The Border Trilogy
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The Border Trilogy is a series of three interrelated novels by Cormac McCarthy that follow young cowboys on the U.S.–Mexico border, exploring themes of loss, identity, and the fading American West.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Border Trilogy canonical | 5 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Border Trilogy Context triple: [The Crossing, partOfSeries, The Border Trilogy]
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A.
The Border
The Border is a 1982 crime drama film starring Jack Nicholson as a corrupt U.S. Border Patrol agent confronting moral dilemmas along the U.S.–Mexico border.
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B.
La Frontera
La Frontera is the historical frontier region in southern Chile that was the site of prolonged conflict and cultural interaction between Spanish colonizers and the indigenous Mapuche people.
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C.
On the Border
"On the Border" is a 1974 rock song by the Eagles, featured on their album of the same name and noted for its blend of country rock and politically tinged lyrics.
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D.
Mexico Trilogy
Mexico Trilogy is a series of stylish, action-packed neo-Western films by Robert Rodriguez that follow interconnected stories of gunslingers and outlaws in Mexico.
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E.
Bordertown
Bordertown is a shared-world urban fantasy series set on the border between the human world and a magical realm, featuring interconnected stories by multiple authors.
- 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: The Border Trilogy Target entity description: The Border Trilogy is a series of three interrelated novels by Cormac McCarthy that follow young cowboys on the U.S.–Mexico border, exploring themes of loss, identity, and the fading American West.
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A.
The Border
The Border is a 1982 crime drama film starring Jack Nicholson as a corrupt U.S. Border Patrol agent confronting moral dilemmas along the U.S.–Mexico border.
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B.
La Frontera
La Frontera is the historical frontier region in southern Chile that was the site of prolonged conflict and cultural interaction between Spanish colonizers and the indigenous Mapuche people.
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C.
On the Border
"On the Border" is a 1974 rock song by the Eagles, featured on their album of the same name and noted for its blend of country rock and politically tinged lyrics.
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D.
Mexico Trilogy
Mexico Trilogy is a series of stylish, action-packed neo-Western films by Robert Rodriguez that follow interconnected stories of gunslingers and outlaws in Mexico.
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E.
Bordertown
Bordertown is a shared-world urban fantasy series set on the border between the human world and a magical realm, featuring interconnected stories by multiple authors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary trilogy
ⓘ
novel series ⓘ |
| author | Cormac McCarthy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| explores |
cross-border culture
ⓘ
displacement ⓘ masculinity ⓘ mortality ⓘ |
| firstVolumePublicationYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| genre |
Western fiction
ⓘ
coming-of-age fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | widely acclaimed by literary critics ⓘ |
| hasPart |
All the Pretty Horses
ⓘ
Cities of the Plain ⓘ The Crossing ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist |
Billy Parham
ⓘ
John Grady Cole ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American frontier mythology
ⓘ
classic Western genre ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | cowboy ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
coming of age
ⓘ
human–nature relationship ⓘ identity ⓘ loss ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ the fading American West ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
lyrical prose
ⓘ
philosophical dialogue ⓘ sparse punctuation ⓘ |
| numberOfWorks | 3 ⓘ |
| periodOfPublicationEnd | 1998 ⓘ |
| periodOfPublicationStart | 1992 ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstVolume | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| secondVolumePublicationYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
American Southwest
ⓘ
linked to:
southwestern United States
Mexico ⓘ U.S.–Mexico border ⓘ |
| thirdVolumePublicationYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| timePeriodSetting |
mid-20th century
ⓘ
post-World War II era ⓘ |
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Subject: The Border Trilogy Description of subject: The Border Trilogy is a series of three interrelated novels by Cormac McCarthy that follow young cowboys on the U.S.–Mexico border, exploring themes of loss, identity, and the fading American West.
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