Questions of Travel
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Questions of Travel is a 1965 poetry collection by Elizabeth Bishop that explores themes of travel, place, and perception through her characteristically precise and observant verse.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Questions of Travel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5366687 — 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: Questions of Travel Context triple: [Elizabeth Bishop, notableWork, Questions of Travel]
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A.
Travelling
Travelling is an episode of the BBC nature documentary series "The Private Life of Plants," focusing on how plants disperse and move to colonize new environments.
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B.
Travelers
Travelers is a major American insurance brand known for providing a wide range of property and casualty insurance products to individuals and businesses.
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C.
Travel + Leisure
Travel + Leisure is a prominent American travel magazine and media brand known for its destination guides, hotel and airline rankings, and lifestyle travel content.
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D.
Traveler
Traveler is the introspective, bohemian protagonist of Julio Cortázar’s novel "Rayuela" ("Hopscotch"), whose existential wanderings through Paris and Buenos Aires explore themes of love, identity, and meaning.
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E.
Traveler
Traveler is the white horse that serves as the live mascot at University of Southern California athletic events, especially USC Trojans football games.
- 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: Questions of Travel Target entity description: Questions of Travel is a 1965 poetry collection by Elizabeth Bishop that explores themes of travel, place, and perception through her characteristically precise and observant verse.
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A.
Travelling
Travelling is an episode of the BBC nature documentary series "The Private Life of Plants," focusing on how plants disperse and move to colonize new environments.
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B.
Travelers
Travelers is a major American insurance brand known for providing a wide range of property and casualty insurance products to individuals and businesses.
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C.
Travel + Leisure
Travel + Leisure is a prominent American travel magazine and media brand known for its destination guides, hotel and airline rankings, and lifestyle travel content.
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D.
Traveler
Traveler is the introspective, bohemian protagonist of Julio Cortázar’s novel "Rayuela" ("Hopscotch"), whose existential wanderings through Paris and Buenos Aires explore themes of love, identity, and meaning.
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E.
Traveler
Traveler is the white horse that serves as the live mascot at University of Southern California athletic events, especially USC Trojans football games.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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poetry collection ⓘ |
| author | Elizabeth Bishop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsPoem |
Arrival at Santos
NERFINISHED
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Brazil, January 1, 1502 ⓘ Electrical Storm NERFINISHED ⓘ In the Village NERFINISHED ⓘ Manuelzinho NERFINISHED ⓘ Questions of Travel (poem) NERFINISHED ⓘ Song for the Rainy Season NERFINISHED ⓘ The Armadillo NERFINISHED ⓘ The Burglar of Babylon NERFINISHED ⓘ The Gentleman of Shalott NERFINISHED ⓘ The Riverman NERFINISHED ⓘ The Shampoo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | highly acclaimed ⓘ |
| followsWork | Poems: North & South—A Cold Spring NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasForm |
formal verse
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free verse ⓘ lyric poetry ⓘ narrative poetry ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
displacement
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exile ⓘ foreignness ⓘ identity ⓘ landscape ⓘ memory ⓘ observation ⓘ perception ⓘ place ⓘ travel ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Elizabeth Bishop's experiences in Brazil
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Elizabeth Bishop's travels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernist poetry ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorPeriod | Elizabeth Bishop's middle period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedesWork | Geography III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingIncludes |
Brazil
NERFINISHED
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Nova Scotia NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
American literature courses
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poetry seminars ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
formal control
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ironic tone ⓘ narrative elements ⓘ observant detail ⓘ precise imagery ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Questions of Travel Description of subject: Questions of Travel is a 1965 poetry collection by Elizabeth Bishop that explores themes of travel, place, and perception through her characteristically precise and observant verse.
Referenced by (1)
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