Riders of the Purple Sage

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Riders of the Purple Sage is a classic 1912 Western novel that helped define the genre with its vivid depiction of frontier justice, religious conflict, and rugged Utah landscapes.

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Label	Occurrences
Riders of the Purple Sage canonical	4
Riders of the Purple Sage (novel)	3
Riders of the Purple Sage series	1
Zane Grey novel "Riders of the Purple Sage"	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21561406 — 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: Riders of the Purple Sage
Context triple: [Zane Grey, notableWork, Riders of the Purple Sage]

A. Riders of the Purple Sage
Riders of the Purple Sage is a classic 1925 silent Western film, adapted from Zane Grey’s novel, in which George O’Brien stars as a mysterious gunman entangled in frontier conflict and romance.
B. Riders of the Purple Sage
Riders of the Purple Sage is a 1996 television Western film adaptation of Zane Grey’s classic novel, starring Amy Madigan and Ed Harris.
C. Riders of the Black Hills
Riders of the Black Hills is a 1938 American Western film featuring cowboy heroes, frontier action, and classic genre tropes of the era.
D. Lords of the Plains
Lords of the Plains is a renowned epithet for the Comanche, a Native American people historically famed for their exceptional horsemanship, warrior culture, and dominance across the Southern Plains.
E. The Spur
The Spur is a residential area within the town of Runcorn in Cheshire, England.
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: Riders of the Purple Sage
Target entity description: Riders of the Purple Sage is a classic 1912 Western novel that helped define the genre with its vivid depiction of frontier justice, religious conflict, and rugged Utah landscapes.

A. Riders of the Purple Sage
Riders of the Purple Sage is a 1996 television Western film adaptation of Zane Grey’s classic novel, starring Amy Madigan and Ed Harris.
B. Riders of the Purple Sage
Riders of the Purple Sage is a classic 1925 silent Western film, adapted from Zane Grey’s novel, in which George O’Brien stars as a mysterious gunman entangled in frontier conflict and romance.
C. Riders of the Black Hills
Riders of the Black Hills is a 1938 American Western film featuring cowboy heroes, frontier action, and classic genre tropes of the era.
D. Lords of the Plains
Lords of the Plains is a renowned epithet for the Comanche, a Native American people historically famed for their exceptional horsemanship, warrior culture, and dominance across the Southern Plains.
E. The Spur
The Spur is a residential area within the town of Runcorn in Cheshire, England.
F. None of above. chosen