A Mind of Winter
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A Mind of Winter is a contemporary classical composition by British composer George Benjamin, noted for its atmospheric, finely detailed orchestral writing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Mind of Winter canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5524321 — 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: A Mind of Winter Context triple: [George Benjamin, notableWork, A Mind of Winter]
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A.
The Cross of Snow
The Cross of Snow is a sonnet by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that mournfully commemorates his wife Frances Appleton and reflects on enduring grief through the metaphor of a snow-filled mountain ravine.
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B.
Winter of the World
Winter of the World is a historical novel by Ken Follett that follows multiple intertwined families across Europe and America through the political upheavals and conflicts of the 1930s and World War II.
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C.
The Cold and the Dark
The Cold and the Dark is a 1984 scientific assessment of the potential global climatic and environmental consequences of nuclear war, co-authored by Carl Sagan and colleagues.
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D.
The White Darkness
The White Darkness is a nonfiction book by David Grann that recounts British explorer Henry Worsley’s obsessive and perilous Antarctic expeditions inspired by Ernest Shackleton.
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E.
The Mountain Shadow
The Mountain Shadow is a novel by Gregory David Roberts that continues the adventures of Lin, an Australian fugitive navigating the criminal underworld and spiritual quests in India, serving as the sequel to Shantaram.
- 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: A Mind of Winter Target entity description: A Mind of Winter is a contemporary classical composition by British composer George Benjamin, noted for its atmospheric, finely detailed orchestral writing.
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A.
The Cross of Snow
The Cross of Snow is a sonnet by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that mournfully commemorates his wife Frances Appleton and reflects on enduring grief through the metaphor of a snow-filled mountain ravine.
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B.
Winter of the World
Winter of the World is a historical novel by Ken Follett that follows multiple intertwined families across Europe and America through the political upheavals and conflicts of the 1930s and World War II.
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C.
The Cold and the Dark
The Cold and the Dark is a 1984 scientific assessment of the potential global climatic and environmental consequences of nuclear war, co-authored by Carl Sagan and colleagues.
-
D.
The White Darkness
The White Darkness is a nonfiction book by David Grann that recounts British explorer Henry Worsley’s obsessive and perilous Antarctic expeditions inspired by Ernest Shackleton.
-
E.
The Mountain Shadow
The Mountain Shadow is a novel by Gregory David Roberts that continues the adventures of Lin, an Australian fugitive navigating the criminal underworld and spiritual quests in India, serving as the sequel to Shantaram.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | orchestral composition ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Snow Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Wallace Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | George Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | George Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary classical music
ⓘ
orchestral music ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasMusicalCharacteristic |
atmospheric textures
ⓘ
delicate timbral detail ⓘ refined orchestral color ⓘ subtle dynamic shading ⓘ |
| hasPart |
orchestra
ⓘ
soprano solo ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | poetry of Wallace Stevens ⓘ |
| isInCatalogueOf | George Benjamin compositions ⓘ |
| movement | single-movement work ⓘ |
| notableFor |
atmospheric orchestral writing
ⓘ
finely detailed orchestration ⓘ |
| period | late 20th century music ⓘ |
| scoring | soprano and orchestra ⓘ |
| style |
coloristic orchestration
ⓘ
modernist ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
perception and imagination
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winter landscape ⓘ |
| textLanguage | English ⓘ |
| usesTextBy | Wallace Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Referenced by (1)
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