The Explorers
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"The Explorers" is a poem by Walt Whitman that Ralph Vaughan Williams set in the final movement of his choral-orchestral work *A Sea Symphony*, evoking themes of seafaring, discovery, and the human spirit’s quest for the unknown.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Explorers canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6247376 — 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 Explorers Context triple: [A Sea Symphony, notablePoemUsed, The Explorers]
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A.
Explorers
Explorers is the nickname for the men's basketball team representing La Salle University in NCAA Division I competition.
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B.
The Navigators
The Navigators is a 2001 British drama film directed by Ken Loach that portrays the impact of railway privatization on a group of Sheffield rail workers.
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C.
Pioneers
The Pioneers are the athletic teams representing Smith College in intercollegiate sports.
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D.
Pioneers
Pioneers is the athletic nickname for the sports teams representing California State University, East Bay.
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E.
Pioneers
The Pioneers are the athletic teams representing Transylvania University in collegiate sports.
- 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 Explorers Target entity description: "The Explorers" is a poem by Walt Whitman that Ralph Vaughan Williams set in the final movement of his choral-orchestral work *A Sea Symphony*, evoking themes of seafaring, discovery, and the human spirit’s quest for the unknown.
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A.
Explorers
Explorers is the nickname for the men's basketball team representing La Salle University in NCAA Division I competition.
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B.
The Navigators
The Navigators is a 2001 British drama film directed by Ken Loach that portrays the impact of railway privatization on a group of Sheffield rail workers.
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C.
Pioneers
The Pioneers are the athletic teams representing Smith College in intercollegiate sports.
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D.
Pioneers
Pioneers is the athletic nickname for the sports teams representing California State University, East Bay.
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E.
Pioneers
The Pioneers are the athletic teams representing Transylvania University in collegiate sports.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
choral text
ⓘ
poem ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
A Sea Symphony
NERFINISHED
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Ralph Vaughan Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ Walt Whitman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Walt Whitman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| evokes |
cosmic journey
ⓘ
maritime imagery ⓘ spiritual voyage ⓘ |
| genre |
lyric poetry
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sea poetry ⓘ |
| influenced | choral symphonic repertoire ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century American poetry ⓘ |
| movementNumberInASeaSymphony | 4 ⓘ |
| partOf | Leaves of Grass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInASeaSymphony | final movement text ⓘ |
| setToMusicBy | Ralph Vaughan Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
discovery
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exploration ⓘ quest for the unknown ⓘ seafaring ⓘ the human spirit ⓘ |
| usedAsTextIn | A Sea Symphony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Explorers Description of subject: "The Explorers" is a poem by Walt Whitman that Ralph Vaughan Williams set in the final movement of his choral-orchestral work *A Sea Symphony*, evoking themes of seafaring, discovery, and the human spirit’s quest for the unknown.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony