Where I Lived, and What I Lived For
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"Where I Lived, and What I Lived For" is a famous early chapter of Henry David Thoreau’s *Walden* in which he reflects on simple living, self-reliance, and the search for a more deliberate, meaningful life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Where I Lived, and What I Lived For canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T288864 — 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: Where I Lived, and What I Lived For Context triple: [Walden; or, Life in the Woods, hasPart, Where I Lived, and What I Lived For]
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A.
Living to Tell the Tale
Living to Tell the Tale is Gabriel García Márquez’s memoir, recounting his early life and the experiences that shaped him as a writer.
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B.
Some Fruits of Solitude
Some Fruits of Solitude is a collection of aphorisms and reflections on morality, conduct, and inner life by the Quaker leader and philosopher William Penn.
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C.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is a comic fantasy detective novel by Douglas Adams featuring the eccentric holistic detective Dirk Gently as he becomes entangled with Norse gods and bizarre supernatural events in modern-day London.
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D.
This I Remember
"This I Remember" is Eleanor Roosevelt’s autobiographical memoir recounting her life, public service, and experiences as First Lady of the United States.
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E.
After the Dance
"After the Dance" is a 1939 stage play by British dramatist Terence Rattigan that explores the disillusionment and emotional fallout among the hedonistic "bright young things" of interwar London.
- 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: Where I Lived, and What I Lived For Target entity description: "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For" is a famous early chapter of Henry David Thoreau’s *Walden* in which he reflects on simple living, self-reliance, and the search for a more deliberate, meaningful life.
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A.
Living to Tell the Tale
Living to Tell the Tale is Gabriel García Márquez’s memoir, recounting his early life and the experiences that shaped him as a writer.
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B.
Some Fruits of Solitude
Some Fruits of Solitude is a collection of aphorisms and reflections on morality, conduct, and inner life by the Quaker leader and philosopher William Penn.
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C.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is a comic fantasy detective novel by Douglas Adams featuring the eccentric holistic detective Dirk Gently as he becomes entangled with Norse gods and bizarre supernatural events in modern-day London.
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D.
This I Remember
"This I Remember" is Eleanor Roosevelt’s autobiographical memoir recounting her life, public service, and experiences as First Lady of the United States.
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E.
After the Dance
"After the Dance" is a 1939 stage play by British dramatist Terence Rattigan that explores the disillusionment and emotional fallout among the hedonistic "bright young things" of interwar London.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book chapter
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essay ⓘ |
| author | Henry David Thoreau ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| educationalUse |
taught in environmental studies courses
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taught in literature courses ⓘ taught in philosophy courses ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
conscious awareness of daily life
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examination of modern society's busyness ⓘ search for meaning beyond economic success ⓘ value of solitude ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| frequentlyAnthologized | true ⓘ |
| genre |
nature writing
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philosophical literature ⓘ transcendentalist literature ⓘ |
| includedIn | first part of Walden ⓘ |
| influenced |
American environmental thought
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back-to-the-land movements ⓘ minimalist living movements ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Transcendentalism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
critique of materialism
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deliberate living ⓘ individualism ⓘ relationship between humans and nature ⓘ self-reliance ⓘ simple living ⓘ spiritual reflection ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableQuotation |
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately"
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"Simplify, simplify" ⓘ |
| partOf |
Walden; or, Life in the Woods
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surface form:
Walden
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| philosophicalConcept |
inner freedom
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living deliberately ⓘ nonconformity ⓘ simplification of life ⓘ |
| publicationContext | Walden; or, Life in the Woods ⓘ |
| publicationDateOfContainingWork | 1854 ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Walden; or, Life in the Woods
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surface form:
Conclusion (chapter of Walden)
Walden; or, Life in the Woods ⓘ
surface form:
Economy (chapter of Walden)
Walden; or, Life in the Woods ⓘ
surface form:
Solitude (chapter of Walden)
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| setting |
Concord, Massachusetts
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Walden Pond ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general readership ⓘ |
| workDescribed |
Walden Pond State Reservation
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surface form:
Thoreau's cabin at Walden Pond
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Subject: Where I Lived, and What I Lived For Description of subject: "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For" is a famous early chapter of Henry David Thoreau’s *Walden* in which he reflects on simple living, self-reliance, and the search for a more deliberate, meaningful life.
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