“Ambrose” (section)
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“Ambrose” is one of the four interlinked narrative sections in Christopher Isherwood’s semi-autobiographical novel *Down There on a Visit*, focusing on the narrator’s complex relationship with the charismatic yet troubled title character.
All labels observed (1)
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| “Ambrose” (section) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10357140 — 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: “Ambrose” (section) Context triple: [Down There on a Visit, hasPart, “Ambrose” (section)]
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A.
The Antiphon
The Antiphon is a 1958 verse drama by modernist writer Djuna Barnes that explores a dysfunctional aristocratic family through dense, poetic language and experimental theatrical form.
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B.
De Ecclesia
De Ecclesia is a seminal theological treatise by Jan Hus that challenges the authority and corruption of the medieval Church and helped lay intellectual groundwork for later church reform movements.
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C.
Anaphora of St. John Chrysostom
The Anaphora of St. John Chrysostom is the principal Byzantine Eucharistic liturgy attributed to St. John Chrysostom and widely used in Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches.
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D.
The Abbot
The Abbot is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott that continues the story of The Monastery, focusing on the turbulent period surrounding Mary, Queen of Scots in 16th-century Scotland.
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E.
Pastor aeternus
Pastor aeternus is the 1870 dogmatic constitution of the First Vatican Council that definitively articulated the doctrine of papal primacy and infallibility in the Roman Catholic Church.
- 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: “Ambrose” (section) Target entity description: “Ambrose” is one of the four interlinked narrative sections in Christopher Isherwood’s semi-autobiographical novel *Down There on a Visit*, focusing on the narrator’s complex relationship with the charismatic yet troubled title character.
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A.
The Antiphon
The Antiphon is a 1958 verse drama by modernist writer Djuna Barnes that explores a dysfunctional aristocratic family through dense, poetic language and experimental theatrical form.
-
B.
De Ecclesia
De Ecclesia is a seminal theological treatise by Jan Hus that challenges the authority and corruption of the medieval Church and helped lay intellectual groundwork for later church reform movements.
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C.
Anaphora of St. John Chrysostom
The Anaphora of St. John Chrysostom is the principal Byzantine Eucharistic liturgy attributed to St. John Chrysostom and widely used in Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches.
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D.
The Abbot
The Abbot is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott that continues the story of The Monastery, focusing on the turbulent period surrounding Mary, Queen of Scots in 16th-century Scotland.
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E.
Pastor aeternus
Pastor aeternus is the 1870 dogmatic constitution of the First Vatican Council that definitively articulated the doctrine of papal primacy and infallibility in the Roman Catholic Church.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
narrative section
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novel section ⓘ |
| author | Christopher Isherwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
charisma
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friendship ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ psychological instability ⓘ self-destruction ⓘ sexual identity ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| exploresRelationshipBetween | narrator and Ambrose ⓘ |
| exploresThemeOf |
dependency in relationships
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guilt ⓘ illusion versus reality ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Ambrose
NERFINISHED
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Christopher Isherwood (narrator) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | semi-autobiographical fiction ⓘ |
| hasAutobiographicalElements | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernist literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | explores narrator’s complex relationship with Ambrose ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique | retrospective narration ⓘ |
| partOf | Down There on a Visit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1962 ⓘ |
| publisherOfContainingWork | Methuen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Christopher and His Kind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Greek island ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| structureRole | one of four interlinked narrative sections ⓘ |
| tone |
introspective
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tragic ⓘ |
| workContainedIn | Down There on a Visit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: “Ambrose” (section) Description of subject: “Ambrose” is one of the four interlinked narrative sections in Christopher Isherwood’s semi-autobiographical novel *Down There on a Visit*, focusing on the narrator’s complex relationship with the charismatic yet troubled title character.
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