The Wilderness
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"The Wilderness" is a short story by William Faulkner that explores themes of nature, isolation, and human conflict in the American South.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Wilderness canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Wilderness Context triple: [Collected Stories of William Faulkner, hasSection, The Wilderness]
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A.
The Wilderness
The Wilderness is a luminous 19th-century landscape painting by American artist Sanford Robinson Gifford, celebrated for its atmospheric depiction of untouched natural scenery in the Hudson River School tradition.
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B.
Wilderness
Wilderness is a scenic coastal town along South Africa’s Garden Route, known for its beaches, lagoons, and surrounding nature reserves.
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C.
Wild Rogue Wilderness
Wild Rogue Wilderness is a federally designated wilderness area in southwestern Oregon known for its rugged canyons, old-growth forests, and recreation along the Wild and Scenic Rogue River.
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D.
Emigrant Wilderness
Emigrant Wilderness is a protected high-Sierra backcountry area in California known for its granite peaks, alpine lakes, and extensive hiking and backpacking opportunities.
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E.
The Woods
The Woods is a residential neighborhood within the planned community of Burke Centre in Fairfax County, Virginia.
- 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 Wilderness Target entity description: "The Wilderness" is a short story by William Faulkner that explores themes of nature, isolation, and human conflict in the American South.
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A.
The Wilderness
The Wilderness is a luminous 19th-century landscape painting by American artist Sanford Robinson Gifford, celebrated for its atmospheric depiction of untouched natural scenery in the Hudson River School tradition.
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B.
Wilderness
Wilderness is a scenic coastal town along South Africa’s Garden Route, known for its beaches, lagoons, and surrounding nature reserves.
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C.
Wild Rogue Wilderness
Wild Rogue Wilderness is a federally designated wilderness area in southwestern Oregon known for its rugged canyons, old-growth forests, and recreation along the Wild and Scenic Rogue River.
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D.
Emigrant Wilderness
Emigrant Wilderness is a protected high-Sierra backcountry area in California known for its granite peaks, alpine lakes, and extensive hiking and backpacking opportunities.
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E.
The Woods
The Woods is a residential neighborhood within the planned community of Burke Centre in Fairfax County, Virginia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | William Faulkner ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| explores |
human relationship with the natural environment
ⓘ
psychological tension ⓘ social tension in the rural South ⓘ |
| genre |
Southern Gothic
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | William Faulkner ⓘ |
| hasCentralConflict |
conflict between humans and the natural world
ⓘ
interpersonal conflict among characters ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| hasLength | short narrative ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
example of Faulkner’s exploration of moral complexity
ⓘ
example of Faulkner’s treatment of the Southern landscape ⓘ |
| hasSettingCharacteristic |
rural landscape
ⓘ
wilderness environment ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
complex prose
ⓘ
stream-of-consciousness elements ⓘ symbolic imagery ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| partOf | William Faulkner short fiction corpus ⓘ |
| setting |
American South
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern United States
|
| theme |
human conflict
ⓘ
isolation ⓘ man versus nature ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ nature ⓘ race relations in the American South ⓘ violence ⓘ |
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Subject: The Wilderness Description of subject: "The Wilderness" is a short story by William Faulkner that explores themes of nature, isolation, and human conflict in the American South.
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