Sweet Water, Nebraska
E436615
Sweet Water, Nebraska is a fictional small prairie town in Willa Cather’s novel "A Lost Lady," emblematic of the changing American West and the decline of old pioneer ideals.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sweet Water, Nebraska canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4386615 — 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: Sweet Water, Nebraska Context triple: [A Lost Lady, setting, Sweet Water, Nebraska]
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A.
Ogallala, Nebraska
Ogallala, Nebraska is a small city in western Nebraska historically known as a frontier cattle town and now recognized as the namesake of the vast Ogallala Aquifer.
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B.
Valley, Nebraska
Valley, Nebraska is a small city in eastern Nebraska known for its suburban-rural character and proximity to the Omaha metropolitan area.
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C.
Winter Quarters, Nebraska
Winter Quarters, Nebraska was a major 1846–1848 Latter-day Saint encampment and staging area on the Missouri River that served as a key launching point for Mormon migration to the West.
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D.
Papillion, Nebraska
Papillion, Nebraska is a suburban city in the Omaha metropolitan area known for its family-friendly community, parks, and steady growth.
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E.
Winnebago, Nebraska
Winnebago, Nebraska is a village in northeastern Nebraska that serves as the primary community and governmental center of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
- 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: Sweet Water, Nebraska Target entity description: Sweet Water, Nebraska is a fictional small prairie town in Willa Cather’s novel "A Lost Lady," emblematic of the changing American West and the decline of old pioneer ideals.
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A.
Ogallala, Nebraska
Ogallala, Nebraska is a small city in western Nebraska historically known as a frontier cattle town and now recognized as the namesake of the vast Ogallala Aquifer.
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B.
Valley, Nebraska
Valley, Nebraska is a small city in eastern Nebraska known for its suburban-rural character and proximity to the Omaha metropolitan area.
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C.
Winter Quarters, Nebraska
Winter Quarters, Nebraska was a major 1846–1848 Latter-day Saint encampment and staging area on the Missouri River that served as a key launching point for Mormon migration to the West.
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D.
Papillion, Nebraska
Papillion, Nebraska is a suburban city in the Omaha metropolitan area known for its family-friendly community, parks, and steady growth.
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E.
Winnebago, Nebraska
Winnebago, Nebraska is a village in northeastern Nebraska that serves as the primary community and governmental center of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional town
ⓘ
literary setting ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkBy | Willa Cather ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Captain Forrester
ⓘ
Marian Forrester ⓘ Niel Herbert ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Willa Cather ⓘ |
| depicts | small prairie town life ⓘ |
| economicBase |
prairie agriculture
ⓘ
railroad ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
A Lost Lady (1923)
ⓘ
linked to:
A Lost Lady
|
| genreContext | American realist fiction ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
economic and social change
ⓘ
erosion of traditional values ⓘ transition from frontier to modernity ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovementContext | American modernism ⓘ |
| literaryWork | A Lost Lady ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Nebraska ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
background for the Forrester estate
ⓘ
microcosm of the American West ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
once-prosperous community
ⓘ
town in decline ⓘ |
| settingOf | A Lost Lady ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
changing American West
ⓘ
decline of old pioneer ideals ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| usedToExplore |
class and social stratification
ⓘ
corruption and materialism ⓘ memory and nostalgia ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Sweet Water, Nebraska Description of subject: Sweet Water, Nebraska is a fictional small prairie town in Willa Cather’s novel "A Lost Lady," emblematic of the changing American West and the decline of old pioneer ideals.
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