A White Heron and Other Stories
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A White Heron and Other Stories is an 1886 collection of regionalist short fiction by Sarah Orne Jewett that vividly portrays rural New England life, especially in coastal Maine.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A White Heron and Other Stories canonical | 2 |
| A White Heron | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4330372 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A White Heron and Other Stories Context triple: [Sarah Orne Jewett, notableWork, A White Heron and Other Stories]
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A.
Whilomville Stories
Whilomville Stories is a collection of short stories by Stephen Crane that depict small-town American life with his characteristic realism and psychological insight.
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B.
A Curtain of Green and Other Stories
A Curtain of Green and Other Stories is a 1941 collection of short stories by American author Eudora Welty that helped establish her reputation for richly observed, Southern-set fiction.
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C.
The Little White Bird
The Little White Bird is a 1902 novel by J. M. Barrie best known for introducing the character of Peter Pan in a whimsical blend of fantasy and Edwardian London life.
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D.
The Sea of Grass
The Sea of Grass is a 1947 American Western drama film starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, adapted from Conrad Richter’s novel about a rancher’s battle over open range land in the American Southwest.
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E.
The Oxbow
The Oxbow is an 1836 landscape painting by American artist Thomas Cole that dramatically contrasts untamed wilderness with cultivated farmland along a bend in the Connecticut River, symbolizing the tension between nature and civilization.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A White Heron and Other Stories Target entity description: A White Heron and Other Stories is an 1886 collection of regionalist short fiction by Sarah Orne Jewett that vividly portrays rural New England life, especially in coastal Maine.
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A.
Whilomville Stories
Whilomville Stories is a collection of short stories by Stephen Crane that depict small-town American life with his characteristic realism and psychological insight.
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B.
A Curtain of Green and Other Stories
A Curtain of Green and Other Stories is a 1941 collection of short stories by American author Eudora Welty that helped establish her reputation for richly observed, Southern-set fiction.
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C.
The Little White Bird
The Little White Bird is a 1902 novel by J. M. Barrie best known for introducing the character of Peter Pan in a whimsical blend of fantasy and Edwardian London life.
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D.
The Sea of Grass
The Sea of Grass is a 1947 American Western drama film starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, adapted from Conrad Richter’s novel about a rancher’s battle over open range land in the American Southwest.
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E.
The Oxbow
The Oxbow is an 1836 landscape painting by American artist Thomas Cole that dramatically contrasts untamed wilderness with cultivated farmland along a bend in the Connecticut River, symbolizing the tension between nature and civilization.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
short story collection ⓘ |
| author | Sarah Orne Jewett ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| depicts |
coastal Maine
ⓘ
rural New England life ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
realist fiction
ⓘ
regionalist fiction ⓘ short stories ⓘ |
| hasAuthorGender | female ⓘ |
| hasOriginalPublicationForm | print ⓘ |
| hasPart |
A White Heron
ⓘ
linked to:
A White Heron and Other Stories
|
| hasTitleCharacter | white heron ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
American literary regionalism
ⓘ
linked to:
American Regionalism
|
| literaryPeriod |
American Realism
ⓘ
linked to:
Realism
|
| mainTheme |
human relationship with nature
ⓘ
innocence and moral choice ⓘ nature ⓘ rural life ⓘ |
| notableFor |
portrayal of coastal Maine communities
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vivid description of rural New England ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1886 ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Maine
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New England ⓘ |
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Subject: A White Heron and Other Stories Description of subject: A White Heron and Other Stories is an 1886 collection of regionalist short fiction by Sarah Orne Jewett that vividly portrays rural New England life, especially in coastal Maine.
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linked to: A White Heron and Other Stories