Ring of Bone
E1040827
Ring of Bone is a posthumous collection of poetry by Beat-affiliated American poet Lew Welch, showcasing his distinctive, introspective, and jazz-influenced style.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ring of Bone canonical | 2 |
| Ring of Bone (expanded edition) | 1 |
| “Ring of Bone” (poem) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13403247 — 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: Ring of Bone Context triple: [Lew Welch, notableWork, Ring of Bone]
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A.
The Bone Bed
The Bone Bed is a crime novel in Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta series, featuring the forensic pathologist investigating a complex murder linked to dinosaur bones and a missing paleontologist.
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B.
Kingdom of Bone
The Kingdom of Bone was a historical Bugis state in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its influential role in regional politics and trade before and during the early colonial period.
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C.
Stone to the Bone
"Stone to the Bone" is a funk track by James Brown featured on his influential 1973 album *The Payback*.
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D.
Servant of the Bones
Servant of the Bones is a supernatural novel by Anne Rice that follows the story of a murdered young man whose spirit becomes a powerful, immortal genie bound to a set of ancient bones.
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E.
The Valley of Bones
The Valley of Bones is a novel in Anthony Powell’s multi-volume sequence "A Dance to the Music of Time," focusing on British army life during World War II.
- 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: Ring of Bone Target entity description: Ring of Bone is a posthumous collection of poetry by Beat-affiliated American poet Lew Welch, showcasing his distinctive, introspective, and jazz-influenced style.
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A.
The Bone Bed
The Bone Bed is a crime novel in Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta series, featuring the forensic pathologist investigating a complex murder linked to dinosaur bones and a missing paleontologist.
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B.
Kingdom of Bone
The Kingdom of Bone was a historical Bugis state in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its influential role in regional politics and trade before and during the early colonial period.
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C.
Stone to the Bone
"Stone to the Bone" is a funk track by James Brown featured on his influential 1973 album *The Payback*.
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D.
Servant of the Bones
Servant of the Bones is a supernatural novel by Anne Rice that follows the story of a murdered young man whose spirit becomes a powerful, immortal genie bound to a set of ancient bones.
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E.
The Valley of Bones
The Valley of Bones is a novel in Anthony Powell’s multi-volume sequence "A Dance to the Music of Time," focusing on British army life during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Beat poetry
ⓘ
San Francisco Renaissance ⓘ |
| author | Lew Welch ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creatorNationality | American ⓘ |
| creatorOccupation | poet ⓘ |
| documentedIn | American poetry scholarship ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasForm | free verse ⓘ |
| hasInfluence |
American vernacular speech
ⓘ
Buddhist thought ⓘ improvisation ⓘ jazz music ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryQuality |
colloquial
ⓘ
lyrical ⓘ meditative ⓘ |
| hasReception |
critical appreciation in Beat studies
ⓘ
cult following ⓘ |
| hasStyleCharacteristic |
experimental
ⓘ
introspective ⓘ jazz-influenced ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience |
readers of Beat literature
ⓘ
readers of modern American poetry ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
alienation
ⓘ
creativity ⓘ identity ⓘ mortality ⓘ nature ⓘ spiritual search ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| isCollectionOfWorksBy | Lew Welch ⓘ |
| isPosthumous | true ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo |
Beat Generation writers
ⓘ
linked to:
Beat Generation
West Coast poetry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Beat Generation ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American life
ⓘ
personal experience ⓘ self-exploration ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ring of Bone Description of subject: Ring of Bone is a posthumous collection of poetry by Beat-affiliated American poet Lew Welch, showcasing his distinctive, introspective, and jazz-influenced style.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ring of Bone
linked to: Ring of Bone