Starting from San Francisco
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"Starting from San Francisco" is a 1961 poetry collection by Beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti that blends political critique, travel reflections, and lyrical experimentation characteristic of the San Francisco Renaissance.
All labels observed (1)
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| Starting from San Francisco canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3090631 — 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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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Starting from San Francisco Context triple: [Lawrence Ferlinghetti, notableWork, Starting from San Francisco]
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A.
The City by the Bay
The City by the Bay is a historic waterfront city in New Jersey known for its role in early American colonial history and its location along Raritan Bay.
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B.
Downtown San Francisco
Downtown San Francisco is the city’s central urban core, known for its dense mix of financial, commercial, and historic neighborhoods, including iconic hilltop districts and major cultural landmarks.
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C.
Paris–San Francisco
Paris–San Francisco is a long-haul transatlantic air route linking the capital of France with the major West Coast city in the United States.
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D.
Paso de San Francisco
Paso de San Francisco is a high-altitude Andean mountain pass on the Argentina–Chile border, known as a key access route to the Ojos del Salado volcano and surrounding desert landscapes.
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E.
Toward Los Angeles, California
"Toward Los Angeles, California" is a 1937 black-and-white photograph by Dorothea Lange depicting Dust Bowl migrants traveling west in search of work and a better life during the Great Depression.
- 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: Starting from San Francisco Target entity description: "Starting from San Francisco" is a 1961 poetry collection by Beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti that blends political critique, travel reflections, and lyrical experimentation characteristic of the San Francisco Renaissance.
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A.
The City by the Bay
The City by the Bay is a historic waterfront city in New Jersey known for its role in early American colonial history and its location along Raritan Bay.
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B.
Downtown San Francisco
Downtown San Francisco is the city’s central urban core, known for its dense mix of financial, commercial, and historic neighborhoods, including iconic hilltop districts and major cultural landmarks.
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C.
Paris–San Francisco
Paris–San Francisco is a long-haul transatlantic air route linking the capital of France with the major West Coast city in the United States.
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D.
Paso de San Francisco
Paso de San Francisco is a high-altitude Andean mountain pass on the Argentina–Chile border, known as a key access route to the Ojos del Salado volcano and surrounding desert landscapes.
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E.
Toward Los Angeles, California
"Toward Los Angeles, California" is a 1937 black-and-white photograph by Dorothea Lange depicting Dust Bowl migrants traveling west in search of work and a better life during the Great Depression.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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poetry collection ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
City Lights Bookstore
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West Coast poetry ⓘ |
| author | Lawrence Ferlinghetti ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| follows | A Coney Island of the Mind ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasForm | poetry sequence ⓘ |
| hasInfluence | later American countercultural poetry ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
experimental form
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free verse ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
San Francisco Bay Area
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art and society ⓘ politics ⓘ travel ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
American culture
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individual freedom ⓘ lyrical experimentation ⓘ pacifism ⓘ political critique ⓘ social criticism ⓘ travel reflections ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | San Francisco Renaissance ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American poetry ⓘ |
| mainLocation | San Francisco ⓘ |
| movement | Beat Generation ⓘ |
| notableFor | integration of political commentary and lyrical imagery ⓘ |
| originalMediaType | print ⓘ |
| partOf |
Lawrence Ferlinghetti bibliography
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linked to:
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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| publicationYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| publisher | New Directions Publishing ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Cold War era ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
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Subject: Starting from San Francisco Description of subject: "Starting from San Francisco" is a 1961 poetry collection by Beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti that blends political critique, travel reflections, and lyrical experimentation characteristic of the San Francisco Renaissance.
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