Black Mountain school
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The Black Mountain school was an influential mid-20th-century American poetic movement associated with Black Mountain College, known for its experimental, open-form verse and emphasis on process over traditional structure.
All labels observed (1)
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| Black Mountain school canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Black Mountain school Context triple: [Ed Dorn, movement, Black Mountain school]
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Indian Mountain School
Indian Mountain School is a private coeducational boarding and day school for elementary and middle school students located in Lakeville, Connecticut.
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Woodberry Forest School
Woodberry Forest School is a private all-boys boarding school in Virginia known for its rigorous college-preparatory education and historic campus.
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High Rock School
High Rock School is a public middle school in Needham, Massachusetts, serving sixth-grade students within the Needham Public Schools district.
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Cullowhee Academy
Cullowhee Academy was an earlier educational institution that evolved into what is now Western Carolina University in North Carolina.
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Shadow Mountain High School
Shadow Mountain High School is a public high school in Phoenix, Arizona, known in part for its successful basketball program that produced NBA point guard Mike Bibby.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Black Mountain school Target entity description: The Black Mountain school was an influential mid-20th-century American poetic movement associated with Black Mountain College, known for its experimental, open-form verse and emphasis on process over traditional structure.
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A.
Indian Mountain School
Indian Mountain School is a private coeducational boarding and day school for elementary and middle school students located in Lakeville, Connecticut.
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B.
Woodberry Forest School
Woodberry Forest School is a private all-boys boarding school in Virginia known for its rigorous college-preparatory education and historic campus.
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C.
High Rock School
High Rock School is a public middle school in Needham, Massachusetts, serving sixth-grade students within the Needham Public Schools district.
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D.
Cullowhee Academy
Cullowhee Academy was an earlier educational institution that evolved into what is now Western Carolina University in North Carolina.
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E.
Shadow Mountain High School
Shadow Mountain High School is a public high school in Phoenix, Arizona, known in part for its successful basketball program that produced NBA point guard Mike Bibby.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American literary movement
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poetic movement ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Black Mountain College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centeredAround | teaching at Black Mountain College ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| editorOfKeyPublication | Robert Creeley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1950s ⓘ |
| field |
American literature
ⓘ
poetics ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasInfluentialText | Projective Verse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheorist | Charles Olson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Beat Generation poets
ⓘ
Language poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ contemporary American poetry ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ezra Pound
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Objectivist poets NERFINISHED ⓘ William Carlos Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ modernism ⓘ projective verse ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
composition by field
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emphasis on process ⓘ open-form verse ⓘ projective verse ⓘ rejection of strict traditional forms ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | North Carolina ⓘ |
| location | Black Mountain College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | postwar American poetry ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Charles Olson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Denise Levertov NERFINISHED ⓘ Ed Dorn NERFINISHED ⓘ Fielding Dawson NERFINISHED ⓘ Joel Oppenheimer NERFINISHED ⓘ Jonathan Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Blackburn NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Creeley NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Duncan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Black Mountain Review NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalBasis | process over product ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Black Mountain College art movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1940s ⓘ |
| stylisticFeature |
attention to breath and speech rhythms
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experimental verse ⓘ free verse ⓘ open field composition ⓘ variable line length ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| usesMedium |
little magazines
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small-press magazines ⓘ |
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