The Confession of Isobel Gowdie
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The Confession of Isobel Gowdie is a contemporary orchestral work by Scottish composer James MacMillan that dramatizes the 17th-century witch trials through intense, emotionally charged music.
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| The Confession of Isobel Gowdie canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17889578 — 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 Confession of Isobel Gowdie Context triple: [James MacMillan, notableWork, The Confession of Isobel Gowdie]
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The Vengeance of the Witch-finder
The Vengeance of the Witch-finder is a young adult fantasy novel by Brad Strickland, set in John Bellairs’ Lewis Barnavelt series and featuring supernatural mystery and occult threats in a gothic small-town setting.
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B.
Samlesbury witch trial
The Samlesbury witch trial was a 1612 English witchcraft case in Lancashire notable for its sensational but ultimately discredited accusations, highlighting the role of religious and social tensions in early modern witch hunts.
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C.
North Berwick witch trials
The North Berwick witch trials were a series of late 16th-century Scottish prosecutions, closely associated with King James VI, in which dozens of people were accused of witchcraft and conspiracy, helping to ignite a broader wave of witch hunts in Scotland.
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D.
Trial of the Sixteen
The Trial of the Sixteen was a 1936 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks were accused of treason and summarily condemned, marking a key early stage of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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E.
Pendle witch trials
The Pendle witch trials were a series of notorious early 17th-century English witchcraft prosecutions in Lancashire that led to multiple executions and became some of the most famous witch trials in British history.
- 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 Confession of Isobel Gowdie Target entity description: The Confession of Isobel Gowdie is a contemporary orchestral work by Scottish composer James MacMillan that dramatizes the 17th-century witch trials through intense, emotionally charged music.
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A.
The Vengeance of the Witch-finder
The Vengeance of the Witch-finder is a young adult fantasy novel by Brad Strickland, set in John Bellairs’ Lewis Barnavelt series and featuring supernatural mystery and occult threats in a gothic small-town setting.
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B.
Samlesbury witch trial
The Samlesbury witch trial was a 1612 English witchcraft case in Lancashire notable for its sensational but ultimately discredited accusations, highlighting the role of religious and social tensions in early modern witch hunts.
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C.
North Berwick witch trials
The North Berwick witch trials were a series of late 16th-century Scottish prosecutions, closely associated with King James VI, in which dozens of people were accused of witchcraft and conspiracy, helping to ignite a broader wave of witch hunts in Scotland.
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D.
Trial of the Sixteen
The Trial of the Sixteen was a 1936 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks were accused of treason and summarily condemned, marking a key early stage of Stalin’s Great Purge.
-
E.
Pendle witch trials
The Pendle witch trials were a series of notorious early 17th-century English witchcraft prosecutions in Lancashire that led to multiple executions and became some of the most famous witch trials in British history.
- F. None of above. chosen
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