“Lament for the Deceased Wife”
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“Lament for the Deceased Wife” is an elegiac poem by the Nara-period Japanese poet Yamanoue no Okura, expressing profound grief and love for his late wife.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| “Lament for the Deceased Wife” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8690233 — 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: “Lament for the Deceased Wife” Context triple: [Yamanoue no Okura, notableWork, “Lament for the Deceased Wife”]
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A.
The Wife’s Lament
"The Wife’s Lament" is an Old English elegiac poem, voiced by a sorrowful woman lamenting separation and exile, and is one of the most studied lyric texts in Anglo-Saxon literature.
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B.
Lament for a Son
Lament for a Son is a deeply personal theological memoir in which philosopher Nicholas Wolterstorff reflects on grief and faith after the death of his son.
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C.
The Lament
"The Lament" is a poem by Scottish poet Robert Burns, known for its expressive portrayal of sorrow and emotional turmoil.
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D.
The Widow
The Widow is a British television drama-thriller series starring Kate Beckinsale as a woman who travels to the Congo after discovering clues that suggest her presumed-dead husband may still be alive.
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E.
The Widow
"The Widow" is a humorous sketch or tale within Washington Irving's 1822 collection *Bracebridge Hall*, depicting the social life and character studies of English country gentry.
- 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: “Lament for the Deceased Wife” Target entity description: “Lament for the Deceased Wife” is an elegiac poem by the Nara-period Japanese poet Yamanoue no Okura, expressing profound grief and love for his late wife.
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A.
The Wife’s Lament
"The Wife’s Lament" is an Old English elegiac poem, voiced by a sorrowful woman lamenting separation and exile, and is one of the most studied lyric texts in Anglo-Saxon literature.
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B.
Lament for a Son
Lament for a Son is a deeply personal theological memoir in which philosopher Nicholas Wolterstorff reflects on grief and faith after the death of his son.
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C.
The Lament
"The Lament" is a poem by Scottish poet Robert Burns, known for its expressive portrayal of sorrow and emotional turmoil.
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D.
The Widow
The Widow is a British television drama-thriller series starring Kate Beckinsale as a woman who travels to the Congo after discovering clues that suggest her presumed-dead husband may still be alive.
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E.
The Widow
"The Widow" is a humorous sketch or tale within Washington Irving's 1822 collection *Bracebridge Hall*, depicting the social life and character studies of English country gentry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
elegy
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poem ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Yamanoue no Okura's personal life ⓘ |
| author | Yamanoue no Okura ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalContext | early Japanese court poetry ⓘ |
| emotionalTone |
sorrowful
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tender ⓘ |
| expresses |
enduring love for a late wife
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profound grief for a late wife ⓘ |
| genre | waka poetry ⓘ |
| hasMotive | commemoration of a deceased spouse ⓘ |
| literaryForm | elegiac poem ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Nara period ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Japanese elegiac tradition ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Classical Japanese ⓘ |
| portrays |
the depth of marital attachment
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the pain of bereavement ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | the poet's deceased wife ⓘ |
| theme |
conjugal affection
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death ⓘ grief ⓘ impermanence ⓘ love ⓘ mourning ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: “Lament for the Deceased Wife” Description of subject: “Lament for the Deceased Wife” is an elegiac poem by the Nara-period Japanese poet Yamanoue no Okura, expressing profound grief and love for his late wife.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.