Mid-August at Sourdough Mountain Lookout
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"Mid-August at Sourdough Mountain Lookout" is a lyric nature poem by Gary Snyder that reflects on wilderness, impermanence, and human presence in the North Cascades.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mid-August at Sourdough Mountain Lookout canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13035238 — 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: Mid-August at Sourdough Mountain Lookout Context triple: [Riprap, hasPoem, Mid-August at Sourdough Mountain Lookout]
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A.
Bull of the Woods Lookout
Bull of the Woods Lookout is a historic fire lookout tower in Oregon’s Mount Hood National Forest that offers panoramic views of the surrounding Bull of the Woods Wilderness.
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B.
Cone Peak Lookout site
Cone Peak Lookout site is a former fire lookout location near Cone Peak in California’s Santa Lucia Range, historically used for spotting wildfires in the surrounding Los Padres National Forest.
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C.
Boiling Pot Lookout
Boiling Pot Lookout is a coastal vantage point in Noosa National Park, Queensland, offering dramatic views of rocky headlands, surf, and marine life.
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D.
Alpine Lookout
Alpine Lookout is a scenic roadside viewpoint in New Jersey’s Palisades Interstate Park offering expansive views over the Hudson River and surrounding cliffs.
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E.
Five Rivers Lookout
Five Rivers Lookout is a scenic vantage point near Wyndham in Western Australia, renowned for its panoramic views where five major rivers meet before flowing into the Cambridge Gulf.
- 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: Mid-August at Sourdough Mountain Lookout Target entity description: "Mid-August at Sourdough Mountain Lookout" is a lyric nature poem by Gary Snyder that reflects on wilderness, impermanence, and human presence in the North Cascades.
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A.
Bull of the Woods Lookout
Bull of the Woods Lookout is a historic fire lookout tower in Oregon’s Mount Hood National Forest that offers panoramic views of the surrounding Bull of the Woods Wilderness.
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B.
Cone Peak Lookout site
Cone Peak Lookout site is a former fire lookout location near Cone Peak in California’s Santa Lucia Range, historically used for spotting wildfires in the surrounding Los Padres National Forest.
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C.
Boiling Pot Lookout
Boiling Pot Lookout is a coastal vantage point in Noosa National Park, Queensland, offering dramatic views of rocky headlands, surf, and marine life.
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D.
Alpine Lookout
Alpine Lookout is a scenic roadside viewpoint in New Jersey’s Palisades Interstate Park offering expansive views over the Hudson River and surrounding cliffs.
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E.
Five Rivers Lookout
Five Rivers Lookout is a scenic vantage point near Wyndham in Western Australia, renowned for its panoramic views where five major rivers meet before flowing into the Cambridge Gulf.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lyric poem
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nature poem ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| author | Gary Snyder ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| exploresConcept |
interconnectedness of beings
ⓘ
transience of life ⓘ |
| focusesOn | relationship between humans and nature ⓘ |
| form | free verse ⓘ |
| genre |
environmental literature
ⓘ
nature poetry ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryStyle |
imagistic
ⓘ
meditative ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | first-person speaker ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Beat Generation ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American poetry ⓘ |
| literaryTradition |
American nature writing
ⓘ
eco-poetry ⓘ |
| reflectsInfluenceOf |
Zen Buddhism
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environmentalism ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Gary Snyder
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North Cascades National Park ⓘ |
| setting | Sourdough Mountain Lookout ⓘ |
| settingRegion | North Cascades ⓘ |
| settingState | Washington ⓘ |
| subject |
fire lookout work
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mountain landscape ⓘ solitude ⓘ wilderness experience ⓘ |
| theme |
Buddhist philosophy
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ecological awareness ⓘ human presence in nature ⓘ impermanence ⓘ wilderness ⓘ |
| timeOfSetting |
mid-August
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summer ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mid-August at Sourdough Mountain Lookout Description of subject: "Mid-August at Sourdough Mountain Lookout" is a lyric nature poem by Gary Snyder that reflects on wilderness, impermanence, and human presence in the North Cascades.
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