The Snows of Kilimanjaro

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short story

"The Snows of Kilimanjaro" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway that explores themes of regret, mortality, and the wasted potential of a writer facing death during an African safari.

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Label	Occurrences
The Snows of Kilimanjaro canonical	3
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952 film)	3
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories	2
Hemingway’s African safari narrative	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1732024 — 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.

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Target entity: The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Context triple: [Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum, associatedWith, The Snows of Kilimanjaro]

A. Green Hills of Africa
Green Hills of Africa is a 1935 nonfiction book by Ernest Hemingway that recounts his month-long safari in East Africa through a blend of travel narrative, hunting chronicle, and literary reflection.
B. To Build a Fire
"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.
C. Hemingway Adventure
Hemingway Adventure is a travel documentary series in which Michael Palin retraces the life, journeys, and haunts of writer Ernest Hemingway around the world.
D. The Dresser
The Dresser is a 1983 British drama film, adapted from Ronald Harwood’s play, about the complex relationship between an aging Shakespearean actor and his devoted dresser during World War II.
E. The Old Guitarist
The Old Guitarist is a famous Blue Period painting by Pablo Picasso depicting a gaunt, blind musician hunched over his guitar, known for its somber mood and monochromatic blue palette.
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 Snows of Kilimanjaro
Target entity description: "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway that explores themes of regret, mortality, and the wasted potential of a writer facing death during an African safari.

A. Green Hills of Africa
Green Hills of Africa is a 1935 nonfiction book by Ernest Hemingway that recounts his month-long safari in East Africa through a blend of travel narrative, hunting chronicle, and literary reflection.
B. To Build a Fire
"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.
C. Hemingway Adventure
Hemingway Adventure is a travel documentary series in which Michael Palin retraces the life, journeys, and haunts of writer Ernest Hemingway around the world.
D. The Dresser
The Dresser is a 1983 British drama film, adapted from Ronald Harwood’s play, about the complex relationship between an aging Shakespearean actor and his devoted dresser during World War II.
E. The Old Guitarist
The Old Guitarist is a famous Blue Period painting by Pablo Picasso depicting a gaunt, blind musician hunched over his guitar, known for its somber mood and monochromatic blue palette.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	short story ⓘ
adaptedAs	The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952 film) ⓘ linked to: The Snows of Kilimanjaro
author	Ernest Hemingway ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
filmAdaptationDirector	Henry King ⓘ
filmAdaptationStar	Ava Gardner ⓘ Gregory Peck ⓘ Susan Hayward ⓘ
filmAdaptationYear	1952 ⓘ
firstPublicationDate	1936 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn	Esquire ⓘ linked to: Esquire magazine
genre	literary fiction ⓘ short story ⓘ
hasConflict	man vs nature ⓘ man vs self ⓘ
hasMottoOrEpigraph	description of Kilimanjaro and the frozen leopard ⓘ
hasSymbol	Mount Kilimanjaro ⓘ gangrene ⓘ leopard on Kilimanjaro ⓘ
hasTone	reflective ⓘ tragic ⓘ
includedInCollection	The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories ⓘ linked to: The Snows of Kilimanjaro
language	English ⓘ
literaryMovement	modernism ⓘ
literaryPeriod	20th-century American literature ⓘ
mainCharacter	Harry ⓘ Helen ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person limited ⓘ
notableFor	exploration of a writer’s artistic conscience ⓘ use of Hemingway’s iceberg theory ⓘ
primaryTheme	artistic failure ⓘ death ⓘ disillusionment ⓘ memory ⓘ mortality ⓘ regret ⓘ wasted potential ⓘ
protagonistCondition	dying of gangrene ⓘ
protagonistOccupation	writer ⓘ
publisher	Esquire magazine ⓘ
setIn	Africa ⓘ Tanzania ⓘ foot of Mount Kilimanjaro ⓘ
structureFeature	shifts between present and flashbacks ⓘ use of interior monologue ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting	interwar period ⓘ
titleRefersTo	snow-covered summit of Mount Kilimanjaro ⓘ

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