Book VI: The Widow and the Wife
E310150
"Book VI: The Widow and the Wife" is a major section of George Eliot’s novel *Middlemarch* that advances key plotlines and deepens the exploration of marriage, morality, and social constraints in the provincial town.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Book VI: The Widow and the Wife canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2901909 — 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: Book VI: The Widow and the Wife Context triple: [Middlemarch, hasPart, Book VI: The Widow and the Wife]
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A.
Book 6
Book 6 is a section of Augustine of Hippo’s theological work "The City of God," continuing his critique of pagan religion and philosophy within the larger Christian apologetic.
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B.
Book VI
Book VI is the final section of Carl Friedrich Gauss’s *Disquisitiones Arithmeticae*, focusing on the theory of binary quadratic forms and their composition.
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C.
Book VI
Book VI is the concluding section of Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal astronomical work *De revolutionibus orbium coelestium*, in which he further develops and applies his heliocentric model.
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D.
Book 7
Book 7 is a section of Augustine of Hippo’s theological work "The City of God," continuing his critique of pagan religion and philosophy within the larger Christian apologetic.
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E.
The Widow and Her Son
"The Widow and Her Son" is a sentimental short story by Washington Irving that portrays the quiet dignity and sorrow of a poor widow devoted to her only child.
- 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: Book VI: The Widow and the Wife Target entity description: "Book VI: The Widow and the Wife" is a major section of George Eliot’s novel *Middlemarch* that advances key plotlines and deepens the exploration of marriage, morality, and social constraints in the provincial town.
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A.
Book 6
Book 6 is a section of Augustine of Hippo’s theological work "The City of God," continuing his critique of pagan religion and philosophy within the larger Christian apologetic.
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B.
Book VI
Book VI is the final section of Carl Friedrich Gauss’s *Disquisitiones Arithmeticae*, focusing on the theory of binary quadratic forms and their composition.
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C.
Book VI
Book VI is the concluding section of Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal astronomical work *De revolutionibus orbium coelestium*, in which he further develops and applies his heliocentric model.
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D.
Book 7
Book 7 is a section of Augustine of Hippo’s theological work "The City of God," continuing his critique of pagan religion and philosophy within the larger Christian apologetic.
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E.
The Widow and Her Son
"The Widow and Her Son" is a sentimental short story by Washington Irving that portrays the quiet dignity and sorrow of a poor widow devoted to her only child.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book section
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part of novel ⓘ |
| author | George Eliot ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Caleb Garth
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Dorothea Brooke ⓘ Mary Garth ⓘ Nicholas Bulstrode ⓘ Rosamond Vincy ⓘ Tertius Lydgate ⓘ Will Ladislaw ⓘ |
| follows | Book V: The Dead Hand ⓘ |
| genre |
Victorian literature
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realist fiction ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Book VI: The Widow and the Wife self-link ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian era ⓘ |
| majorTheme |
duty and obligation
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economic dependence ⓘ gender roles ⓘ marriage ⓘ morality ⓘ reputation ⓘ social constraints ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
advances key plotlines in Middlemarch
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deepens exploration of marriage in Middlemarch ⓘ develops moral conflicts of main characters ⓘ intensifies social and financial pressures on characters ⓘ |
| partOf | Middlemarch ⓘ |
| precedes | Book VII: Two Temptations ⓘ |
| publicationDateOfContainingWork | 1871–1872 ⓘ |
| setIn | Middlemarch (fictional town) ⓘ |
| workContainedIn |
Middlemarch
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surface form:
Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life
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Input
Subject: Book VI: The Widow and the Wife Description of subject: "Book VI: The Widow and the Wife" is a major section of George Eliot’s novel *Middlemarch* that advances key plotlines and deepens the exploration of marriage, morality, and social constraints in the provincial town.
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