Tess of the D’Urbervilles

E787191

novel

Tess of the D’Urbervilles is a classic 1891 novel by Thomas Hardy that follows the tragic life of Tess Durbeyfield, a young woman struggling against social injustice, fate, and moral hypocrisy in rural Victorian England.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Tess of the d’Urbervilles	6
Tess of the d'Urbervilles	3
Tess of the D’Urbervilles canonical	1
Tess of the d’Urbervilles (opera)	1
Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9246644 — 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: Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Context triple: [Ruth Jones, starredIn, Tess of the D’Urbervilles]

A. The Return of the Native
The Return of the Native is a classic 1878 novel by Thomas Hardy that explores passion, fate, and social constraint amid the bleak landscape of Egdon Heath in rural England.
B. Jude the Obscure
Jude the Obscure is a bleak Victorian novel by Thomas Hardy that follows the tragic life and thwarted ambitions of a working-class man striving for education and social mobility.
C. Far from the Madding Crowd
Far from the Madding Crowd is an 1874 novel by Thomas Hardy that follows the romantic and social entanglements of the independent Bathsheba Everdene in rural Victorian England.
D. Tess
Tess is a central character in the musical film "Burlesque," serving as the tough but caring owner and manager of the struggling burlesque club.
E. Tess
Tess is a character in the action film "Fast X," part of the long-running Fast & Furious franchise.
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: Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Target entity description: Tess of the D’Urbervilles is a classic 1891 novel by Thomas Hardy that follows the tragic life of Tess Durbeyfield, a young woman struggling against social injustice, fate, and moral hypocrisy in rural Victorian England.

A. The Return of the Native
The Return of the Native is a classic 1878 novel by Thomas Hardy that explores passion, fate, and social constraint amid the bleak landscape of Egdon Heath in rural England.
B. Jude the Obscure
Jude the Obscure is a bleak Victorian novel by Thomas Hardy that follows the tragic life and thwarted ambitions of a working-class man striving for education and social mobility.
C. Far from the Madding Crowd
Far from the Madding Crowd is an 1874 novel by Thomas Hardy that follows the romantic and social entanglements of the independent Bathsheba Everdene in rural Victorian England.
D. Tess
Tess is a central character in the musical film "Burlesque," serving as the tough but caring owner and manager of the struggling burlesque club.
E. Tess
Tess is a character in the action film "Fast X," part of the long-running Fast & Furious franchise.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	novel ⓘ
author	Thomas Hardy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception	initially controversial ⓘ now regarded as a classic of English literature ⓘ
firstEditionYear	1891 ⓘ
firstPublicationFormat	serial in The Graphic ⓘ
firstPublishedAs	serialised novel ⓘ
fullTitle	Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented ⓘ linked to: Tess of the D’Urbervilles
genre	realist novel ⓘ social novel ⓘ tragic novel ⓘ
hasAdaptation	Tess (1979 film) ⓘ Tess of the d’Urbervilles (1913 film) ⓘ Tess of the d’Urbervilles (1924 film) ⓘ Tess of the d’Urbervilles (2008 TV serial) ⓘ linked to: Tess of the D'Urbervilles (2008 TV serial) Tess of the d’Urbervilles (opera) ⓘ linked to: Tess of the D’Urbervilles
hasCharacter	Izz Huett ⓘ Joan Durbeyfield ⓘ John Durbeyfield ⓘ Liza-Lu Durbeyfield ⓘ Marian ⓘ Mercy Chant ⓘ
literaryMovement	naturalism ⓘ realism ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Victorian literature ⓘ
mainCharacter	Alec d’Urberville ⓘ linked to: Alec d'Urberville Angel Clare ⓘ Tess Durbeyfield ⓘ linked to: Tess
narrativePerspective	third-person omniscient ⓘ
notableFor	controversial treatment of female sexuality ⓘ critique of Victorian morality ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	Thomas Hardy’s Wessex novels ⓘ linked to: Thomas Hardy's Wessex novels
placeInAuthorOeuvre	one of Thomas Hardy’s major novels ⓘ
protagonist	Tess Durbeyfield ⓘ
publicationYear	1891 ⓘ
publisher	Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. ⓘ
setting	Wessex ⓘ linked to: Kingdom of Wessex rural England ⓘ
theme	class and social status ⓘ fate ⓘ moral hypocrisy ⓘ religion and morality ⓘ rural life and industrialization ⓘ sexual double standard ⓘ social injustice ⓘ
timePeriod	Victorian era ⓘ

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