCollectionPublicationYear | 1914 ⓘ |
| originalCollectionPublisher | Grant Richards ⓘ |
| originalPublicationForm | short story collection ⓘ |
| partOf | Dubliners ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | early prose work by James Joyce ⓘ |
| protagonist | unnamed Dublin schoolboy narrator ⓘ |
| sequenceInCollection | second story in Dubliners ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Ireland ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Dublin ⓘ |
| settingType | urban environment ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 20th century ⓘ |
| tone |
ambiguous
ⓘ
uneasy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: An Encounter Description of subject: "An Encounter" is a short story by James Joyce that follows two Dublin schoolboys who skip class seeking adventure, only to face a disturbing experience that exposes the complexities and darker undercurrents of adult life.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.