Tom Outland’s Story
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Tom Outland’s Story is the central embedded narrative in Willa Cather’s novel *The Professor’s House*, recounting a young inventor’s experiences in the American Southwest and his discovery of an ancient cliff-dweller civilization.
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| Tom Outland’s Story canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18233859 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Outland’s Story Context triple: [The Professor’s House, partTitle, Tom Outland’s Story]
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Paper Lion
Paper Lion is a 1968 sports comedy film, based on George Plimpton’s book, that follows a writer’s humorous attempt to play quarterback for the Detroit Lions.
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Seven Bulls
Seven Bulls is a striking red sandstone rock formation in Kyrgyzstan’s Jeti-Ögüz Gorge, famous for its seven towering, bull-like cliffs.
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C.
The Mighty
The Mighty is a 1998 drama film about the friendship between two misfit boys, based on the novel "Freak the Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick.
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D.
The Champion
"The Champion" is a 1915 silent comedy film starring Charlie Chaplin as an underdog boxer who humorously battles his way through the prizefighting world.
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The Victors
The Victors is a 1963 British-American anti-war film that follows a group of Allied soldiers across Europe during World War II, known for its episodic structure and stark, critical portrayal of war.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Outland’s Story Target entity description: Tom Outland’s Story is the central embedded narrative in Willa Cather’s novel *The Professor’s House*, recounting a young inventor’s experiences in the American Southwest and his discovery of an ancient cliff-dweller civilization.
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A.
Paper Lion
Paper Lion is a 1968 sports comedy film, based on George Plimpton’s book, that follows a writer’s humorous attempt to play quarterback for the Detroit Lions.
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B.
Seven Bulls
Seven Bulls is a striking red sandstone rock formation in Kyrgyzstan’s Jeti-Ögüz Gorge, famous for its seven towering, bull-like cliffs.
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C.
The Mighty
The Mighty is a 1998 drama film about the friendship between two misfit boys, based on the novel "Freak the Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick.
-
D.
The Champion
"The Champion" is a 1915 silent comedy film starring Charlie Chaplin as an underdog boxer who humorously battles his way through the prizefighting world.
-
E.
The Victors
The Victors is a 1963 British-American anti-war film that follows a group of Allied soldiers across Europe during World War II, known for its episodic structure and stark, critical portrayal of war.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.