The Way West
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The Way West is a 1949 Pulitzer Prize–winning historical novel by A. B. Guthrie Jr. that follows a group of pioneers traveling the Oregon Trail in the mid-19th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Way West canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10169743 — 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: The Way West Context triple: [Edward Lewis, notableWork, The Way West]
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A.
Into the West
Into the West is a 2005 American television miniseries that dramatizes the expansion of the American frontier and the clash of cultures between white settlers and Native American tribes.
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B.
Into the West
"Into the West" is an Oscar-winning song from the film "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," known for its emotional farewell theme and performance by Annie Lennox.
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C.
Code of the West
"Code of the West" is a country song featured on the album *Drinkin' Songs and Other Logic* by Hank Williams Jr.
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D.
The Lonesome Crowded West
The Lonesome Crowded West is a critically acclaimed 1997 indie rock album by Modest Mouse, often regarded as one of the defining records of the American indie scene of the late 1990s.
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E.
Hearts of the West
Hearts of the West is a 1975 comedy film about an aspiring writer who stumbles into acting in low-budget Westerns in 1930s Hollywood.
- 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: The Way West Target entity description: The Way West is a 1949 Pulitzer Prize–winning historical novel by A. B. Guthrie Jr. that follows a group of pioneers traveling the Oregon Trail in the mid-19th century.
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A.
Into the West
Into the West is a 2005 American television miniseries that dramatizes the expansion of the American frontier and the clash of cultures between white settlers and Native American tribes.
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B.
Into the West
"Into the West" is an Oscar-winning song from the film "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," known for its emotional farewell theme and performance by Annie Lennox.
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C.
Code of the West
"Code of the West" is a country song featured on the album *Drinkin' Songs and Other Logic* by Hank Williams Jr.
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D.
The Lonesome Crowded West
The Lonesome Crowded West is a critically acclaimed 1997 indie rock album by Modest Mouse, often regarded as one of the defining records of the American indie scene of the late 1990s.
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E.
Hearts of the West
Hearts of the West is a 1975 comedy film about an aspiring writer who stumbles into acting in low-budget Westerns in 1930s Hollywood.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | The Way West (1967 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | A. B. Guthrie Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| filmAdaptationDirector | Andrew V. McLaglen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationStars |
Kirk Douglas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Richard Widmark NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Mitchum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | wagon train journey to Oregon ⓘ |
| genre |
Western fiction
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ |
| literaryAward | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject | pioneers traveling the Oregon Trail ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Dick Summers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lije Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ Senator William J. Tadlock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | The Big Sky series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| prequel | The Big Sky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1949 ⓘ |
| publisher | William Sloane Associates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| PulitzerPrizeYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| setDuring | Oregon Trail migration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | mid-19th century ⓘ |
| settingRegion | American West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingRoute | Oregon Trail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Way West Description of subject: The Way West is a 1949 Pulitzer Prize–winning historical novel by A. B. Guthrie Jr. that follows a group of pioneers traveling the Oregon Trail in the mid-19th century.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.