The Mountain People
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The Mountain People is an anthropological book by Colin Turnbull that controversially portrays the culture and social collapse of the Ik people of Uganda.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| "The Mountain People" by Colin Turnbull | 1 |
| The Mountain People canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11207326 — 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 Mountain People Context triple: [Colin Turnbull, notableWork, The Mountain People]
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A.
The People of the Mountains
The People of the Mountains is a landmark 1942 Hungarian drama film by István Szőts, celebrated for its poetic realism and portrayal of impoverished woodcutters in the Carpathian Mountains.
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B.
People of the Great Hill
People of the Great Hill is the English rendering of the Seneca Nation’s traditional self-designation, reflecting their identity as one of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) peoples historically rooted in what is now upstate New York.
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C.
Cliff Dwellers
Cliff Dwellers is a 1913 urban realist painting by American artist George Bellows that vividly depicts the crowded, chaotic life of New York City’s Lower East Side tenements.
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D.
Heart of the Mountain
Heart of the Mountain is a legendary, radiant gem treasured by the Dwarves of Erebor in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, symbolizing royal authority and the glory of the Lonely Mountain.
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E.
Overmountain Men
The Overmountain Men were frontier militia from west of the Appalachian Mountains who played a decisive role in the American Revolutionary War, most famously at the Battle of Kings Mountain in 1780.
- 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 Mountain People Target entity description: The Mountain People is an anthropological book by Colin Turnbull that controversially portrays the culture and social collapse of the Ik people of Uganda.
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A.
The People of the Mountains
The People of the Mountains is a landmark 1942 Hungarian drama film by István Szőts, celebrated for its poetic realism and portrayal of impoverished woodcutters in the Carpathian Mountains.
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B.
People of the Great Hill
People of the Great Hill is the English rendering of the Seneca Nation’s traditional self-designation, reflecting their identity as one of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) peoples historically rooted in what is now upstate New York.
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C.
Cliff Dwellers
Cliff Dwellers is a 1913 urban realist painting by American artist George Bellows that vividly depicts the crowded, chaotic life of New York City’s Lower East Side tenements.
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D.
Heart of the Mountain
Heart of the Mountain is a legendary, radiant gem treasured by the Dwarves of Erebor in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, symbolizing royal authority and the glory of the Lonely Mountain.
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E.
Overmountain Men
The Overmountain Men were frontier militia from west of the Appalachian Mountains who played a decisive role in the American Revolutionary War, most famously at the Battle of Kings Mountain in 1780.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anthropology book
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book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
African studies
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anthropology ⓘ |
| author | Colin Turnbull ⓘ |
| basedOn | ethnographic fieldwork among the Ik ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
ethical issues in representation
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methodological flaws ⓘ overgeneralization of behavior ⓘ |
| describedAs | controversial ⓘ |
| fieldworkBy | Colin Turnbull ⓘ |
| genre |
anthropology
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ethnography ⓘ social anthropology ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780671202450 ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
limits of altruism
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morality under duress ⓘ relationship between environment and culture ⓘ social disintegration ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| influenced |
debates on human nature
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discussions of culture under stress ⓘ popular perceptions of the Ik ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Ik people
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Uganda ⓘ human behavior under extreme stress ⓘ social collapse ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bleak depiction of the Ik
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questioning universality of social bonds ⓘ sparking controversy in anthropology ⓘ |
| portrays |
Ik culture
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breakdown of social norms ⓘ extreme individualism ⓘ family disintegration ⓘ famine conditions ⓘ scarcity of resources ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1972 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Jonathan Cape
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Simon & Schuster ⓘ |
| setting |
Ik territory
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northeastern Uganda ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | 1960s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: The Mountain People Description of subject: The Mountain People is an anthropological book by Colin Turnbull that controversially portrays the culture and social collapse of the Ik people of Uganda.
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