Prairie Trilogy
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Prairie Trilogy is a series of novels by Willa Cather that depict the lives of settlers on the American Great Plains in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Prairie Trilogy canonical | 2 |
| Willa Cather’s Prairie Trilogy universe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4423429 — 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: Prairie Trilogy Context triple: [My Ántonia, partOfSeries, Prairie Trilogy]
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A.
The Prairie
The Prairie is an 1827 frontier novel by James Fenimore Cooper, part of the Leatherstocking Tales, that follows Natty Bumppo in his old age on the Great Plains of the American West.
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B.
The Vanishing Prairie
The Vanishing Prairie is a 1954 Walt Disney nature documentary film that explores the wildlife and ecology of the American Great Plains.
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C.
The Sea of Grass
The Sea of Grass is a 1947 American Western drama film starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, adapted from Conrad Richter’s novel about a rancher’s battle over open range land in the American Southwest.
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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.
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E.
Prairie Oasis
Prairie Oasis is a nickname for the small rural community of Faith, South Dakota, highlighting its welcoming character and relative greenery amid the surrounding plains.
- 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: Prairie Trilogy Target entity description: Prairie Trilogy is a series of novels by Willa Cather that depict the lives of settlers on the American Great Plains in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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A.
The Prairie
The Prairie is an 1827 frontier novel by James Fenimore Cooper, part of the Leatherstocking Tales, that follows Natty Bumppo in his old age on the Great Plains of the American West.
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B.
The Vanishing Prairie
The Vanishing Prairie is a 1954 Walt Disney nature documentary film that explores the wildlife and ecology of the American Great Plains.
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C.
The Sea of Grass
The Sea of Grass is a 1947 American Western drama film starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, adapted from Conrad Richter’s novel about a rancher’s battle over open range land in the American Southwest.
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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.
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E.
Prairie Oasis
Prairie Oasis is a nickname for the small rural community of Faith, South Dakota, highlighting its welcoming character and relative greenery amid the surrounding plains.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ novel ⓘ novel ⓘ novel series ⓘ |
| author | Willa Cather ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Willa Cather ⓘ |
| depictsPeriod |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
ⓘ
regional fiction ⓘ |
| hasOriginalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasOriginalPublisherCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasPart |
My Ántonia
ⓘ
O Pioneers! ⓘ The Song of the Lark ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryCanonStatus | classic of American literature ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
American realism
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linked to:
Realism
|
| mainSetting |
American Great Plains
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linked to:
Great Plains
Nebraska ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of settlers on the American Great Plains
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portrayal of immigrant communities in the Midwest ⓘ |
| partOf | Prairie Trilogy ⓘ |
| publicationYear |
1913
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1915 ⓘ 1918 ⓘ |
| settingRegion | Great Plains ⓘ |
| subject |
agricultural life
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immigrant experience ⓘ pioneer life ⓘ rural communities ⓘ women’s lives ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Prairie Trilogy Description of subject: Prairie Trilogy is a series of novels by Willa Cather that depict the lives of settlers on the American Great Plains in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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