Effi Briest
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Effi Briest is a classic 1895 realist novel by Theodor Fontane that portrays the tragic fate of a young woman trapped in a restrictive Prussian society.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Effi Briest canonical | 7 |
| Effi Briest (1974 film) | 1 |
| Effi Briest (2009 film) | 1 |
| Effi Briest (character) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10281922 — 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: Effi Briest Context triple: [Hanna Schygulla, notableWork, Effi Briest]
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A.
Ottilie von Pogwisch
Ottilie von Pogwisch was a German noblewoman best known as the wife of August von Goethe and daughter-in-law of the writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
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B.
Elisabeth Buddenbrook
Elisabeth Buddenbrook is a character in Thomas Mann's novel "Buddenbrooks," depicted as the matriarch of the Buddenbrook family and mother of Tony Buddenbrook.
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C.
Ottilie Einhorn
Ottilie Einhorn is known as one of the children of American hedge fund manager and Greenlight Capital founder David Einhorn.
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D.
Verena
Verena is a feminine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in German-speaking and other European countries.
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E.
Elfriede
Elfriede is a feminine given name of German origin, notably borne by Austrian Nobel Prize–winning writer Elfriede Jelinek.
- 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: Effi Briest Target entity description: Effi Briest is a classic 1895 realist novel by Theodor Fontane that portrays the tragic fate of a young woman trapped in a restrictive Prussian society.
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A.
Ottilie von Pogwisch
Ottilie von Pogwisch was a German noblewoman best known as the wife of August von Goethe and daughter-in-law of the writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
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B.
Elisabeth Buddenbrook
Elisabeth Buddenbrook is a character in Thomas Mann's novel "Buddenbrooks," depicted as the matriarch of the Buddenbrook family and mother of Tony Buddenbrook.
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C.
Ottilie Einhorn
Ottilie Einhorn is known as one of the children of American hedge fund manager and Greenlight Capital founder David Einhorn.
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D.
Verena
Verena is a feminine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in German-speaking and other European countries.
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E.
Elfriede
Elfriede is a feminine given name of German origin, notably borne by Austrian Nobel Prize–winning writer Elfriede Jelinek.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
Effi Briest (1939 film)
ⓘ
Effi Briest (1974 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Effi Briest
Effi Briest (2009 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Effi Briest
Fontane Effi Briest (1974 film by Rainer Werner Fassbinder) ⓘ |
| adaptationForm |
film
ⓘ
stage play ⓘ television ⓘ |
| author | Theodor Fontane ⓘ |
| authorNationality | German ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
individual vs. society
ⓘ
personal desire vs. social duty ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly acclaimed ⓘ |
| endingTone | tragic ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serial publication ⓘ |
| genre | realist novel ⓘ |
| languageStyle | realist prose ⓘ |
| literaryInfluenceOn | later German realist novels ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Realism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Effi Briest (character)
ⓘ
linked to:
Effi Briest
|
| narrativeMode | omniscient narrator ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Baron Geert von Innstetten
ⓘ
Effi’s parents ⓘ Major Crampas ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Effi Briest ⓘ |
| placeInCanon |
classic of German literature
ⓘ
key work of German Realism ⓘ |
| protagonistGender | female ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1895 ⓘ |
| publisherCountry | Germany ⓘ |
| regionOfSetting |
Berlin
ⓘ
Pomerania ⓘ |
| setting | Prussia ⓘ |
| structure | chronological narrative ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | fate of a young woman in restrictive Prussian society ⓘ |
| theme |
Prussian society
ⓘ
adultery ⓘ female oppression ⓘ honor ⓘ marriage ⓘ social conventions ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Effi Briest Description of subject: Effi Briest is a classic 1895 realist novel by Theodor Fontane that portrays the tragic fate of a young woman trapped in a restrictive Prussian society.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.