Sea and Sardinia
E305330
Sea and Sardinia is a 1921 travel book by D. H. Lawrence that recounts his vivid journey through the Italian island of Sardinia with keen observational detail and cultural insight.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sea and Sardinia canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2854798 — 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: Sea and Sardinia Context triple: [D. H. Lawrence, notableWork, Sea and Sardinia]
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A.
Sardinia
Sardinia is a large Mediterranean island known for its rugged coastline, ancient Nuragic archaeological sites, and distinct local culture and language.
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B.
Sicily
Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, known for its rich ancient history, distinctive culture, and strategic location at the crossroads of Europe and North Africa.
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C.
Morea
Morea was the medieval name for the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece, which served as a significant Byzantine province and later despotate.
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D.
Gallura
Gallura is a culturally distinct region in northeastern Sardinia, Italy, known for its unique Gallurese dialect, granite landscapes, and famous Costa Smeralda coastline.
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E.
Sicily–Italian Peninsula
Sicily–Italian Peninsula refers to the geographical pairing of the island of Sicily and the adjacent mainland portion of southern Italy, historically and culturally linked across the central Mediterranean.
- 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: Sea and Sardinia Target entity description: Sea and Sardinia is a 1921 travel book by D. H. Lawrence that recounts his vivid journey through the Italian island of Sardinia with keen observational detail and cultural insight.
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A.
Sardinia
Sardinia is a large Mediterranean island known for its rugged coastline, ancient Nuragic archaeological sites, and distinct local culture and language.
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B.
Sicily
Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, known for its rich ancient history, distinctive culture, and strategic location at the crossroads of Europe and North Africa.
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C.
Morea
Morea was the medieval name for the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece, which served as a significant Byzantine province and later despotate.
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D.
Gallura
Gallura is a culturally distinct region in northeastern Sardinia, Italy, known for its unique Gallurese dialect, granite landscapes, and famous Costa Smeralda coastline.
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E.
Sicily–Italian Peninsula
Sicily–Italian Peninsula refers to the geographical pairing of the island of Sicily and the adjacent mainland portion of southern Italy, historically and culturally linked across the central Mediterranean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ travel book ⓘ |
| author | D. H. Lawrence ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Voyage en Sardaigne
ⓘ
surface form:
D. H. Lawrence's journey to Sardinia in 1921
|
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describes |
Sardinian customs
ⓘ
Sardinian landscapes ⓘ Sardinians ⓘ
surface form:
Sardinian people
Sardinian towns ⓘ journey through Sardinia ⓘ |
| genre |
travel literature
ⓘ
travel writing ⓘ |
| hasIllustrations | no illustrations in original edition ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
D. H. Lawrence
ⓘ
Frieda Lawrence ⓘ |
| hasPart |
account of inland travel in Sardinia
ⓘ
account of sea voyage to Sardinia ⓘ |
| hasReprint |
Cambridge University Press
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surface form:
Cambridge University Press edition
Penguin Books edition ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
impressionistic
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lyrical prose ⓘ observational detail ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Italian culture
ⓘ
Sardinia ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
culture
ⓘ
encounter between cultures ⓘ identity ⓘ landscape ⓘ modernity ⓘ travel ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Sea and Sardinia self-link ⓘ |
| influencedBy | D. H. Lawrence's experiences in Italy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early 20th-century view of Sardinian culture
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subjective travel narrative ⓘ vivid description of Sardinia ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
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surface form:
London
|
| publicationYear | 1921 ⓘ |
| publisher | Martin Secker ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Etruscology
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surface form:
Etruscan Places
Twilight in Italy ⓘ |
| setting |
Italy
ⓘ
Sardinia ⓘ |
| timeOfNarratedJourney | January 1921 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Sea and Sardinia Description of subject: Sea and Sardinia is a 1921 travel book by D. H. Lawrence that recounts his vivid journey through the Italian island of Sardinia with keen observational detail and cultural insight.
Referenced by (2)
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