“Mr. Edwards and the Spider”
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“Mr. Edwards and the Spider” is a poem by Robert Lowell, included in his Pulitzer Prize–winning collection *Lord Weary’s Castle*, that vividly portrays the Puritan preacher Jonathan Edwards through dense, metaphysical imagery.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| “Mr. Edwards and the Spider” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14234303 — 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: “Mr. Edwards and the Spider” Context triple: [Lord Weary’s Castle, hasPart, “Mr. Edwards and the Spider”]
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A.
The Smiling Spider
The Smiling Spider is a famous Symbolist charcoal drawing by Odilon Redon depicting a fantastical, grinning arachnid that exemplifies his eerie, dreamlike imagery.
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B.
The Spider's House
The Spider's House is a 1955 novel by American writer Paul Bowles that explores political unrest and cultural tensions in colonial-era Morocco.
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C.
The Spider’s Web
The Spider’s Web is a well-known rock climbing cliff in New York’s Adirondack Mountains, offering steep, high-quality routes above Chapel Pond.
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D.
The Spider
"The Spider" is a lesser-known work associated with American actress Barbara Billingsley, who is best remembered for her role as June Cleaver on the classic TV series "Leave It to Beaver."
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E.
The Spider
The Spider is the English title of the 29th chapter (Surah Al-Ankabut) of the Qur’an, which addresses themes of faith, trials, and the fragility of relying on anything other than God.
- 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: “Mr. Edwards and the Spider” Target entity description: “Mr. Edwards and the Spider” is a poem by Robert Lowell, included in his Pulitzer Prize–winning collection *Lord Weary’s Castle*, that vividly portrays the Puritan preacher Jonathan Edwards through dense, metaphysical imagery.
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A.
The Smiling Spider
The Smiling Spider is a famous Symbolist charcoal drawing by Odilon Redon depicting a fantastical, grinning arachnid that exemplifies his eerie, dreamlike imagery.
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B.
The Spider's House
The Spider's House is a 1955 novel by American writer Paul Bowles that explores political unrest and cultural tensions in colonial-era Morocco.
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C.
The Spider’s Web
The Spider’s Web is a well-known rock climbing cliff in New York’s Adirondack Mountains, offering steep, high-quality routes above Chapel Pond.
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D.
The Spider
"The Spider" is a lesser-known work associated with American actress Barbara Billingsley, who is best remembered for her role as June Cleaver on the classic TV series "Leave It to Beaver."
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E.
The Spider
The Spider is the English title of the 29th chapter (Surah Al-Ankabut) of the Qur’an, which addresses themes of faith, trials, and the fragility of relying on anything other than God.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.