The Horses
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"The Horses" is a celebrated early poem by Ted Hughes that vividly depicts a post-apocalyptic dawn encounter with silent, monumental horses, exploring themes of nature’s power and human renewal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Horses canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5700782 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Horses Context triple: [The Hawk in the Rain, hasPoem, The Horses]
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A.
The Horse
"The Horse" was the nickname of Harry Gallatin, a rugged and durable Hall of Fame NBA forward known for his rebounding and toughness, primarily with the New York Knicks in the 1950s.
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B.
All the Tired Horses
"All the Tired Horses" is a song by Bob Dylan, best known as the unconventional, chorus-only opening track of his 1970 album *Self Portrait*.
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C.
A Horse Called Music
"A Horse Called Music" is a country song best known for Willie Nelson’s 1989 recording, which became a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.
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D.
She Had Some Horses
She Had Some Horses is a seminal poetry collection by Joy Harjo that powerfully explores Native American identity, memory, and spirituality through vivid, lyrical imagery.
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E.
White Horses
White Horses is a small coastal settlement in the parish of St. Thomas in eastern Jamaica.
- 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 Horses Target entity description: "The Horses" is a celebrated early poem by Ted Hughes that vividly depicts a post-apocalyptic dawn encounter with silent, monumental horses, exploring themes of nature’s power and human renewal.
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A.
The Horse
"The Horse" was the nickname of Harry Gallatin, a rugged and durable Hall of Fame NBA forward known for his rebounding and toughness, primarily with the New York Knicks in the 1950s.
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B.
All the Tired Horses
"All the Tired Horses" is a song by Bob Dylan, best known as the unconventional, chorus-only opening track of his 1970 album *Self Portrait*.
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C.
A Horse Called Music
"A Horse Called Music" is a country song best known for Willie Nelson’s 1989 recording, which became a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.
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D.
She Had Some Horses
She Had Some Horses is a seminal poetry collection by Joy Harjo that powerfully explores Native American identity, memory, and spirituality through vivid, lyrical imagery.
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E.
White Horses
White Horses is a small coastal settlement in the parish of St. Thomas in eastern Jamaica.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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poem ⓘ |
| author | Ted Hughes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
monumental horses
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silent horses ⓘ |
| firstPublication | 1957 ⓘ |
| form | free verse ⓘ |
| genre |
lyric poetry
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nature poetry ⓘ post-apocalyptic literature ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | first-person speaker ⓘ |
| includedIn | The Hawk in the Rain ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century British poetry ⓘ |
| mainCharacters | horses ⓘ |
| movement | post-war British poetry ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of renewal after catastrophe
ⓘ
vivid imagery of horses in a devastated world ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstCollection | Faber and Faber ⓘ |
| setting | post-apocalyptic dawn ⓘ |
| theme |
awe
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human renewal ⓘ nature’s power ⓘ post-apocalyptic landscape ⓘ relationship between humans and nature ⓘ silence ⓘ |
| tone |
meditative
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reverent ⓘ |
| writer | Ted Hughes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Horses Description of subject: "The Horses" is a celebrated early poem by Ted Hughes that vividly depicts a post-apocalyptic dawn encounter with silent, monumental horses, exploring themes of nature’s power and human renewal.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.