Society for the Study of Poetic Language
E746995
The Society for the Study of Poetic Language was a pioneering Russian Formalist scholarly group in the early 20th century that focused on the systematic analysis of literary form and poetic language.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Society for the Study of Poetic Language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8626789 — 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: Society for the Study of Poetic Language Context triple: [Viktor Shklovsky, memberOf, Society for the Study of Poetic Language]
-
A.
Linguistic Society of America
The Linguistic Society of America is a leading professional organization dedicated to the scientific study and promotion of language and linguistics.
-
B.
Poetry Book Society
The Poetry Book Society was a UK-based literary organization founded by T. S. Eliot to promote contemporary poetry through curated selections, prizes, and events.
-
C.
Poetry Foundation
The Poetry Foundation is a literary organization and publisher dedicated to promoting poetry through its magazine, digital archives, educational programs, and public events.
-
D.
Academy of American Poets
The Academy of American Poets is a leading U.S. literary organization dedicated to supporting and promoting poetry and poets through awards, publications, educational programs, and public events.
-
E.
Asam Sahitya Sabha
Asam Sahitya Sabha is a premier literary organization dedicated to the promotion, preservation, and development of Assamese language, literature, and culture.
- 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: Society for the Study of Poetic Language Target entity description: The Society for the Study of Poetic Language was a pioneering Russian Formalist scholarly group in the early 20th century that focused on the systematic analysis of literary form and poetic language.
-
A.
Linguistic Society of America
The Linguistic Society of America is a leading professional organization dedicated to the scientific study and promotion of language and linguistics.
-
B.
Poetry Book Society
The Poetry Book Society was a UK-based literary organization founded by T. S. Eliot to promote contemporary poetry through curated selections, prizes, and events.
-
C.
Poetry Foundation
The Poetry Foundation is a literary organization and publisher dedicated to promoting poetry through its magazine, digital archives, educational programs, and public events.
-
D.
Academy of American Poets
The Academy of American Poets is a leading U.S. literary organization dedicated to supporting and promoting poetry and poets through awards, publications, educational programs, and public events.
-
E.
Asam Sahitya Sabha
Asam Sahitya Sabha is a premier literary organization dedicated to the promotion, preservation, and development of Assamese language, literature, and culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Russian Formalist group
ⓘ
literary organization ⓘ scholarly society ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
Slavic studies
ⓘ
philology ⓘ |
| activity |
discussion of contemporary literature
ⓘ
publication of theoretical essays ⓘ scholarly meetings ⓘ |
| aim |
to analyze the formal structure of literary works
ⓘ
to establish a scientific basis for the study of literature ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
OPOJAZ
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Obshchestvo izucheniya poeticheskogo yazyka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| dissolvedOrAbolished | 1920s ⓘ |
| field |
linguistics
ⓘ
literary theory ⓘ poetics ⓘ |
| focus |
formal properties of literature
ⓘ
literariness ⓘ poetic function of language ⓘ systematic analysis of literary form ⓘ systematic analysis of poetic language ⓘ |
| genre | academic society ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
defamiliarization
ⓘ
literary device ⓘ poetic language as autonomous system ⓘ |
| historicalEra | early 20th century ⓘ |
| inception | early 20th century ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century literary theory
ⓘ
narratology ⓘ semiotics of literature ⓘ structuralism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Russian ⓘ |
| location | Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Russian Formalism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Boris Eikhenbaum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Boris Tomashevsky NERFINISHED ⓘ Lev Yakubinsky NERFINISHED ⓘ Osip Brik NERFINISHED ⓘ Viktor Shklovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ Yury Tynyanov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Russian Formalist movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortName | OPOYAZ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theoreticalApproach |
formal analysis
ⓘ
scientific study of literature ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Society for the Study of Poetic Language Description of subject: The Society for the Study of Poetic Language was a pioneering Russian Formalist scholarly group in the early 20th century that focused on the systematic analysis of literary form and poetic language.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.