On Bear’s Head
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On Bear’s Head is a poetry collection by Beat Generation poet Philip Whalen, known for its meditative, experimental style and fusion of Zen Buddhism with modernist techniques.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| On Bear’s Head canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13403199 — 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: On Bear’s Head Context triple: [Philip Whalen, notableWork, On Bear’s Head]
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Wolf's Head
Wolf's Head is one of Yale University's historic senior secret societies, known for its selective membership and longstanding campus traditions.
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Two Lovers and a Bear
Two Lovers and a Bear is a Canadian romantic drama film set in a remote Arctic town, following two troubled lovers seeking escape and emotional healing amid the harsh northern landscape.
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C.
The Brow
The Brow is the widely recognized nickname of NBA star Anthony Davis, referring to his distinctive unibrow and used as a personal brand in his basketball career.
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D.
The Brow
The Brow is a grotesque, criminal mastermind and one of the most notorious villains in the Dick Tracy comic strip series.
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E.
Headlands
Headlands is a small town in eastern Zimbabwe known primarily as a farming and mining community along a major regional transport route.
- 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: On Bear’s Head Target entity description: On Bear’s Head is a poetry collection by Beat Generation poet Philip Whalen, known for its meditative, experimental style and fusion of Zen Buddhism with modernist techniques.
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A.
Wolf's Head
Wolf's Head is one of Yale University's historic senior secret societies, known for its selective membership and longstanding campus traditions.
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B.
Two Lovers and a Bear
Two Lovers and a Bear is a Canadian romantic drama film set in a remote Arctic town, following two troubled lovers seeking escape and emotional healing amid the harsh northern landscape.
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C.
The Brow
The Brow is the widely recognized nickname of NBA star Anthony Davis, referring to his distinctive unibrow and used as a personal brand in his basketball career.
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D.
The Brow
The Brow is a grotesque, criminal mastermind and one of the most notorious villains in the Dick Tracy comic strip series.
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E.
Headlands
Headlands is a small town in eastern Zimbabwe known primarily as a farming and mining community along a major regional transport route.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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poetry collection ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American modernist poetry
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San Francisco Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Philip Whalen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Philip Whalen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFrom |
American counterculture
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East Asian poetics ⓘ |
| hasPoeticForm |
free verse
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open form ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
experimental
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meditative ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
nature
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perception ⓘ selfhood ⓘ time ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Zen Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Beat Generation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Buddhist philosophy
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consciousness ⓘ everyday life ⓘ spiritual practice ⓘ |
| notableFor |
fusion of Zen Buddhism with modernist techniques
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long meditative sequences ⓘ stream-of-consciousness passages ⓘ |
| usesTechnique | modernist techniques ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: On Bear’s Head Description of subject: On Bear’s Head is a poetry collection by Beat Generation poet Philip Whalen, known for its meditative, experimental style and fusion of Zen Buddhism with modernist techniques.
Referenced by (1)
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