The Knight's Tale
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The Knight's Tale is a chivalric romance within Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales that recounts the rivalry of two knights for the love of a noblewoman in ancient Athens.
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| The Knight's Tale canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: The Knight's Tale Context triple: [The Canterbury Tales, includesTale, The Knight's Tale]
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King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid
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The Legend of Good Women
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The Fair Maid of Perth
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Knight's Tale Target entity description: The Knight's Tale is a chivalric romance within Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales that recounts the rivalry of two knights for the love of a noblewoman in ancient Athens.
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A.
King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid
King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid is a famous late 19th-century painting by Edward Burne-Jones depicting the legendary love of an African king for a poor beggar woman, celebrated as a masterpiece of the Pre-Raphaelite movement.
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B.
The Owl and the Nightingale
The Owl and the Nightingale is a Middle English narrative poem featuring a lively debate between an owl and a nightingale, often regarded as one of the earliest and most important works of English vernacular literature.
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C.
The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle
"The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle" is a Middle English Arthurian romance that tells how Sir Gawain marries the loathly lady Ragnelle to save King Arthur, exploring themes of sovereignty, chivalry, and the nature of true beauty.
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D.
The Legend of Good Women
The Legend of Good Women is a late 14th-century poem by Geoffrey Chaucer that presents a series of narratives about virtuous women from classical and medieval literature, framed by an allegorical prologue.
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E.
The Fair Maid of Perth
The Fair Maid of Perth is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott set in 14th-century Scotland, blending romance and political intrigue against the backdrop of clan rivalries and royal power struggles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canterbury Tale
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chivalric romance ⓘ poetic narrative ⓘ |
| author | Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Boccaccio’s Teseida
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surface form:
Teseida delle nozze d’Emilia
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| basedOnAuthor | Giovanni Boccaccio ⓘ |
| climaxEvent | tournament between Palamon and Arcite for Emelye’s hand ⓘ |
| compositionDate | late 14th century ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
divine intervention
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imprisonment and escape ⓘ love at first sight ⓘ trial by combat ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterOrigin | Thebes ⓘ |
| featuresDeity |
Diana
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Mars ⓘ Venus ⓘ |
| featuresEvent | tournament organized by Theseus ⓘ |
| featuresRuler |
Theseus
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surface form:
Duke Theseus of Athens
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| form | rhymed couplets ⓘ |
| genre |
courtly love literature
ⓘ
medieval narrative poetry ⓘ romance ⓘ |
| includedInManuscript |
Ellesmere Manuscript of The Canterbury Tales
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Hengwrt Manuscript of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ |
| language | Middle English ⓘ |
| literaryInfluenceOn | English chivalric romance tradition ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
Middle English
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surface form:
Middle English literature
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| mainCharacter |
Arcite
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Emelye ⓘ Palamon ⓘ Theseus ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| narrativeFrame | tale told by the Knight ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| openingEvent | Theseus’s return to Athens after conquering Thebes ⓘ |
| partOf | The Canterbury Tales ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Two Theban knights, Palamon and Arcite, become rivals in love for Emelye and fight in a tournament arranged by Theseus. ⓘ |
| positionInFrame | first tale in The Canterbury Tales sequence ⓘ |
| resolutionEvent | marriage of Palamon and Emelye ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Classical Athens
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surface form:
ancient Athens
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| theme |
chivalry
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courtly love ⓘ fate and providence ⓘ fortune ⓘ friendship and rivalry ⓘ order and chaos ⓘ |
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