Sonnet 140
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Sonnet 140 is one of William Shakespeare’s Dark Lady sonnets, exploring themes of jealousy, emotional manipulation, and the volatility of desire in a troubled romantic relationship.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sonnet 140 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19980955 — 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: Sonnet 140 Context triple: [Dark Lady, hasNotableWork, Sonnet 140]
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A.
Sonnet 144
Sonnet 144 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, notable for its exploration of moral conflict and desire through the contrasting figures of a “better angel” and a “worser spirit.”
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B.
Sonnet 134
Sonnet 134 is one of William Shakespeare’s Dark Lady sonnets, exploring themes of unrequited love, emotional bondage, and betrayal.
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C.
Sonnet 147
Sonnet 147 is one of William Shakespeare’s later, darker sonnets, in which he portrays love as a destructive, feverish madness.
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D.
Sonnet 146
Sonnet 146 is one of William Shakespeare’s English sonnets, notable for its meditation on the soul, mortality, and the vanity of earthly concerns.
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E.
Sonnet 139
Sonnet 139 is one of William Shakespeare’s Dark Lady sonnets, exploring themes of unrequited love, emotional torment, and betrayal in a turbulent romantic relationship.
- 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: Sonnet 140 Target entity description: Sonnet 140 is one of William Shakespeare’s Dark Lady sonnets, exploring themes of jealousy, emotional manipulation, and the volatility of desire in a troubled romantic relationship.
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A.
Sonnet 144
Sonnet 144 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, notable for its exploration of moral conflict and desire through the contrasting figures of a “better angel” and a “worser spirit.”
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B.
Sonnet 134
Sonnet 134 is one of William Shakespeare’s Dark Lady sonnets, exploring themes of unrequited love, emotional bondage, and betrayal.
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C.
Sonnet 147
Sonnet 147 is one of William Shakespeare’s later, darker sonnets, in which he portrays love as a destructive, feverish madness.
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D.
Sonnet 146
Sonnet 146 is one of William Shakespeare’s English sonnets, notable for its meditation on the soul, mortality, and the vanity of earthly concerns.
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E.
Sonnet 139
Sonnet 139 is one of William Shakespeare’s Dark Lady sonnets, exploring themes of unrequited love, emotional torment, and betrayal in a turbulent romantic relationship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.