The House of Fame
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The House of Fame is a Middle English dream-vision poem by Geoffrey Chaucer that explores the nature of fame, rumor, and literary reputation through an allegorical journey.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The House of Fame canonical | 4 |
| House of Fame | 1 |
| The Hous of Fame | 1 |
| The House of Fame (also spelled The Hous of Fame) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T451071 — 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 House of Fame Context triple: [Geoffrey Chaucer, notableWork, The House of Fame]
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A.
The Book of the Duchess
The Book of the Duchess is a Middle English dream-vision poem by Geoffrey Chaucer that elegizes the death of Blanche of Lancaster and is considered one of his earliest major works.
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B.
Ash-Wednesday
Ash-Wednesday is a 1930 poem by T. S. Eliot that marks his turn toward Christian faith, blending spiritual introspection with complex, allusive verse.
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C.
The Vision of Sir Launfal
The Vision of Sir Launfal is a narrative poem by James Russell Lowell that reimagines the Holy Grail legend to explore themes of charity, humility, and spiritual awakening.
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D.
Piers Plowman
Piers Plowman is a major Middle English allegorical poem, attributed to William Langland, that explores social justice and Christian spirituality through a series of dream visions.
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E.
Troilus and Criseyde
Troilus and Criseyde is a Middle English narrative poem by Geoffrey Chaucer that retells the tragic love story of Troilus and Criseyde during the Trojan War.
- 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 House of Fame Target entity description: The House of Fame is a Middle English dream-vision poem by Geoffrey Chaucer that explores the nature of fame, rumor, and literary reputation through an allegorical journey.
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A.
The Book of the Duchess
The Book of the Duchess is a Middle English dream-vision poem by Geoffrey Chaucer that elegizes the death of Blanche of Lancaster and is considered one of his earliest major works.
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B.
Ash-Wednesday
Ash-Wednesday is a 1930 poem by T. S. Eliot that marks his turn toward Christian faith, blending spiritual introspection with complex, allusive verse.
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C.
The Vision of Sir Launfal
The Vision of Sir Launfal is a narrative poem by James Russell Lowell that reimagines the Holy Grail legend to explore themes of charity, humility, and spiritual awakening.
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D.
Piers Plowman
Piers Plowman is a major Middle English allegorical poem, attributed to William Langland, that explores social justice and Christian spirituality through a series of dream visions.
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E.
Troilus and Criseyde
Troilus and Criseyde is a Middle English narrative poem by Geoffrey Chaucer that retells the tragic love story of Troilus and Criseyde during the Trojan War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Middle English poem
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allegorical poem ⓘ dream vision ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionDate | c. 1379–1380 ⓘ |
| author | Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ |
| bookCount | 3 ⓘ |
| compositionPeriod | late 14th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
construction of literary authority
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epic and classical tradition ⓘ relationship between poet and audience ⓘ unreliability of rumor ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Eagle guide
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Goddess Fame ⓘ Jupiter ⓘ Venus ⓘ |
| featuresLocation |
The House of Fame
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
House of Fame
House of Rumor ⓘ |
| genre |
allegory
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dream vision ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| hasUnfinishedEnding | true ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Dante Alighieri
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Ovid ⓘ Virgil ⓘ |
| influencedByWork |
Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy
ⓘ
surface form:
Dante's Divine Comedy
Ovid’s Metamorphoses ⓘ
surface form:
Ovid's Metamorphoses
Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ |
| language | Middle English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | narrative poem ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Middle English literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | medieval literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
authority in literature
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fame ⓘ instability of truth ⓘ literary reputation ⓘ rumor ⓘ |
| meter | octosyllabic couplets ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | first-person narration ⓘ |
| narrator |
Geoffrey
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surface form:
Geffrey
|
| nationalLiterature | English literature ⓘ |
| protagonist |
Geoffrey
ⓘ
surface form:
Geffrey
|
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
The Canterbury Tales
ⓘ
Parliament of Fowls ⓘ
surface form:
The Parliament of Fowls
Troilus and Criseyde ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | rhyming couplets ⓘ |
| scholarlyReception | important for study of Chaucer's early poetic career ⓘ |
| setting | dream vision landscape ⓘ |
| status | possibly unfinished ⓘ |
| structure | three books ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The House of Fame Description of subject: The House of Fame is a Middle English dream-vision poem by Geoffrey Chaucer that explores the nature of fame, rumor, and literary reputation through an allegorical journey.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
House of Fame
this entity surface form:
The House of Fame (also spelled The Hous of Fame)
this entity surface form:
The Hous of Fame