The Song of the Lark
E95154
The Song of the Lark is a 1915 novel by Willa Cather that follows the artistic and personal development of a talented young singer from a small town to an international opera career.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Song of the Lark canonical | 5 |
| The Song of the Lark (1947 painting by Andrew Wyeth, inspired by the novel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T803929 — 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 Song of the Lark Context triple: [Willa Cather, notableWork, The Song of the Lark]
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A.
The Grass Harp
The Grass Harp is a 1951 novella by Truman Capote that tells a lyrical, bittersweet coming-of-age story about misfits who retreat to a treehouse, blending Southern Gothic atmosphere with themes of individuality and belonging.
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B.
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d
"When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d" is Walt Whitman’s elegiac poem mourning the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, renowned for its lyrical meditation on grief, nature, and national loss.
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C.
Look Homeward, Angel
Look Homeward, Angel is Thomas Wolfe’s acclaimed 1929 coming-of-age novel that follows the turbulent youth of Eugene Gant in a fictionalized North Carolina town.
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D.
Strange Interlude
Strange Interlude is a landmark experimental play by Eugene O’Neill, renowned for its use of interior monologues to explore the psychological lives and moral conflicts of its characters.
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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: The Song of the Lark Target entity description: The Song of the Lark is a 1915 novel by Willa Cather that follows the artistic and personal development of a talented young singer from a small town to an international opera career.
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A.
The Grass Harp
The Grass Harp is a 1951 novella by Truman Capote that tells a lyrical, bittersweet coming-of-age story about misfits who retreat to a treehouse, blending Southern Gothic atmosphere with themes of individuality and belonging.
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B.
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d
"When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d" is Walt Whitman’s elegiac poem mourning the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, renowned for its lyrical meditation on grief, nature, and national loss.
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C.
Look Homeward, Angel
Look Homeward, Angel is Thomas Wolfe’s acclaimed 1929 coming-of-age novel that follows the turbulent youth of Eugene Gant in a fictionalized North Carolina town.
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D.
Strange Interlude
Strange Interlude is a landmark experimental play by Eugene O’Neill, renowned for its use of interior monologues to explore the psychological lives and moral conflicts of its characters.
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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 (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Willa Cather ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| followedBy | My Ántonia ⓘ |
| follows |
artistic development of a young singer
ⓘ
personal development of a young woman ⓘ |
| genre |
artist’s novel
ⓘ
bildungsroman ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Song of the Lark
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
The Song of the Lark (1947 painting by Andrew Wyeth, inspired by the novel)
|
| hasCharacter | Thea Kronborg ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
artistic vocation
ⓘ
gender roles ⓘ immigrant communities in the American West ⓘ music ⓘ opera ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
American Regionalism
ⓘ
surface form:
American realism
|
| mainCharacter | Thea Kronborg ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of American frontier and urban life
ⓘ
detailed portrayal of a woman artist’s career ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
My Ántonia
ⓘ
surface form:
Willa Cather’s Prairie Trilogy
|
| placeInAuthorCareer | major early novel by Willa Cather ⓘ |
| precededBy | O Pioneers! ⓘ |
| protagonistGender | female ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation |
opera singer
ⓘ
singer ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1915 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Houghton Mifflin
ⓘ
surface form:
Houghton Mifflin Company
|
| setting |
City of Chicago
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago
Europe ⓘ Moonstone, Colorado (fictional town) ⓘ New York City ⓘ |
| theme |
American West and its influence
ⓘ
artistic ambition ⓘ female independence ⓘ sacrifice for art ⓘ self-discovery ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Song of the Lark Description of subject: The Song of the Lark is a 1915 novel by Willa Cather that follows the artistic and personal development of a talented young singer from a small town to an international opera career.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Song of the Lark (1947 painting by Andrew Wyeth, inspired by the novel)
subject surface form:
Wilella Cather