Jude the Obscure
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Jude the Obscure is a bleak Victorian novel by Thomas Hardy that follows the tragic life and thwarted ambitions of a working-class man striving for education and social mobility.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jude the Obscure canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2723070 — 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: Jude the Obscure Context triple: [Thomas Hardy, notableWork, Jude the Obscure]
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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.
Of Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage is a 1946 film adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham’s novel, featuring Paul Henreid in a leading role as a clubfooted medical student obsessed with a cruel waitress.
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D.
Daniel Deronda
Daniel Deronda is a novel by George Eliot that intertwines an English social drama with a profound exploration of Jewish identity, nationalism, and moral responsibility in Victorian society.
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E.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch is a classic 19th-century English novel renowned for its intricate portrayal of provincial life, complex characters, and exploration of social and moral issues.
- 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: Jude the Obscure Target entity description: Jude the Obscure is a bleak Victorian novel by Thomas Hardy that follows the tragic life and thwarted ambitions of a working-class man striving for education and social mobility.
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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.
Of Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage is a 1946 film adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham’s novel, featuring Paul Henreid in a leading role as a clubfooted medical student obsessed with a cruel waitress.
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D.
Daniel Deronda
Daniel Deronda is a novel by George Eliot that intertwines an English social drama with a profound exploration of Jewish identity, nationalism, and moral responsibility in Victorian society.
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E.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch is a classic 19th-century English novel renowned for its intricate portrayal of provincial life, complex characters, and exploration of social and moral issues.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Victorian novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ tragic novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
1969 film adaptation
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1971 BBC television serial ⓘ 1996 film "Jude" ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Hardy ⓘ |
| centralConflict | individual aspirations versus social constraints ⓘ |
| ChristminsterRepresents | Oxford ⓘ |
| controversy | perceived immorality on publication ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresFictionalPlace | Christminster ⓘ |
| firstEditionPublisher | Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium |
Harper’s New Monthly Magazine
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surface form:
Harper's New Monthly Magazine
The Graphic ⓘ |
| firstPublishedAs | serial ⓘ |
| genre |
realist novel
ⓘ
social novel ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| influenced |
debates on marriage reform
ⓘ
later modernist writers ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
naturalism
ⓘ
realism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Arabella Donn
ⓘ
Jude Fawley ⓘ Richard Phillotson ⓘ Sue Bridehead ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bleak tone
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critique of Victorian marriage laws ⓘ critique of class barriers in education ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Thomas Hardy's major novels ⓘ |
| positionInAuthorCareer | last completed novel by Thomas Hardy ⓘ |
| protagonist | Jude Fawley ⓘ |
| protagonistAmbition |
social advancement
ⓘ
university education ⓘ |
| protagonistSocialClass | working class ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1895 ⓘ |
| reactionOnPublication | hostile reviews from conservative critics ⓘ |
| settingCountry | England ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| theme |
class
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education ⓘ fatalism ⓘ marriage ⓘ religion ⓘ sexual morality ⓘ social mobility ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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