The Ox-Bow Incident (novel)
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The Ox-Bow Incident (novel) is a 1940 Western by Walter Van Tilburg Clark that powerfully explores mob justice, moral responsibility, and the consequences of vigilantism in the American frontier.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Ox-Bow Incident | 1 |
| The Ox-Bow Incident (novel) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3174904 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Ox-Bow Incident (novel) Context triple: [The Ox-Bow Incident, basedOn, The Ox-Bow Incident (novel)]
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The Ox-Bow Incident
The Ox-Bow Incident is a 1943 American Western film noir about a lynch mob’s rush to judgment, renowned for its stark moral themes and powerful performances.
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B.
Trial of the Twenty-One
The Trial of the Twenty-One was a 1938 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks and party leaders were accused of treason and executed, marking one of the most infamous episodes of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti
The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti is a series of social realist paintings by Ben Shahn that powerfully depicts the controversial trial and execution of Italian anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
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One of Ours
One of Ours is a Pulitzer Prize–winning 1922 novel by Willa Cather that follows a young Nebraskan man's search for purpose culminating in his experiences as a soldier in World War I.
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E.
The Seventh Cross
The Seventh Cross is a 1944 American drama film about seven prisoners escaping a Nazi concentration camp, noted for its early and powerful depiction of anti-fascist resistance.
- 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: The Ox-Bow Incident (novel) Target entity description: The Ox-Bow Incident (novel) is a 1940 Western by Walter Van Tilburg Clark that powerfully explores mob justice, moral responsibility, and the consequences of vigilantism in the American frontier.
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A.
The Ox-Bow Incident
The Ox-Bow Incident is a 1943 American Western film noir about a lynch mob’s rush to judgment, renowned for its stark moral themes and powerful performances.
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B.
Trial of the Twenty-One
The Trial of the Twenty-One was a 1938 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks and party leaders were accused of treason and executed, marking one of the most infamous episodes of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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C.
The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti
The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti is a series of social realist paintings by Ben Shahn that powerfully depicts the controversial trial and execution of Italian anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
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D.
One of Ours
One of Ours is a Pulitzer Prize–winning 1922 novel by Willa Cather that follows a young Nebraskan man's search for purpose culminating in his experiences as a soldier in World War I.
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E.
The Seventh Cross
The Seventh Cross is a 1944 American drama film about seven prisoners escaping a Nazi concentration camp, noted for its early and powerful depiction of anti-fascist resistance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptedInto |
The Ox-Bow Incident
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surface form:
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943 film)
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| author | Walter Van Tilburg Clark ⓘ |
| centralEvent | vigilante hanging of three men ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
American frontier society
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breakdown of legal authority ⓘ |
| examines |
conflict between law and revenge
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individual conscience versus group pressure ⓘ psychology of crowds ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | William A. Wellman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 1943 ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationStar |
Dana Andrews
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Henry Fonda ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| genre |
Western fiction
ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
innocent accused
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reluctant participant in mob ⓘ zealous vigilante leader ⓘ |
| hasForeshadowingOf | lynching of suspected rustlers ⓘ |
| hasMoralQuestion | whether ends justify violent means ⓘ |
| includedIn | Western literature canon ⓘ |
| influenced | later revisionist Westerns ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Realism
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surface form:
American realism
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| mainCharacter |
Art Croft
ⓘ
Donald Martin ⓘ Gerald Tetley ⓘ Gil Carter ⓘ Major Tetley ⓘ |
| narrator | Art Croft ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of lynch mobs
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early serious Western novel ⓘ exploration of moral ambiguity ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| publisher | Random House ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | classic American Western novel ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Nevada ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 1880s ⓘ |
| theme |
collective guilt
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frontier justice ⓘ mob justice ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ rule of law ⓘ vigilantism ⓘ |
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Subject: The Ox-Bow Incident (novel) Description of subject: The Ox-Bow Incident (novel) is a 1940 Western by Walter Van Tilburg Clark that powerfully explores mob justice, moral responsibility, and the consequences of vigilantism in the American frontier.
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The Ox-Bow Incident