Nevill Coghill
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Nevill Coghill was a British literary scholar and translator best known for his modern English rendition of Chaucer’s "Canterbury Tales" and his association with the Oxford literary group that included C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.
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| Nevill Coghill canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nevill Coghill Context triple: [Inklings, notableMember, Nevill Coghill]
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Cecil Poynton
Cecil Poynton was an English footballer and long-serving full-back for Tottenham Hotspur during the early 20th century.
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B.
Robert Pugh
Robert Pugh is a Welsh actor known for his extensive work in British film and television, including roles in series such as "Game of Thrones" and "Doctor Who."
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C.
Frank Boulton
Frank Boulton is a baseball executive and entrepreneur best known as the founder and owner of the independent league team, the Long Island Ducks.
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D.
Robert Hichens
Robert Hichens was a British novelist and short story writer known for his psychological thrillers and society novels in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Douglas Hadow
Douglas Hadow was a young British mountaineer best known for being among the party on the first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865, during which he died in a famous climbing accident on the descent.
- 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: Nevill Coghill Target entity description: Nevill Coghill was a British literary scholar and translator best known for his modern English rendition of Chaucer’s "Canterbury Tales" and his association with the Oxford literary group that included C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.
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A.
Cecil Poynton
Cecil Poynton was an English footballer and long-serving full-back for Tottenham Hotspur during the early 20th century.
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B.
Robert Pugh
Robert Pugh is a Welsh actor known for his extensive work in British film and television, including roles in series such as "Game of Thrones" and "Doctor Who."
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C.
Frank Boulton
Frank Boulton is a baseball executive and entrepreneur best known as the founder and owner of the independent league team, the Long Island Ducks.
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D.
Robert Hichens
Robert Hichens was a British novelist and short story writer known for his psychological thrillers and society novels in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Douglas Hadow
Douglas Hadow was a young British mountaineer best known for being among the party on the first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865, during which he died in a famous climbing accident on the descent.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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literary scholar ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
C. S. Lewis
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J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ Oxford literary circle ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Ireland
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1899-04-19 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1980-11-06 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Exeter College, Oxford
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Haileybury and Imperial Service College ⓘ
linked to:
Haileybury College
|
| employer |
Exeter College, Oxford
ⓘ
University of Oxford ⓘ |
| familyName | Coghill ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Chaucer studies
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English literature ⓘ medieval literature ⓘ |
| genre |
literary translation
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medieval literature scholarship ⓘ |
| givenName | Nevill ⓘ |
| hasPartInBibliography | editions and commentaries on medieval texts ⓘ |
| influenced | popular understanding of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ |
| knownFor |
accessible modern English versions of Middle English poetry
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participation in the Inklings meetings at Oxford ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Inklings ⓘ |
| notableStudent | members of mid-20th-century Oxford English faculty ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Canterbury Tales translated into modern English
ⓘ
linked to:
The Canterbury Tales
The Pardoner’s Tale (adaptation) ⓘ
linked to:
The Pardoner's Tale
modern English translation of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ |
| occupation |
literary scholar
ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ translator ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Castletownshend, County Cork
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Ireland ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
England
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Oxford ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford
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Merton Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| studied | works of Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ |
| workLocation | Oxford ⓘ |
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