Poker Flat, California
E1004513
Poker Flat, California is a fictional 19th-century mining camp in the Sierra Nevada, best known as the isolated frontier setting of Bret Harte’s short story “The Outcasts of Poker Flat.”
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Poker Flat, California canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12826722 — 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: Poker Flat, California Context triple: [The Outcasts of Poker Flat, settingLocation, Poker Flat, California]
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A.
Mojave, California
Mojave, California is a small desert community in Kern County known as a hub for aerospace testing and commercial spaceflight activities.
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B.
Eureka, Nevada
Eureka, Nevada is a small historic mining town in central Nevada known for its well-preserved 19th-century architecture and remote location along U.S. Route 50.
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C.
Calico, Nevada
Calico, Nevada is a historic former silver mining town turned ghost town and tourist attraction in the Mojave Desert.
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D.
Lovelock, Nevada
Lovelock, Nevada is a small city in northwestern Nevada known as an agricultural and transportation hub along Interstate 80 and the historic transcontinental routes.
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E.
Beatty, Nevada
Beatty, Nevada is a small desert town in Nye County that serves as a primary gateway community to nearby Death Valley National Park.
- 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: Poker Flat, California Target entity description: Poker Flat, California is a fictional 19th-century mining camp in the Sierra Nevada, best known as the isolated frontier setting of Bret Harte’s short story “The Outcasts of Poker Flat.”
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A.
Mojave, California
Mojave, California is a small desert community in Kern County known as a hub for aerospace testing and commercial spaceflight activities.
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B.
Eureka, Nevada
Eureka, Nevada is a small historic mining town in central Nevada known for its well-preserved 19th-century architecture and remote location along U.S. Route 50.
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C.
Calico, Nevada
Calico, Nevada is a historic former silver mining town turned ghost town and tourist attraction in the Mojave Desert.
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D.
Lovelock, Nevada
Lovelock, Nevada is a small city in northwestern Nevada known as an agricultural and transportation hub along Interstate 80 and the historic transcontinental routes.
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E.
Beatty, Nevada
Beatty, Nevada is a small desert town in Nye County that serves as a primary gateway community to nearby Death Valley National Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional mining camp
ⓘ
fictional settlement ⓘ literary setting ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
American realism
ⓘ
Western fiction ⓘ local color fiction ⓘ |
| associatedWithEventType | vigilante expulsion ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
exile
ⓘ
frontier justice ⓘ hypocrisy ⓘ redemption ⓘ social judgment ⓘ |
| climateContextInStory | winter snowstorm ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | Bret Harte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | American Old West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceApproximateYear | 1869 ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceAuthor | Bret Harte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceWork | The Outcasts of Poker Flat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicalFeatureNearby |
mountain pass
ⓘ
pine forest ⓘ |
| hasFictionalInhabitantsType |
gamblers
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miners ⓘ prostitutes ⓘ vigilantes ⓘ |
| hasMediumOfOrigin | print literature ⓘ |
| hasNotableFictionalEvent |
banishment of outcasts
GENERATED
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death of outcasts in the snow GENERATED ⓘ snowbound isolation of travelers GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryEconomicActivity |
gold mining
ⓘ
placer mining ⓘ |
| hasWorkAsSetting | The Outcasts of Poker Flat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkAsSettingType | short story ⓘ |
| inspiredByHistoricalContext | California Gold Rush mining camps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovementContext | American regionalism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Sierra Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| mediumOfMostFamousWork | magazine publication ⓘ |
| namedAfter | poker ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | setting for moral drama ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | isolated frontier settlement ⓘ |
| regionOfFictionalState | Northern California Sierra Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingType | frontier mining camp ⓘ |
| timeOfFictionalEvents | California Gold Rush era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Poker Flat, California Description of subject: Poker Flat, California is a fictional 19th-century mining camp in the Sierra Nevada, best known as the isolated frontier setting of Bret Harte’s short story “The Outcasts of Poker Flat.”
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.