Alexander's Bridge
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Alexander's Bridge is Willa Cather's debut novel, a psychological drama about a successful engineer facing a midlife crisis and divided loyalties.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alexander's Bridge canonical | 1 |
| Alexander's Bridge (1912 serialized version) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4330284 — 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: Alexander's Bridge Context triple: [O Pioneers!, precededBy, Alexander's Bridge]
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A.
Logue
Logue is a surname most notably associated with Lionel Logue, the Australian speech therapist who helped King George VI overcome his stammer.
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B.
The Seventh Cross
The Seventh Cross is a 1944 American drama film about seven prisoners escaping a Nazi concentration camp, noted for its early and powerful depiction of anti-fascist resistance.
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C.
Kings Row
Kings Row is a 1942 American drama film set in a small Midwestern town, known for its dark exploration of social hypocrisy and psychological trauma.
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D.
The Painted Veil
The Painted Veil is a 2006 romantic drama film directed by John Curran, adapted from W. Somerset Maugham’s novel about a troubled marriage tested during a cholera epidemic in 1920s China.
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E.
Alexandra Bridge
The Alexandra Bridge is a historic steel truss bridge spanning the Ottawa River, linking the cities of Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec in Canada.
- 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: Alexander's Bridge Target entity description: Alexander's Bridge is Willa Cather's debut novel, a psychological drama about a successful engineer facing a midlife crisis and divided loyalties.
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A.
Logue
Logue is a surname most notably associated with Lionel Logue, the Australian speech therapist who helped King George VI overcome his stammer.
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B.
The Seventh Cross
The Seventh Cross is a 1944 American drama film about seven prisoners escaping a Nazi concentration camp, noted for its early and powerful depiction of anti-fascist resistance.
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C.
Kings Row
Kings Row is a 1942 American drama film set in a small Midwestern town, known for its dark exploration of social hypocrisy and psychological trauma.
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D.
The Painted Veil
The Painted Veil is a 2006 romantic drama film directed by John Curran, adapted from W. Somerset Maugham’s novel about a troubled marriage tested during a cholera epidemic in 1920s China.
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E.
Alexandra Bridge
The Alexandra Bridge is a historic steel truss bridge spanning the Ottawa River, linking the cities of Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec in Canada.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
debut novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
Alexander's Bridge (1912 serialized version)
ⓘ
linked to:
Alexander's Bridge
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| author | Willa Cather ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
divided loyalties
ⓘ
identity ⓘ infidelity ⓘ marital conflict ⓘ midlife crisis ⓘ responsibility ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| firstPublicationMedium | McClure's Magazine ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1912 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedAs | serial ⓘ |
| followedBy | O Pioneers! ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeDescription | psychological drama about a successful engineer facing a midlife crisis and divided loyalties ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Hilda Burgoyne
ⓘ
Winifred Alexander ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | short novel ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Boston
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| hasSymbol | bridge ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
conflict between career and personal life
ⓘ
consequences of ambition ⓘ emotional isolation ⓘ moral choice ⓘ |
| includedIn | Willa Cather's early works ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
American realism
ⓘ
linked to:
Realism
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| literarySignificance | Willa Cather's first novel ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Bartley Alexander ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | Houghton Mifflin ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | 120 ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | civil engineer ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| symbolism |
connection and division
ⓘ
professional vs personal life ⓘ |
| titleCharacter | Bartley Alexander ⓘ |
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