Evangeline
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Evangeline is a narrative poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that tells the tragic story of an Acadian girl's lifelong search for her lost love amid the Great Upheaval.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Evangeline canonical | 19 |
| Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie | 4 |
| Evangeline (1913 film) | 1 |
| Evangeline (musical) | 1 |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "Evangeline" | 1 |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s narrative poem "Evangeline" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T227819 — 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: Evangeline Context triple: [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, notableWork, Evangeline]
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A.
The Sisters
"The Sisters" is a Caroline-era stage comedy by English playwright James Shirley, known for its witty exploration of family, marriage, and social manners.
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B.
The Pearl of Orr's Island
The Pearl of Orr's Island is a 19th-century novel set in coastal Maine that explores themes of morality, community, and Christian faith through the lives of its seafaring characters.
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C.
Star of the Sea
Star of the Sea is a traditional Marian title that invokes the Virgin Mary as a guiding and protective figure for Christians, especially sailors and travelers.
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D.
The Corsican Brothers
The Corsican Brothers is a 1941 swashbuckling adventure film starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., adapted from Alexandre Dumas’ novella about separated twin brothers bound by a mysterious psychic link.
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E.
Paradise
"Paradise" is a 1997 novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Toni Morrison that explores race, gender, community, and violence in an all-Black town in Oklahoma.
- 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: Evangeline Target entity description: Evangeline is a narrative poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that tells the tragic story of an Acadian girl's lifelong search for her lost love amid the Great Upheaval.
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A.
The Sisters
"The Sisters" is a Caroline-era stage comedy by English playwright James Shirley, known for its witty exploration of family, marriage, and social manners.
-
B.
The Pearl of Orr's Island
The Pearl of Orr's Island is a 19th-century novel set in coastal Maine that explores themes of morality, community, and Christian faith through the lives of its seafaring characters.
-
C.
Star of the Sea
Star of the Sea is a traditional Marian title that invokes the Virgin Mary as a guiding and protective figure for Christians, especially sailors and travelers.
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D.
The Corsican Brothers
The Corsican Brothers is a 1941 swashbuckling adventure film starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., adapted from Alexandre Dumas’ novella about separated twin brothers bound by a mysterious psychic link.
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E.
Paradise
"Paradise" is a 1997 novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Toni Morrison that explores race, gender, community, and violence in an all-Black town in Oklahoma.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
narrative poem
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poem ⓘ |
| author | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Basil the blacksmith
ⓘ
Benedict Bellefontaine ⓘ Father Felician ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresLocation |
Midwestern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
American Midwest
Landscape of Grand Pré ⓘ
surface form:
Grand-Pré
Louisiana ⓘ Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1847 ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
ⓘ
romantic literature ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Evangeline
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Evangeline (1913 film)
Evangeline (1919 film) ⓘ Evangeline (1919 film) ⓘ
surface form:
Evangeline (1929 film)
Evangeline self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Evangeline (musical)
|
| historicalEventDepicted |
Expulsion of the Acadians
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Great Upheaval ⓘ |
| influenced |
Acadian cultural identity
ⓘ
tourism in Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Acadian history
ⓘ
story told to Longfellow by Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | epic poem ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American Romanticism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
major work of 19th-century American poetry
ⓘ
one of Longfellow's most famous works ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Evangeline Bellefontaine
ⓘ
Gabriel Lajeunesse ⓘ |
| meter | dactylic hexameter ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person omniscient ⓘ |
| originalMedium | print ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Boston
|
| primaryTheme |
exile
ⓘ
faith ⓘ loss ⓘ love ⓘ perseverance ⓘ |
| protagonistNationality |
Acadians
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surface form:
Acadian
|
| protagonistOrigin | Acadia ⓘ |
| publisher | William D. Ticknor & Company ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| structure | two parts ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Acadians
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surface form:
Acadian diaspora
search for lost love ⓘ |
| title |
Evangeline
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Evangeline Description of subject: Evangeline is a narrative poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that tells the tragic story of an Acadian girl's lifelong search for her lost love amid the Great Upheaval.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie
this entity surface form:
Evangeline (1913 film)
this entity surface form:
Evangeline (musical)
subject surface form:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
this entity surface form:
Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie
this entity surface form:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "Evangeline"
this entity surface form:
Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie
this entity surface form:
Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie
this entity surface form:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s narrative poem "Evangeline"