The History of Henry Esmond
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The History of Henry Esmond is a historical novel by William Makepeace Thackeray set in early 18th-century England, following the life and moral development of a gentleman amid political and romantic intrigues.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The History of Henry Esmond canonical | 2 |
| The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5559889 — 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: The History of Henry Esmond Context triple: [William Makepeace Thackeray, notableWork, The History of Henry Esmond]
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A.
The Englishman and His History
The Englishman and His History is a historical study by Herbert Butterfield examining how English national identity and political thought have been shaped by interpretations of the past.
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B.
Napoleon; or, the Man of the World
"Napoleon; or, the Man of the World" is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that portrays Napoleon Bonaparte as the archetype of worldly ambition and practical power within his collection *Representative Men*.
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C.
Barré Lyndon
Barré Lyndon was a British playwright and screenwriter best known for adapting works for film, including contributing to the screenplay of the Academy Award–winning drama "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1952).
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D.
The History of England
The History of England is an 18th-century multi-volume historical work by David Hume that traces English history from ancient times through the 17th century and became highly influential in shaping modern historical writing.
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E.
The Earl of Selborne
The Earl of Selborne was a British aristocrat and colonial administrator best known for his senior role in governing parts of the British Empire in the early 20th century.
- 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: The History of Henry Esmond Target entity description: The History of Henry Esmond is a historical novel by William Makepeace Thackeray set in early 18th-century England, following the life and moral development of a gentleman amid political and romantic intrigues.
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A.
The Englishman and His History
The Englishman and His History is a historical study by Herbert Butterfield examining how English national identity and political thought have been shaped by interpretations of the past.
-
B.
Napoleon; or, the Man of the World
"Napoleon; or, the Man of the World" is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that portrays Napoleon Bonaparte as the archetype of worldly ambition and practical power within his collection *Representative Men*.
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C.
Barré Lyndon
Barré Lyndon was a British playwright and screenwriter best known for adapting works for film, including contributing to the screenplay of the Academy Award–winning drama "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1952).
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D.
The History of England
The History of England is an 18th-century multi-volume historical work by David Hume that traces English history from ancient times through the 17th century and became highly influential in shaping modern historical writing.
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E.
The Earl of Selborne
The Earl of Selborne was a British aristocrat and colonial administrator best known for his senior role in governing parts of the British Empire in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The History of Henry Esmond Description of subject: The History of Henry Esmond is a historical novel by William Makepeace Thackeray set in early 18th-century England, following the life and moral development of a gentleman amid political and romantic intrigues.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The History of Henry Esmond
linked to: The History of Henry Esmond
subject linked to:
Thackeray