The Solace of Open Spaces
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The Solace of Open Spaces is a collection of lyrical essays by Gretel Ehrlich that reflects on life, landscape, and solitude in the American West, particularly the wide-open spaces of Wyoming.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Solace of Open Spaces canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12920342 — 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 Solace of Open Spaces Context triple: [Gretel Ehrlich, notableWork, The Solace of Open Spaces]
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A.
Portrait of a Wilderness
Portrait of a Wilderness is a renowned nature book by conservationist Guy Mountfort that vividly documents and advocates for the protection of wild landscapes and their wildlife.
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B.
Ah, Wilderness!
"Ah, Wilderness!" is a 1933 coming-of-age comedy play by Eugene O’Neill that nostalgically portrays small-town American family life around the Fourth of July.
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C.
The Wide Country
The Wide Country is an early-1960s American Western television series that followed the adventures of two rodeo-riding brothers traveling the modern West.
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D.
The Vanishing Prairie
The Vanishing Prairie is a 1954 Walt Disney nature documentary film that explores the wildlife and ecology of the American Great Plains.
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E.
The Prairie
The Prairie is an 1827 frontier novel by James Fenimore Cooper, part of the Leatherstocking Tales, that follows Natty Bumppo in his old age on the Great Plains of the American West.
- 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 Solace of Open Spaces Target entity description: The Solace of Open Spaces is a collection of lyrical essays by Gretel Ehrlich that reflects on life, landscape, and solitude in the American West, particularly the wide-open spaces of Wyoming.
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A.
Portrait of a Wilderness
Portrait of a Wilderness is a renowned nature book by conservationist Guy Mountfort that vividly documents and advocates for the protection of wild landscapes and their wildlife.
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B.
Ah, Wilderness!
"Ah, Wilderness!" is a 1933 coming-of-age comedy play by Eugene O’Neill that nostalgically portrays small-town American family life around the Fourth of July.
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C.
The Wide Country
The Wide Country is an early-1960s American Western television series that followed the adventures of two rodeo-riding brothers traveling the modern West.
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D.
The Vanishing Prairie
The Vanishing Prairie is a 1954 Walt Disney nature documentary film that explores the wildlife and ecology of the American Great Plains.
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E.
The Prairie
The Prairie is an 1827 frontier novel by James Fenimore Cooper, part of the Leatherstocking Tales, that follows Natty Bumppo in his old age on the Great Plains of the American West.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American literature
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essay collection ⓘ nonfiction book ⓘ |
| author | Gretel Ehrlich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
cowboy culture
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harsh weather ⓘ ranch work ⓘ |
| describes |
emotional effects of open landscapes
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life on remote ranches ⓘ seasonal cycles in Wyoming ⓘ |
| genre |
lyrical essay
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memoir ⓘ nature writing ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
hardcover edition
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paperback edition ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
Western American literature
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
contemporary nature writers ⓘ |
| hasPart | essay ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| hasReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary American nonfiction ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | lyrical prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American West
NERFINISHED
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Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ landscape ⓘ ranching ⓘ rural life ⓘ solitude ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blending memoir and nature writing
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evocative descriptions of Western landscapes ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | 1980s ⓘ |
| publisher |
The Viking Press
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surface form:
Viking Press
|
| setting |
American West
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
readers of literary nonfiction
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readers of nature writing ⓘ |
| theme |
healing and recovery
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human relationship with nature ⓘ isolation ⓘ place and identity ⓘ work and physical labor ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | late 20th century American West ⓘ |
| workLocationOfAuthor | Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: The Solace of Open Spaces Description of subject: The Solace of Open Spaces is a collection of lyrical essays by Gretel Ehrlich that reflects on life, landscape, and solitude in the American West, particularly the wide-open spaces of Wyoming.
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