My Mortal Enemy
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"My Mortal Enemy" is a 1926 novel by Willa Cather that explores themes of love, sacrifice, and disillusionment through the story of a woman who abandons wealth and security for a romantic marriage that later unravels.
All labels observed (1)
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| My Mortal Enemy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4423557 — 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: My Mortal Enemy Context triple: [Death Comes for the Archbishop, precededBy, My Mortal Enemy]
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A.
Bir Kadın Düşmanı
Bir Kadın Düşmanı is a Turkish novel by Reşat Nuri Güntekin that explores themes of love, gender relations, and social norms through the story of a man notorious for his misogynistic attitudes.
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B.
The Enemy
The Enemy is a thriller novel by Lee Child featuring his iconic protagonist Jack Reacher in a prequel story set during his time as a U.S. Army military police officer.
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C.
Friend of the Devil
"Friend of the Devil" is a folk-rock song by the Grateful Dead, known for its acoustic sound, storytelling lyrics, and enduring popularity in the band’s live performances.
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D.
The Girl Friend
The Girl Friend is a 1926 Broadway musical comedy with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart that helped establish their early success on the New York stage.
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E.
Magnificent Obsession
Magnificent Obsession is a 1954 romantic drama film, based on Lloyd C. Douglas’s novel, known for its themes of redemption and self-sacrifice and for earning Jane Wyman an Academy Award nomination.
- 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: My Mortal Enemy Target entity description: "My Mortal Enemy" is a 1926 novel by Willa Cather that explores themes of love, sacrifice, and disillusionment through the story of a woman who abandons wealth and security for a romantic marriage that later unravels.
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A.
Bir Kadın Düşmanı
Bir Kadın Düşmanı is a Turkish novel by Reşat Nuri Güntekin that explores themes of love, gender relations, and social norms through the story of a man notorious for his misogynistic attitudes.
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B.
The Enemy
The Enemy is a thriller novel by Lee Child featuring his iconic protagonist Jack Reacher in a prequel story set during his time as a U.S. Army military police officer.
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C.
Friend of the Devil
"Friend of the Devil" is a folk-rock song by the Grateful Dead, known for its acoustic sound, storytelling lyrics, and enduring popularity in the band’s live performances.
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D.
The Girl Friend
The Girl Friend is a 1926 Broadway musical comedy with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart that helped establish their early success on the New York stage.
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E.
Magnificent Obsession
Magnificent Obsession is a 1954 romantic drama film, based on Lloyd C. Douglas’s novel, known for its themes of redemption and self-sacrifice and for earning Jane Wyman an Academy Award nomination.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Willa Cather ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| explores |
complexity of long-term relationships
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cost of personal choices ⓘ tension between romantic ideals and practical realities ⓘ |
| firstPublishedAs | book ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
breakdown of a marriage
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romantic marriage ⓘ |
| genre |
modernist literature
ⓘ
novella ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Annie
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Dr. Ottenburg ⓘ Ewan Gray ⓘ Oswald Henshawe ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | less than 150 pages ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Catholicism
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linked to:
Roman Catholicism
aging ⓘ conflict between love and material security ⓘ disillusionment ⓘ female autonomy ⓘ loss of idealism ⓘ love ⓘ marriage ⓘ regret ⓘ religion ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ |
| includedIn | Willa Cather’s later works ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American modernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Myra Henshawe ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Nellie Birdseye ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonistAbandons |
family wealth
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financial security ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1926 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
New York City
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Pacific coast city ⓘ Parthia, Illinois ⓘ |
| structure | two-part narrative ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | phrase from a poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning ⓘ |
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Subject: My Mortal Enemy Description of subject: "My Mortal Enemy" is a 1926 novel by Willa Cather that explores themes of love, sacrifice, and disillusionment through the story of a woman who abandons wealth and security for a romantic marriage that later unravels.
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