Toward the Unknown Region
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Toward the Unknown Region is a choral-orchestral work by Ralph Vaughan Williams, celebrated for its expansive, visionary setting of Walt Whitman’s poetry.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Toward the Unknown Region canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1909080 — 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: Toward the Unknown Region Context triple: [Ralph Vaughan Williams, notableWork, Toward the Unknown Region]
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A.
The Great Unknown
The Great Unknown is a section of Washington Irving’s 1824 story collection "Tales of a Traveller," comprising a group of tales centered on mystery and the supernatural.
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B.
Spaceways
Spaceways is a 1953 British science fiction film about early space travel and personal intrigue, directed by Terence Fisher and associated with editor-turned-director Harmon Jones.
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C.
The Other Side of the Sky
The Other Side of the Sky is a science fiction short story collection by Arthur C. Clarke that explores space travel, futuristic technology, and human ingenuity through a series of imaginative tales.
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D.
The Unknowable
The Unknowable is a philosophical concept denoting aspects of reality or truth that are fundamentally beyond human comprehension or empirical investigation.
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E.
The Currents of Space
The Currents of Space is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov set in his Galactic Empire universe, exploring political intrigue, planetary exploitation, and social stratification on a distant world.
- 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: Toward the Unknown Region Target entity description: Toward the Unknown Region is a choral-orchestral work by Ralph Vaughan Williams, celebrated for its expansive, visionary setting of Walt Whitman’s poetry.
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A.
The Great Unknown
The Great Unknown is a section of Washington Irving’s 1824 story collection "Tales of a Traveller," comprising a group of tales centered on mystery and the supernatural.
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B.
Spaceways
Spaceways is a 1953 British science fiction film about early space travel and personal intrigue, directed by Terence Fisher and associated with editor-turned-director Harmon Jones.
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C.
The Other Side of the Sky
The Other Side of the Sky is a science fiction short story collection by Arthur C. Clarke that explores space travel, futuristic technology, and human ingenuity through a series of imaginative tales.
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D.
The Unknowable
The Unknowable is a philosophical concept denoting aspects of reality or truth that are fundamentally beyond human comprehension or empirical investigation.
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E.
The Currents of Space
The Currents of Space is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov set in his Galactic Empire universe, exploring political intrigue, planetary exploitation, and social stratification on a distant world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cantata
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choral-orchestral work ⓘ |
| associatedWithComposer | Ralph Vaughan Williams ⓘ |
| basedOn | poetry by Walt Whitman ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Walt Whitman ⓘ |
| composer | Ralph Vaughan Williams ⓘ |
| composerNationality | British ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
choral music
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orchestral music ⓘ |
| hasMood |
expansive
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uplifting ⓘ visionary ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
freedom
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human aspiration ⓘ the soul’s voyage ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
exploration of the unknown
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spiritual journey ⓘ transcendence ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | American transcendentalist poetry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movementCount | 1 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
expansive choral writing
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visionary setting of Walt Whitman’s poetry ⓘ |
| partOfRepertoire | 20th-century choral-orchestral repertoire ⓘ |
| period | early 20th century music ⓘ |
| scoredFor |
mixed chorus
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orchestra ⓘ |
| style |
English choral tradition
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late-Romantic ⓘ |
| textBy | Walt Whitman ⓘ |
| usesForces |
full symphony orchestra
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large chorus ⓘ |
| workTitle | Toward the Unknown Region self-link ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Toward the Unknown Region Description of subject: Toward the Unknown Region is a choral-orchestral work by Ralph Vaughan Williams, celebrated for its expansive, visionary setting of Walt Whitman’s poetry.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.