The Rock‑Drill Cantos
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The Rock-Drill Cantos are a later sequence within Ezra Pound’s long poem "The Cantos," marked by a denser, more austere style and a focus on myth, economics, and moral judgment.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Rock‑Drill Cantos canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Rock‑Drill Cantos Context triple: [The Cantos, notableSection, The Rock‑Drill Cantos]
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A.
The Wandering Rocks
"The Wandering Rocks" is a chapter in James Joyce's novel Ulysses that interweaves numerous brief episodes around Dublin to create a fragmented, mosaic-like portrait of the city and its inhabitants.
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B.
The Monolith
The Monolith is a towering granite sculpture in Oslo’s Vigeland installation, depicting a writhing column of intertwined human figures symbolizing the cycle of life.
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C.
The Testimony of the Rocks
The Testimony of the Rocks is a 19th-century work by Scottish geologist and writer Hugh Miller that explores geology in relation to biblical interpretation and natural theology.
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D.
City of Caves
City of Caves is an underground attraction in Nottingham consisting of a network of man-made sandstone caves used historically for housing, storage, and industry.
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E.
Moonrakers
Moonrakers is a traditional nickname for the inhabitants of Slaithwaite, a village in West Yorkshire, England.
- 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: The Rock‑Drill Cantos Target entity description: The Rock-Drill Cantos are a later sequence within Ezra Pound’s long poem "The Cantos," marked by a denser, more austere style and a focus on myth, economics, and moral judgment.
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A.
The Wandering Rocks
"The Wandering Rocks" is a chapter in James Joyce's novel Ulysses that interweaves numerous brief episodes around Dublin to create a fragmented, mosaic-like portrait of the city and its inhabitants.
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B.
The Monolith
The Monolith is a towering granite sculpture in Oslo’s Vigeland installation, depicting a writhing column of intertwined human figures symbolizing the cycle of life.
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C.
The Testimony of the Rocks
The Testimony of the Rocks is a 19th-century work by Scottish geologist and writer Hugh Miller that explores geology in relation to biblical interpretation and natural theology.
-
D.
City of Caves
City of Caves is an underground attraction in Nottingham consisting of a network of man-made sandstone caves used historically for housing, storage, and industry.
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E.
Moonrakers
Moonrakers is a traditional nickname for the inhabitants of Slaithwaite, a village in West Yorkshire, England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poetry sequence
ⓘ
section of a long poem ⓘ |
| author | Ezra Pound ⓘ |
| belongsToWork | Ezra Pound’s long poem The Cantos ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| creator | Ezra Pound ⓘ |
| criticalReception |
noted for complexity and difficulty
ⓘ
noted for severity of tone ⓘ |
| focus |
critique of economic systems
ⓘ
moral evaluation of historical figures ⓘ search for order in history ⓘ |
| genre | epic poem sequence ⓘ |
| hasPart | individual cantos ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
economic theory
ⓘ
historical documents ⓘ mythological sources ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | modernist poetry ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| partOf | The Cantos ⓘ |
| period | 20th century literature ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | later sequence within The Cantos ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
The Pisan Cantos
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linked to:
The Cantos
Thrones (another late sequence of The Cantos) ⓘ
linked to:
The Cantos
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| style |
austere
ⓘ
dense ⓘ |
| theme |
authority
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corruption ⓘ cultural memory ⓘ economics ⓘ ethical responsibility ⓘ history ⓘ justice ⓘ moral judgment ⓘ myth ⓘ politics ⓘ power ⓘ religion ⓘ ritual ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
allusion
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fragmentation ⓘ historical collage ⓘ multilingual quotation ⓘ |
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