Drought Refugees
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"Drought Refugees" is a famous 1930s documentary photograph by Dorothea Lange depicting a displaced family suffering from the Dust Bowl and Great Depression.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Drought Refugees canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11836956 — 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: Drought Refugees Context triple: [Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn, notableWork, Drought Refugees]
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A.
The Refugee Camp
The Refugee Camp is a hip-hop collective associated with Canibus, known for its collaborations and contributions to the underground rap scene.
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B.
The Refugees
The Refugees is a short story collection by Viet Thanh Nguyen that explores the lives, memories, and dislocations of Vietnamese refugees and immigrants in America and Vietnam.
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C.
We Are Displaced
We Are Displaced is a nonfiction book by Malala Yousafzai that shares her own story alongside the personal accounts of refugee girls from around the world, highlighting their experiences of displacement and resilience.
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D.
The Refugee
"The Refugee" is a song by U2 from their 1983 album "War," known for its energetic post-punk sound and themes of displacement and conflict.
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E.
Desperate Landscapes
Desperate Landscapes is a home-improvement television show focused on dramatic front-yard and curb-appeal makeovers.
- 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: Drought Refugees Target entity description: "Drought Refugees" is a famous 1930s documentary photograph by Dorothea Lange depicting a displaced family suffering from the Dust Bowl and Great Depression.
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A.
The Refugee Camp
The Refugee Camp is a hip-hop collective associated with Canibus, known for its collaborations and contributions to the underground rap scene.
-
B.
The Refugees
The Refugees is a short story collection by Viet Thanh Nguyen that explores the lives, memories, and dislocations of Vietnamese refugees and immigrants in America and Vietnam.
-
C.
We Are Displaced
We Are Displaced is a nonfiction book by Malala Yousafzai that shares her own story alongside the personal accounts of refugee girls from around the world, highlighting their experiences of displacement and resilience.
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D.
The Refugee
"The Refugee" is a song by U2 from their 1983 album "War," known for its energetic post-punk sound and themes of displacement and conflict.
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E.
Desperate Landscapes
Desperate Landscapes is a home-improvement television show focused on dramatic front-yard and curb-appeal makeovers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
black-and-white photograph
ⓘ
documentary photograph ⓘ photograph ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Farm Security Administration
ⓘ
New Deal ⓘ
linked to:
New Deal agricultural programs
|
| color | black and white ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | public domain in the United States ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Dorothea Lange ⓘ |
| depicts |
Dust Bowl migrants
ⓘ
Great Depression ⓘ displaced family ⓘ drought ⓘ migration ⓘ poverty ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary photography
ⓘ
social documentary photography ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
documentary
ⓘ
iconic ⓘ socially engaged ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Dust Bowl migration
ⓘ
linked to:
Dust Bowl migrants
Great Depression relief programs ⓘ |
| inCollection | documentary photography collections ⓘ |
| influenced | later documentary photographers ⓘ |
| languageOfContext | English ⓘ |
| locationDepicted |
United States Great Plains
ⓘ
linked to:
Great Plains
rural United States ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Dust Bowl
ⓘ
Great Depression in the United States ⓘ
linked to:
Great Depression
|
| medium | gelatin silver print ⓘ |
| movement |
American documentary photography
ⓘ
New Deal photography ⓘ
linked to:
New Deal photography programs
|
| notableWorkOf | Dorothea Lange ⓘ |
| partOf | American Great Depression visual record ⓘ |
| photographer | Dorothea Lange ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
| subjectOccupation | migrant farm workers ⓘ |
| theme |
American history
ⓘ
economic hardship ⓘ environmental disaster ⓘ family resilience ⓘ internal displacement ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 1930s ⓘ |
| usedFor |
documenting social conditions
ⓘ
raising public awareness ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Drought Refugees Description of subject: "Drought Refugees" is a famous 1930s documentary photograph by Dorothea Lange depicting a displaced family suffering from the Dust Bowl and Great Depression.
Referenced by (1)
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