The Distances
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The Distances is a poetry collection by American poet Charles Olson, associated with the Black Mountain school and known for its expansive, projective verse style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Distances canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13522903 — 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 Distances Context triple: [Charles Olson, notableWork, The Distances]
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A.
The Distance
"The Distance" is a 1982 rock album by American singer-songwriter Bob Seger, featuring a polished heartland rock sound and several hit singles.
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B.
The Distance from Here
The Distance from Here is a darkly comic contemporary play by Neil LaBute that explores the bleak lives and moral disintegration of disaffected American youth in a decaying suburban landscape.
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C.
From a Distance
"From a Distance" is a popular ballad best known through Bette Midler’s Grammy-winning 1990 recording, which became an international hit and an emblematic peace-themed song.
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D.
Distant Light
Distant Light is a 1971 studio album by British rock band The Hollies, noted for its lush production and the hit single "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress."
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E.
Distant Drums
Distant Drums is a popular country song recorded by American singer Jim Reeves that became a posthumous hit and one of his signature recordings.
- 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 Distances Target entity description: The Distances is a poetry collection by American poet Charles Olson, associated with the Black Mountain school and known for its expansive, projective verse style.
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A.
The Distance
"The Distance" is a 1982 rock album by American singer-songwriter Bob Seger, featuring a polished heartland rock sound and several hit singles.
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B.
The Distance from Here
The Distance from Here is a darkly comic contemporary play by Neil LaBute that explores the bleak lives and moral disintegration of disaffected American youth in a decaying suburban landscape.
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C.
From a Distance
"From a Distance" is a popular ballad best known through Bette Midler’s Grammy-winning 1990 recording, which became an international hit and an emblematic peace-themed song.
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D.
Distant Light
Distant Light is a 1971 studio album by British rock band The Hollies, noted for its lush production and the hit single "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress."
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E.
Distant Drums
Distant Drums is a popular country song recorded by American singer Jim Reeves that became a posthumous hit and one of his signature recordings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poetry collection ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Black Mountain school
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
projective verse ⓘ |
| author | Charles Olson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorBelongsTo | Black Mountain school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Charles Olson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | modernist poetry ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryStyle |
experimental
ⓘ
open form ⓘ |
| hasPart | individual lyric poems ⓘ |
| hasPoeticForm | free verse ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
geography and place
ⓘ
human experience of distance ⓘ perception and consciousness ⓘ time and history ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Charles Olson’s projective verse poetics ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | readers of contemporary poetry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | poetry ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar American poetry ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| metricalPattern | open field composition ⓘ |
| movement | Black Mountain poets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century American poetry ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Black Mountain College poetics ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Maximus Poems NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
expansive verse
ⓘ
projective verse style ⓘ |
| subject |
history
ⓘ
perception ⓘ place ⓘ space and distance ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
breath-based lineation
ⓘ
field composition ⓘ variable line length ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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