The Bell
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The Bell is a 1958 novel by British philosopher and author Iris Murdoch that explores morality, religion, and human relationships within a lay religious community.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Bell canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8897315 — 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 Bell Context triple: [Iris Murdoch, notableWork, The Bell]
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The Bell
The Bell is a prominent rock peak in South Africa’s Drakensberg range, known for its striking bell-like shape and challenging hiking and climbing routes.
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B.
De Benneville Bell
De Benneville "Bert" Bell was a prominent American football executive best known as the NFL commissioner who helped modernize and popularize the league in the mid-20th century.
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C.
Impérial Bell
Impérial Bell is a historic live music and performance venue in Quebec City, Canada, known for hosting concerts, cultural events, and major festival shows.
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D.
The Piper
"The Piper" is a song by Swedish pop group ABBA, featured as a darker, folk-influenced track on their 1980 album "Super Trouper."
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E.
The Grand Old Lady
The Grand Old Lady was the affectionate nickname of HMS Warspite, a famed British Royal Navy battleship renowned for her long and distinguished combat service in both World Wars.
- 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 Bell Target entity description: The Bell is a 1958 novel by British philosopher and author Iris Murdoch that explores morality, religion, and human relationships within a lay religious community.
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A.
The Bell
The Bell is a prominent rock peak in South Africa’s Drakensberg range, known for its striking bell-like shape and challenging hiking and climbing routes.
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B.
De Benneville Bell
De Benneville "Bert" Bell was a prominent American football executive best known as the NFL commissioner who helped modernize and popularize the league in the mid-20th century.
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C.
Impérial Bell
Impérial Bell is a historic live music and performance venue in Quebec City, Canada, known for hosting concerts, cultural events, and major festival shows.
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D.
The Piper
"The Piper" is a song by Swedish pop group ABBA, featured as a darker, folk-influenced track on their 1980 album "Super Trouper."
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E.
The Grand Old Lady
The Grand Old Lady was the affectionate nickname of HMS Warspite, a famed British Royal Navy battleship renowned for her long and distinguished combat service in both World Wars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptationType | television drama ⓘ |
| adaptedBy | BBC ⓘ |
| author | Iris Murdoch ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
community life
ⓘ
guilt ⓘ human relationships ⓘ morality ⓘ redemption ⓘ religion ⓘ sexuality ⓘ spirituality ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| explores |
conflict between desire and duty
ⓘ
tension between secular and religious life ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| followsInAuthorOeuvre | The Sandcastle ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
philosophical novel ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | The Bell (BBC television adaptation) ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle | The Bell: A Novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Michael Meade
ⓘ
Nick Fawley ⓘ Paul Greenfield ⓘ Toby Gashe ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780140014451 ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Dora Greenfield ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | 320 (approximate, depending on edition) ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Anglicanism
ⓘ
linked to:
Anglicanism (broadly)
faith and doubt ⓘ marriage ⓘ monastic life ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar British fiction ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of a lay Anglican community
ⓘ
treatment of homosexual desire in a religious context ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Iris Murdoch bibliography ⓘ |
| precedesInAuthorOeuvre | A Severed Head ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1958 ⓘ |
| publisher | Chatto & Windus ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| setting |
Imber Court
ⓘ
lay religious community ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: The Bell Description of subject: The Bell is a 1958 novel by British philosopher and author Iris Murdoch that explores morality, religion, and human relationships within a lay religious community.
Referenced by (4)
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