meandering river Alph
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The meandering river Alph is the legendary, subterranean river that winds through the dreamlike landscape of Xanadu in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem "Kubla Khan."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| sacred river Alph | 2 |
| meandering river Alph canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1189229 — 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.
Target entity: meandering river Alph Context triple: [pleasure-dome of Xanadu, hasPart, meandering river Alph]
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River Granta
The River Granta is a tributary watercourse in Cambridgeshire, England, that forms part of the upper reaches of the River Cam and flows through rural villages before joining the main river near Cambridge.
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Versoix River
The Versoix River is a small river in western Switzerland that flows through the canton of Geneva before emptying into Lake Geneva.
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C.
Muddy River
The Muddy River is a small urban waterway in Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts, that forms a key component of Frederick Law Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace park system.
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D.
Manyame River
The Manyame River is a major river in northern Zimbabwe that flows near the capital city of Harare and feeds into Lake Manyame, an important water source for the region.
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E.
Adhaim River
The Adhaim River is a significant river in Iraq that flows through the northeastern part of the country before joining the Tigris.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: meandering river Alph Target entity description: The meandering river Alph is the legendary, subterranean river that winds through the dreamlike landscape of Xanadu in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem "Kubla Khan."
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A.
River Granta
The River Granta is a tributary watercourse in Cambridgeshire, England, that forms part of the upper reaches of the River Cam and flows through rural villages before joining the main river near Cambridge.
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B.
Versoix River
The Versoix River is a small river in western Switzerland that flows through the canton of Geneva before emptying into Lake Geneva.
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C.
Muddy River
The Muddy River is a small urban waterway in Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts, that forms a key component of Frederick Law Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace park system.
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D.
Manyame River
The Manyame River is a major river in northern Zimbabwe that flows near the capital city of Harare and feeds into Lake Manyame, an important water source for the region.
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E.
Adhaim River
The Adhaim River is a significant river in Iraq that flows through the northeastern part of the country before joining the Tigris.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional river
ⓘ
literary location ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Kubla Khan
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surface form:
"Kubla Khan"
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| associatedPlace | Xanadu ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Kubla Khan (character) ⓘ |
| createdBy | Samuel Taylor Coleridge ⓘ |
| culturalImpact |
frequently cited in discussions of visionary literature
ⓘ
influenced later depictions of mystical rivers in literature ⓘ |
| describedAs |
cavern-meandering
ⓘ
meandering ⓘ romantic and dreamlike ⓘ sacred ⓘ subterranean ⓘ sunless ⓘ |
| firstPublicationWork |
Kubla Khan
ⓘ
surface form:
"Kubla Khan" (1816)
|
| flowsInto | sunless sea ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Xanadu
ⓘ
caverns measureless to man ⓘ |
| geographicalStatus | non-real, fictional geography ⓘ |
| hasGenreContext | visionary poem ⓘ |
| hasLineText |
"Down to a sunless sea"
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"Through caverns measureless to man" ⓘ "Where Alph, the sacred river, ran" ⓘ |
| hasNotablePhrase |
"caverns measureless to man"
ⓘ
"sunless sea" ⓘ |
| inspiredByContext | Coleridge's opium-influenced dream ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | English literature ⓘ |
| medium | poem ⓘ |
| name | Alph ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
contributes to the poem's dream-vision atmosphere
ⓘ
organizes the spatial structure of Xanadu ⓘ |
| ontologyType | mythopoetic river ⓘ |
| referencedAs | sacred river Alph ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
dream vision
ⓘ
romantic imagination ⓘ sublime nature ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Biographia Literaria
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surface form:
"Biographia Literaria" (context for Coleridge's poetics)
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| settingType | imaginary landscape ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Romantic poetry criticism
ⓘ
symbolism and imagery in Coleridge ⓘ |
| symbolism |
creative imagination
ⓘ
mystery and the sublime ⓘ unconscious mind ⓘ |
| temporalSetting | undefined or mythic time ⓘ |
| topographicalRole | central feature of Xanadu ⓘ |
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Subject: meandering river Alph Description of subject: The meandering river Alph is the legendary, subterranean river that winds through the dreamlike landscape of Xanadu in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem "Kubla Khan."
Referenced by (3)
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