The Good Soldier
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The Good Soldier is a 1915 modernist novel by Ford Madox Ford, renowned for its innovative unreliable narration and exploration of moral decay within upper-class society.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Good Soldier canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8201875 — 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 Good Soldier Context triple: [Ford Madox Ford, notableWork, The Good Soldier]
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The Golden Bowl
The Golden Bowl is a 1904 novel by Henry James that intricately explores marriage, betrayal, and moral consciousness among wealthy Americans and Europeans.
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B.
Parade’s End
Parade’s End is a British television drama miniseries, adapted from Ford Madox Ford’s tetralogy of novels, that explores love, loyalty, and social upheaval in England during and after World War I.
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C.
The Wings of the Dove
The Wings of the Dove is a 1902 novel by Henry James that explores complex moral and emotional entanglements surrounding love, wealth, and betrayal in Edwardian society.
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D.
Portrait of a Lady
"Portrait of a Lady" is a poem by T. S. Eliot that portrays a strained, introspective relationship between a young man and an older woman within a refined but emotionally hollow social milieu.
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E.
Portrait of a Lady
Portrait of a Lady is a renowned 15th-century oil painting by Early Netherlandish master Rogier van der Weyden, celebrated for its refined depiction of female beauty and psychological depth.
- 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 Good Soldier Target entity description: The Good Soldier is a 1915 modernist novel by Ford Madox Ford, renowned for its innovative unreliable narration and exploration of moral decay within upper-class society.
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A.
The Golden Bowl
The Golden Bowl is a 1904 novel by Henry James that intricately explores marriage, betrayal, and moral consciousness among wealthy Americans and Europeans.
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B.
Parade’s End
Parade’s End is a British television drama miniseries, adapted from Ford Madox Ford’s tetralogy of novels, that explores love, loyalty, and social upheaval in England during and after World War I.
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C.
The Wings of the Dove
The Wings of the Dove is a 1902 novel by Henry James that explores complex moral and emotional entanglements surrounding love, wealth, and betrayal in Edwardian society.
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D.
Portrait of a Lady
"Portrait of a Lady" is a poem by T. S. Eliot that portrays a strained, introspective relationship between a young man and an older woman within a refined but emotionally hollow social milieu.
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E.
Portrait of a Lady
Portrait of a Lady is a renowned 15th-century oil painting by Early Netherlandish master Rogier van der Weyden, celebrated for its refined depiction of female beauty and psychological depth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptation | television adaptation ⓘ |
| author | Ford Madox Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReputation |
considered a classic of 20th-century literature
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renowned for innovative use of unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| form | prose fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
modernist literature ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| influenceOn | development of modernist narrative techniques ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | novel-length work ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | modernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Edward Ashburnham
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Florence Dowell NERFINISHED ⓘ John Dowell NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonora Ashburnham NERFINISHED ⓘ Nancy Rufford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique | unreliable narration ⓘ |
| narrator | John Dowell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSetting |
England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ spa town of Nauheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openingLine | "This is the saddest story I have ever heard." ⓘ |
| originalTitle | The Saddest Story NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primarySetting | Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1915 ⓘ |
| publisher | John Lane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingBefore | World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| structure |
fragmented chronology
ⓘ
nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
emotional instability
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extramarital affairs ⓘ upper-class British and American society ⓘ |
| televisionAdaptationCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionAdaptationYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| theme |
adultery
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class and society ⓘ deception ⓘ illusion versus reality ⓘ marital breakdown ⓘ moral decay ⓘ unreliable memory ⓘ |
| titleChangeReason | changed at publisher's request during World War I ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: The Good Soldier Description of subject: The Good Soldier is a 1915 modernist novel by Ford Madox Ford, renowned for its innovative unreliable narration and exploration of moral decay within upper-class society.
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