To Build a Fire
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"To Build a Fire" is a classic naturalist short story by Jack London about a man's fatal struggle for survival in the brutal Yukon wilderness.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| To Build a Fire canonical | 4 |
| To Build a Fire (1908 version) | 2 |
| To Build a Fire (1969 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T936949 — 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: To Build a Fire Context triple: [Jack London, notableWork, To Build a Fire]
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A.
Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl
"Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl" is a narrative poem by John Greenleaf Whittier that nostalgically depicts a New England farm family snowed in during a winter storm, reflecting on memory, faith, and rural life.
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B.
The Maine Woods
The Maine Woods is a posthumously published collection of Henry David Thoreau’s essays recounting his mid-19th-century journeys into the forests of Maine, blending natural history, travel narrative, and philosophical reflection on wilderness.
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C.
Life in Cold Blood
Life in Cold Blood is a BBC nature documentary series presented by David Attenborough that explores the biology, behavior, and evolution of reptiles and amphibians.
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D.
The Fireman
The Fireman is an experimental music project by Paul McCartney and producer Youth, known for its ambient, electronic, and psychedelic soundscapes.
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E.
The Open Boat
The Open Boat is a classic 1897 short story by Stephen Crane that portrays the harrowing struggle for survival of shipwrecked men adrift in a small dinghy, exploring themes of nature’s indifference and human solidarity.
- 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: To Build a Fire Target entity description: "To Build a Fire" is a classic naturalist short story by Jack London about a man's fatal struggle for survival in the brutal Yukon wilderness.
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A.
Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl
"Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl" is a narrative poem by John Greenleaf Whittier that nostalgically depicts a New England farm family snowed in during a winter storm, reflecting on memory, faith, and rural life.
-
B.
The Maine Woods
The Maine Woods is a posthumously published collection of Henry David Thoreau’s essays recounting his mid-19th-century journeys into the forests of Maine, blending natural history, travel narrative, and philosophical reflection on wilderness.
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C.
Life in Cold Blood
Life in Cold Blood is a BBC nature documentary series presented by David Attenborough that explores the biology, behavior, and evolution of reptiles and amphibians.
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D.
The Fireman
The Fireman is an experimental music project by Paul McCartney and producer Youth, known for its ambient, electronic, and psychedelic soundscapes.
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E.
The Open Boat
The Open Boat is a classic 1897 short story by Stephen Crane that portrays the harrowing struggle for survival of shipwrecked men adrift in a small dinghy, exploring themes of nature’s indifference and human solidarity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
naturalist literature
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short film ⓘ short story ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
To Build a Fire (1969 film)
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linked to:
To Build a Fire
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| author |
Jack London
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Jack London ⓘ |
| basedOn | To Build a Fire ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
extreme cold
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fire as survival ⓘ isolation ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| depicts |
fatal struggle for survival
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harsh Yukon wilderness ⓘ |
| educationalUse |
commonly anthologized in literature textbooks
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frequently taught in high school English courses ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear |
1902
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1908 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
The Century Magazine
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The Youth's Companion ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
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naturalism ⓘ survival fiction ⓘ |
| hasRevisedVersion |
To Build a Fire (1908 version)
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linked to:
To Build a Fire
|
| hasSymbol |
dog as instinct
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fire ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American naturalism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
classic of American literature
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exemplar of naturalist short story ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Husky dog
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unnamed man ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person omniscient ⓘ |
| notableVersion |
To Build a Fire (1908 version)
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linked to:
To Build a Fire
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| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| setting |
Klondike region
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linked to:
Yukon goldfields
Yukon Territory ⓘ |
| style |
detailed description of environment
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objective narration ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
hubris
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human versus nature ⓘ indifference of nature ⓘ individual versus environment ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting |
Klondike Gold Rush
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linked to:
Klondike Gold Rush (1897–1898)
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| tone |
bleak
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detached ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: To Build a Fire Description of subject: "To Build a Fire" is a classic naturalist short story by Jack London about a man's fatal struggle for survival in the brutal Yukon wilderness.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: To Build a Fire
linked to: To Build a Fire
linked to: To Build a Fire
subject linked to:
To Build a Fire
subject linked to:
John