John Donne's prose writings
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John Donne's prose writings comprise his non-poetic works, including sermons, religious meditations, and satirical and devotional prose that explore theology, morality, and human experience in highly inventive, rhetorically complex language.
All labels observed (1)
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| John Donne's prose writings canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21055199 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Donne's prose writings Context triple: [Ignatius His Conclave, partOf, John Donne's prose writings]
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The Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Richard Hooker, George Herbert, and Robert Sanderson
The Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Richard Hooker, George Herbert, and Robert Sanderson is a classic 17th-century collection of literary and spiritual biographies of prominent English clergymen and writers.
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B.
An Elegy upon the Death of the Dean of Paul’s, Dr. John Donne
"An Elegy upon the Death of the Dean of Paul’s, Dr. John Donne" is a 17th-century commemorative poem by Thomas Carew that mourns and celebrates the life, wit, and poetic legacy of the metaphysical poet John Donne.
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C.
John Donne
John Donne was a leading English metaphysical poet and cleric of the early 17th century, renowned for his complex imagery, intellectual wit, and innovative explorations of love, faith, and mortality.
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D.
John Donne’s Holy Sonnet XIV
John Donne’s Holy Sonnet XIV is a metaphysical poem that passionately implores God to violently transform and redeem the speaker’s soul, famously beginning “Batter my heart, three-person’d God.”
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Dr. Traherne in Black Books
Dr. Traherne in Black Books is a minor comic character from the British sitcom "Black Books," remembered for his eccentric, deadpan appearance in the series.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Donne's prose writings Target entity description: John Donne's prose writings comprise his non-poetic works, including sermons, religious meditations, and satirical and devotional prose that explore theology, morality, and human experience in highly inventive, rhetorically complex language.
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A.
The Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Richard Hooker, George Herbert, and Robert Sanderson
The Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Richard Hooker, George Herbert, and Robert Sanderson is a classic 17th-century collection of literary and spiritual biographies of prominent English clergymen and writers.
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B.
An Elegy upon the Death of the Dean of Paul’s, Dr. John Donne
"An Elegy upon the Death of the Dean of Paul’s, Dr. John Donne" is a 17th-century commemorative poem by Thomas Carew that mourns and celebrates the life, wit, and poetic legacy of the metaphysical poet John Donne.
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C.
John Donne
John Donne was a leading English metaphysical poet and cleric of the early 17th century, renowned for his complex imagery, intellectual wit, and innovative explorations of love, faith, and mortality.
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D.
John Donne’s Holy Sonnet XIV
John Donne’s Holy Sonnet XIV is a metaphysical poem that passionately implores God to violently transform and redeem the speaker’s soul, famously beginning “Batter my heart, three-person’d God.”
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E.
Dr. Traherne in Black Books
Dr. Traherne in Black Books is a minor comic character from the British sitcom "Black Books," remembered for his eccentric, deadpan appearance in the series.
- F. None of above. chosen
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