Bliss
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Bliss is a celebrated short story by modernist writer Katherine Mansfield that explores themes of female desire, social pretense, and emotional revelation during a single evening gathering.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bliss canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11777231 — 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: Bliss Context triple: [Katherine Mansfield, notableWork, Bliss]
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Bliss
"Bliss" is a track from Mariah Carey's 1999 album "Rainbow," known for its sensual lyrics and layered vocal arrangements.
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Bliss
"Bliss" is a song featured on Taylor Swift’s album *Lover*, known for its upbeat pop sound and emotionally charged lyrics.
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Bliss
Bliss is a surname most notably associated with Lucille Bliss, an American voice actress known for her work in classic animated films and television series.
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Bliss
Bliss is a darkly comic novel by Australian author Peter Carey that follows an advertising executive who, after a near-death experience, attempts to radically transform his life.
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Bliss
Bliss is a character in Isaac Asimov’s science fiction universe, notably appearing in the novel "The Robots of Dawn" as a key figure connected to the Spacer worlds.
- 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: Bliss Target entity description: Bliss is a celebrated short story by modernist writer Katherine Mansfield that explores themes of female desire, social pretense, and emotional revelation during a single evening gathering.
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Bliss
Bliss is a darkly comic novel by Australian author Peter Carey that follows an advertising executive who, after a near-death experience, attempts to radically transform his life.
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Bliss
Bliss is a pivotal telepathic character in Isaac Asimov’s science fiction novel "Foundation and Earth," embodying a collective planetary consciousness.
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Bliss
Bliss is a character in Isaac Asimov’s science fiction universe, notably appearing in the novel "The Robots of Dawn" as a key figure connected to the Spacer worlds.
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Bliss
"Bliss" is a song featured on Taylor Swift’s album *Lover*, known for its upbeat pop sound and emotionally charged lyrics.
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E.
Bliss
"Bliss" is a track from Mariah Carey's 1999 album "Rainbow," known for its sensual lyrics and layered vocal arrangements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Katherine Mansfield ⓘ |
| centralConflict | Bertha Young’s inner emotional awakening versus social reality ⓘ |
| climax | Bertha’s discovery of her husband’s affair with Pearl Fulton ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | widely anthologized and critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| explores |
constraints of middle-class domestic life
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tension between inner emotion and outward behavior ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Eddie Warren
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Harry Young ⓘ Mr Norman Knight ⓘ Mrs Norman Knight ⓘ Pearl Fulton ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1920 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The English Review ⓘ |
| genre | modernist fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
radio drama adaptations
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television adaptations ⓘ |
| includedIn | Katherine Mansfield’s collected stories ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterPublishedIn | Bliss and Other Stories ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
free indirect discourse
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interior monologue ⓘ stream of consciousness ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Bertha Young ⓘ |
| motif |
party gathering
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pear tree ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| notableSymbol | pear tree ⓘ |
| protagonist | Bertha Young ⓘ |
| setting |
London
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linked to:
London, England
early 20th century ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
modernist literature courses
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women’s writing courses ⓘ |
| theme |
class consciousness
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emotional revelation ⓘ epiphany ⓘ female desire ⓘ illusion versus reality ⓘ marital infidelity ⓘ repressed sexuality ⓘ social pretense ⓘ |
| timeSpanOfFictionalEvents | single evening ⓘ |
| tone |
ironic
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lyrical ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bliss Description of subject: Bliss is a celebrated short story by modernist writer Katherine Mansfield that explores themes of female desire, social pretense, and emotional revelation during a single evening gathering.
Referenced by (5)
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