Book Three: A Twitch upon the Thread
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"Book Three: A Twitch upon the Thread" is the final section of Evelyn Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited, in which the spiritual and emotional resolutions of the Flyte family and Charles Ryder reach their climax.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Book Three: A Twitch upon the Thread canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6634890 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book Three: A Twitch upon the Thread Context triple: [Brideshead Revisited, hasPart, Book Three: A Twitch upon the Thread]
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The Spider’s Thread
"The Spider’s Thread" is a renowned short story by Japanese author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa that explores themes of sin, redemption, and moral choice through a parable-like tale set between hell and paradise.
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B.
The Woven Figure
The Woven Figure is a collection of essays by conservative political commentator George F. Will that reflects on American politics, culture, and public life.
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C.
الخيط الرفيع
الخيط الرفيع هو فيلم دراما مصري شهير من أوائل السبعينيات تدور أحداثه حول صراع الطبقات والعواطف، وتُعد بطولته من أبرز محطات مسيرة فاتن حمامة السينمائية.
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D.
A Touch of Cloth
A Touch of Cloth is a British comedy-drama television series that parodies crime procedurals with absurd, fast-paced, and meta humor.
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E.
The Third Twin
The Third Twin is a techno-thriller novel by Ken Follett that centers on genetic engineering, secret experiments, and a deadly conspiracy uncovered through DNA research.
- 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 Three: A Twitch upon the Thread Target entity description: "Book Three: A Twitch upon the Thread" is the final section of Evelyn Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited, in which the spiritual and emotional resolutions of the Flyte family and Charles Ryder reach their climax.
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A.
The Spider’s Thread
"The Spider’s Thread" is a renowned short story by Japanese author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa that explores themes of sin, redemption, and moral choice through a parable-like tale set between hell and paradise.
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B.
The Woven Figure
The Woven Figure is a collection of essays by conservative political commentator George F. Will that reflects on American politics, culture, and public life.
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C.
الخيط الرفيع
الخيط الرفيع هو فيلم دراما مصري شهير من أوائل السبعينيات تدور أحداثه حول صراع الطبقات والعواطف، وتُعد بطولته من أبرز محطات مسيرة فاتن حمامة السينمائية.
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D.
A Touch of Cloth
A Touch of Cloth is a British comedy-drama television series that parodies crime procedurals with absurd, fast-paced, and meta humor.
-
E.
The Third Twin
The Third Twin is a techno-thriller novel by Ken Follett that centers on genetic engineering, secret experiments, and a deadly conspiracy uncovered through DNA research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book section
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part of a novel ⓘ |
| author | Evelyn Waugh ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
Catholic novel
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literary fiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryFunction |
spiritual and emotional resolution of Charles Ryder
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spiritual and emotional resolution of the Flyte family ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Charles Ryder
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Cordelia Flyte ⓘ Julia Flyte ⓘ Lady Marchmain ⓘ Lord Marchmain ⓘ Sebastian Flyte ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Charles Ryder ⓘ |
| partOf | Brideshead Revisited ⓘ |
| positionInWork | final section ⓘ |
| setting |
Brideshead Castle
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England ⓘ |
| theme |
Roman Catholicism
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faith and doubt ⓘ grace ⓘ love and sacrifice ⓘ redemption ⓘ spiritual conversion ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Second World War era
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linked to:
World War II era
interwar period ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | allusion to G. K. Chesterton’s image of grace as a twitch upon the thread ⓘ |
| workContainedIn |
Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
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linked to:
Brideshead Revisited
|
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Subject: Book Three: A Twitch upon the Thread Description of subject: "Book Three: A Twitch upon the Thread" is the final section of Evelyn Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited, in which the spiritual and emotional resolutions of the Flyte family and Charles Ryder reach their climax.
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