The Time of the Buffalo
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The Time of the Buffalo is a nonfiction book by Robert Paul Smith that explores the history, ecology, and cultural significance of the American buffalo.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Time of the Buffalo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4509938 — 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: The Time of the Buffalo Context triple: [Robert Paul Smith, notableWork, The Time of the Buffalo]
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A.
The Last of the Buffalo
The Last of the Buffalo is a late 19th-century painting by Albert Bierstadt that dramatically depicts the near-extinction of American bison on the Great Plains, symbolizing the end of the American frontier.
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B.
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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C.
Little Big Man
Little Big Man is a 1970 American Western-comedy film starring Dustin Hoffman that satirically reexamines U.S. frontier history and Native American relations.
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D.
Red Cloud's War
Red Cloud's War was an armed conflict from 1866 to 1868 in which Oglala Lakota leader Red Cloud successfully resisted U.S. military expansion along the Bozeman Trail in present-day Wyoming and Montana.
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E.
End of the Trail
End of the Trail is a famous early 20th-century bronze sculpture depicting a weary Native American warrior slumped on his exhausted horse, symbolizing the suffering and displacement of Indigenous peoples in the United States.
- 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: The Time of the Buffalo Target entity description: The Time of the Buffalo is a nonfiction book by Robert Paul Smith that explores the history, ecology, and cultural significance of the American buffalo.
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A.
The Last of the Buffalo
The Last of the Buffalo is a late 19th-century painting by Albert Bierstadt that dramatically depicts the near-extinction of American bison on the Great Plains, symbolizing the end of the American frontier.
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B.
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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C.
Little Big Man
Little Big Man is a 1970 American Western-comedy film starring Dustin Hoffman that satirically reexamines U.S. frontier history and Native American relations.
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D.
Red Cloud's War
Red Cloud's War was an armed conflict from 1866 to 1868 in which Oglala Lakota leader Red Cloud successfully resisted U.S. military expansion along the Bozeman Trail in present-day Wyoming and Montana.
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E.
End of the Trail
End of the Trail is a famous early 20th-century bronze sculpture depicting a weary Native American warrior slumped on his exhausted horse, symbolizing the suffering and displacement of Indigenous peoples in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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nonfiction book ⓘ |
| about |
North American Great Plains
NERFINISHED
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cultural significance of the American buffalo ⓘ ecology of the American buffalo ⓘ history of the American buffalo ⓘ human–animal relationships ⓘ indigenous peoples of North America and the buffalo ⓘ near-extinction of the American buffalo ⓘ wildlife conservation ⓘ |
| author | Robert Paul Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genre | nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorName | Robert Paul Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation | writer ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
cultural
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ecological ⓘ historical ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readers
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readers interested in American history ⓘ readers interested in natural history ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American buffalo
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bison ⓘ |
| workTitle | The Time of the Buffalo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Time of the Buffalo Description of subject: The Time of the Buffalo is a nonfiction book by Robert Paul Smith that explores the history, ecology, and cultural significance of the American buffalo.
Referenced by (1)
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