Far from the Madding Crowd
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Far from the Madding Crowd is an 1874 novel by Thomas Hardy that follows the romantic and social entanglements of the independent Bathsheba Everdene in rural Victorian England.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2723069 — 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: Far from the Madding Crowd Context triple: [Thomas Hardy, notableWork, Far from the Madding Crowd]
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Adam Bede
Adam Bede is a 1859 realist novel by George Eliot that portrays rural English life and moral dilemmas through the story of a principled carpenter and those around him.
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B.
Silas Marner
Silas Marner is a novel by George Eliot that tells the story of a reclusive weaver whose life is transformed by the arrival of an orphaned child.
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C.
Tess
Tess is a central character in the musical film "Burlesque," serving as the tough but caring owner and manager of the struggling burlesque club.
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D.
Tess
Tess is a 1979 period drama film directed by Roman Polanski, adapted from Thomas Hardy’s novel "Tess of the d'Urbervilles."
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Wives and Daughters
Wives and Daughters is a 1999 British television adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell’s Victorian novel, known for its richly drawn characters and exploration of family, class, and romance in a provincial English town.
- 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: Far from the Madding Crowd Target entity description: Far from the Madding Crowd is an 1874 novel by Thomas Hardy that follows the romantic and social entanglements of the independent Bathsheba Everdene in rural Victorian England.
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A.
Adam Bede
Adam Bede is a 1859 realist novel by George Eliot that portrays rural English life and moral dilemmas through the story of a principled carpenter and those around him.
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B.
Silas Marner
Silas Marner is a novel by George Eliot that tells the story of a reclusive weaver whose life is transformed by the arrival of an orphaned child.
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C.
Tess
Tess is a central character in the musical film "Burlesque," serving as the tough but caring owner and manager of the struggling burlesque club.
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D.
Tess
Tess is a 1979 period drama film directed by Roman Polanski, adapted from Thomas Hardy’s novel "Tess of the d'Urbervilles."
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E.
Wives and Daughters
Wives and Daughters is a 1999 British television adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell’s Victorian novel, known for its richly drawn characters and exploration of family, class, and romance in a provincial English town.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
Far from the Madding Crowd
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Far from the Madding Crowd (1915 film)
Far from the Madding Crowd self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967 film)
Far from the Madding Crowd self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Far from the Madding Crowd (1998 television film)
Far from the Madding Crowd self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Far from the Madding Crowd (2015 film)
radio adaptations ⓘ stage adaptations ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Hardy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormat | serial ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium |
The Cornhill Magazine
ⓘ
surface form:
Cornhill Magazine
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| genre |
literary realism
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pastoral novel ⓘ romantic novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Fanny Robin
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Jan Coggan ⓘ Liddy Smallbury ⓘ |
| hasMotive |
conflicting romantic attachments
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economic security in marriage ⓘ social reputation ⓘ |
| hasReception | critical acclaim as one of Hardy's major novels ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
fate
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independence of women ⓘ love ⓘ marriage ⓘ rural life ⓘ social class ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | naturalism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Bathsheba Everdene
ⓘ
Gabriel Oak ⓘ Sergeant Francis Troy ⓘ William Boldwood ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person omniscient ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of rural Victorian society
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portrayal of a strong, independent female protagonist ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Thomas Hardy's Wessex novels ⓘ |
| protagonist | Bathsheba Everdene ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1874 ⓘ |
| publisher | Tinsley Brothers ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Victorian era ⓘ |
| settingPlace | rural England ⓘ |
| settingRegion |
Kingdom of Wessex
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surface form:
Wessex
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| structure | chapters ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | line from Thomas Gray's poem "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Far from the Madding Crowd Description of subject: Far from the Madding Crowd is an 1874 novel by Thomas Hardy that follows the romantic and social entanglements of the independent Bathsheba Everdene in rural Victorian England.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Far from the Madding Crowd (film)
this entity surface form:
Far from the Madding Crowd (novel)
this entity surface form:
Far from the Madding Crowd (1915 film)
this entity surface form:
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967 film)
this entity surface form:
Far from the Madding Crowd (1998 television film)
this entity surface form:
Far from the Madding Crowd (2015 film)
subject surface form:
Peter Finch