The Orchard Keeper
E309670
The Orchard Keeper is Cormac McCarthy’s debut novel, a Southern Gothic work set in rural Tennessee that explores isolation, violence, and the fading old South through interwoven lives on the margins of society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Orchard Keeper canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2902795 — 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 Orchard Keeper Context triple: [Cormac McCarthy, notableWork, The Orchard Keeper]
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A.
The Ploughman
"The Ploughman" is a poem by Scottish national poet Robert Burns, reflecting his characteristic focus on rural life and common folk.
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B.
The Hireling Shepherd
The Hireling Shepherd is an 1851 oil painting by William Holman Hunt that exemplifies the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood’s vivid detail, moral symbolism, and intense naturalism in a rural English setting.
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C.
The Milk-Eyed Mender
The Milk-Eyed Mender is the 2004 debut studio album by American singer-songwriter and harpist Joanna Newsom, noted for its intricate lyrics, distinctive vocals, and folk-inspired arrangements.
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D.
The Farmer’s Ingle
The Farmer’s Ingle is a celebrated Scots-language pastoral poem by Robert Fergusson that vividly portrays the warmth and routines of rural farm life in 18th-century Scotland.
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E.
The Orchard
The Orchard is a music and entertainment distribution company specializing in digital and independent label services worldwide.
- 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 Orchard Keeper Target entity description: The Orchard Keeper is Cormac McCarthy’s debut novel, a Southern Gothic work set in rural Tennessee that explores isolation, violence, and the fading old South through interwoven lives on the margins of society.
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A.
The Ploughman
"The Ploughman" is a poem by Scottish national poet Robert Burns, reflecting his characteristic focus on rural life and common folk.
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B.
The Hireling Shepherd
The Hireling Shepherd is an 1851 oil painting by William Holman Hunt that exemplifies the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood’s vivid detail, moral symbolism, and intense naturalism in a rural English setting.
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C.
The Milk-Eyed Mender
The Milk-Eyed Mender is the 2004 debut studio album by American singer-songwriter and harpist Joanna Newsom, noted for its intricate lyrics, distinctive vocals, and folk-inspired arrangements.
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D.
The Farmer’s Ingle
The Farmer’s Ingle is a celebrated Scots-language pastoral poem by Robert Fergusson that vividly portrays the warmth and routines of rural farm life in 18th-century Scotland.
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E.
The Orchard
The Orchard is a music and entertainment distribution company specializing in digital and independent label services worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Southern Gothic novel
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debut novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Cormac McCarthy ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| explores |
generational conflict
ⓘ
human relationship to landscape ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ |
| firstEditionPublisher | Random House ⓘ |
| genre |
Southern Gothic
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorialDebutStatus | first published novel by Cormac McCarthy ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780394711040 ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Arthur Ownby
ⓘ
John Wesley Rattner ⓘ Marion Sylder ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | 246 ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
dense lyrical prose
ⓘ
nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Southern Gothic ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | interwoven lives ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorCareerPhase | early Cormac McCarthy novels ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| publisher | Random House ⓘ |
| settingLocation | rural Tennessee ⓘ |
| settingRegion |
Southern United States
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surface form:
American South
|
| theme |
isolation
ⓘ
life on the margins of society ⓘ the fading Old South ⓘ violence ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Orchard Keeper Description of subject: The Orchard Keeper is Cormac McCarthy’s debut novel, a Southern Gothic work set in rural Tennessee that explores isolation, violence, and the fading old South through interwoven lives on the margins of society.
Referenced by (3)
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subject surface form:
Cormac McCarthy