Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl
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"Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl" is a narrative poem by John Greenleaf Whittier that nostalgically depicts a New England farm family snowed in during a winter storm, reflecting on memory, faith, and rural life.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl canonical | 2 |
| Snow-Bound | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T373586 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl Context triple: [John Greenleaf Whittier, notableWork, Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl]
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A.
The Maine Woods
The Maine Woods is a posthumously published collection of Henry David Thoreau’s essays recounting his mid-19th-century journeys into the forests of Maine, blending natural history, travel narrative, and philosophical reflection on wilderness.
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B.
The Lady of the Aroostook
The Lady of the Aroostook is an 1879 novel by American author William Dean Howells that follows a young New England woman’s transatlantic voyage and explores themes of social class, romance, and cultural contrast.
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C.
Tales of a Wayside Inn
Tales of a Wayside Inn is a narrative poetry collection structured as a series of stories told by different characters gathered at a New England inn.
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D.
The Land
The Land is an EPCOT pavilion focused on agriculture and the natural environment, featuring attractions and exhibits about sustainable farming, ecosystems, and human interaction with the Earth.
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E.
The Mountain Between Us
The Mountain Between Us is a 2017 survival romance film in which Idris Elba and Kate Winslet play strangers stranded in the wilderness after a plane crash.
- 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: Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl Target entity description: "Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl" is a narrative poem by John Greenleaf Whittier that nostalgically depicts a New England farm family snowed in during a winter storm, reflecting on memory, faith, and rural life.
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A.
The Maine Woods
The Maine Woods is a posthumously published collection of Henry David Thoreau’s essays recounting his mid-19th-century journeys into the forests of Maine, blending natural history, travel narrative, and philosophical reflection on wilderness.
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B.
The Lady of the Aroostook
The Lady of the Aroostook is an 1879 novel by American author William Dean Howells that follows a young New England woman’s transatlantic voyage and explores themes of social class, romance, and cultural contrast.
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C.
Tales of a Wayside Inn
Tales of a Wayside Inn is a narrative poetry collection structured as a series of stories told by different characters gathered at a New England inn.
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D.
The Land
The Land is an EPCOT pavilion focused on agriculture and the natural environment, featuring attractions and exhibits about sustainable farming, ecosystems, and human interaction with the Earth.
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E.
The Mountain Between Us
The Mountain Between Us is a 2017 survival romance film in which Idris Elba and Kate Winslet play strangers stranded in the wilderness after a plane crash.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
narrative poem
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poem ⓘ |
| associatedWith | New England regional literature ⓘ |
| author | John Greenleaf Whittier ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
New England winter storm
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a farm family snowed in ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
domestic life
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recollection of the past ⓘ religious reflection ⓘ |
| form |
blank verse
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idyll ⓘ |
| genre |
narrative poetry
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pastoral poetry ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | narrator ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
hearth and home
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light and darkness ⓘ snowstorm ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American Romanticism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | classic of 19th-century American poetry ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays | Quaker family life ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
New England
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rural farm ⓘ |
| theme |
faith
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family ⓘ isolation ⓘ memory ⓘ nature ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ rural life ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl Description of subject: "Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl" is a narrative poem by John Greenleaf Whittier that nostalgically depicts a New England farm family snowed in during a winter storm, reflecting on memory, faith, and rural life.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Snow-Bound
subject surface form:
John Greenleaf Whittier