Among School Children
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"Among School Children" is a reflective poem by W. B. Yeats that meditates on aging, memory, and the relationship between the ideal and the real, famously culminating in the image of the dancer and the dance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Among School Children canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10767339 — 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: Among School Children Context triple: [The Tower, containsPoem, Among School Children]
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A.
Among Schoolchildren
Among Schoolchildren is a nonfiction book by Tracy Kidder that closely follows a fifth-grade teacher and her students in a struggling Massachusetts public school, offering an in-depth look at American education and classroom life.
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In School
In School is a non-fiction book by former NHL goaltender and Canadian politician Ken Dryden that examines the challenges and possibilities of the modern education system.
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C.
Teach Your Children
"Teach Your Children" is a folk-rock song by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young known for its gentle harmonies and reflective lyrics about intergenerational understanding and guidance.
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D.
Our Children
Our Children is a 2012 Belgian-French psychological drama film, directed by Joachim Lafosse and featuring Niels Arestrup, that explores the tragic breakdown of a young couple’s family under the influence of a controlling father figure.
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E.
The Children
"The Children" is a critically acclaimed stage play by British playwright Lucy Kirkwood that explores aging, responsibility, and the aftermath of a nuclear disaster through the reunion of three retired nuclear scientists.
- 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: Among School Children Target entity description: "Among School Children" is a reflective poem by W. B. Yeats that meditates on aging, memory, and the relationship between the ideal and the real, famously culminating in the image of the dancer and the dance.
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A.
Among Schoolchildren
Among Schoolchildren is a nonfiction book by Tracy Kidder that closely follows a fifth-grade teacher and her students in a struggling Massachusetts public school, offering an in-depth look at American education and classroom life.
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B.
In School
In School is a non-fiction book by former NHL goaltender and Canadian politician Ken Dryden that examines the challenges and possibilities of the modern education system.
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C.
Teach Your Children
"Teach Your Children" is a folk-rock song by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young known for its gentle harmonies and reflective lyrics about intergenerational understanding and guidance.
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D.
Our Children
Our Children is a 2012 Belgian-French psychological drama film, directed by Joachim Lafosse and featuring Niels Arestrup, that explores the tragic breakdown of a young couple’s family under the influence of a controlling father figure.
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E.
The Children
"The Children" is a critically acclaimed stage play by British playwright Lucy Kirkwood that explores aging, responsibility, and the aftermath of a nuclear disaster through the reunion of three retired nuclear scientists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| author |
W. B. Yeats
ⓘ
linked to:
W.B. Yeats
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| collection | The Tower ⓘ |
| collectionPublicationYear | 1928 ⓘ |
| containsImage |
Leda and the Swan allusion
ⓘ
chestnut tree ⓘ nun and mother imagery ⓘ the dancer and the dance ⓘ yolk and white of an egg ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| criticalReputation | one of Yeats’s major late poems ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
inseparability of art and artist
ⓘ
unity of being ⓘ |
| famousLine | How can we know the dancer from the dance? ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium | The Dial ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1927 ⓘ |
| form | meditative poem ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late Yeats ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| poet |
W. B. Yeats
ⓘ
linked to:
W.B. Yeats
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| referencesPerson | Maud Gonne ⓘ |
| referencesPhilosopher |
Aristotle
ⓘ
Plato ⓘ Plotinus ⓘ Pythagoras ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Sailing to Byzantium
ⓘ
The Tower (poem) ⓘ
linked to:
The Tower (poetry collection)
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| rhymeScheme | ABABABCC ⓘ |
| setting | a schoolroom ⓘ |
| speaker | an aging statesman-poet ⓘ |
| stanzaCount | 8 ⓘ |
| stanzaForm | ottava rima ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
contemplation of childhood and old age
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relationship between body and soul ⓘ relationship between thought and action ⓘ the poet’s visit to a convent school ⓘ |
| subjectOf | extensive literary criticism ⓘ |
| theme |
aging
ⓘ
art and life unity ⓘ education ⓘ ideal versus real ⓘ identity ⓘ love ⓘ memory ⓘ philosophy ⓘ time ⓘ |
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Subject: Among School Children Description of subject: "Among School Children" is a reflective poem by W. B. Yeats that meditates on aging, memory, and the relationship between the ideal and the real, famously culminating in the image of the dancer and the dance.
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