The Vicar of Sorrows
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The Vicar of Sorrows is a darkly comic novel by Jonathan Trigell that blends black humor with themes of faith, guilt, and small-town hypocrisy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Vicar of Sorrows canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10737271 — 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 Vicar of Sorrows Context triple: [Keeping Mum, basedOn, The Vicar of Sorrows]
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A.
The Reverend Mr. Black
"The Reverend Mr. Black" is a 1963 country-folk song, popularized by The Kingston Trio, that tells a moralistic story about a preacher confronting injustice and personal redemption.
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B.
The Anchoress
The Anchoress is the stage name of Welsh musician and songwriter Catherine Anne Davies, known for her dark, literate art-pop and collaborations with alternative rock bands.
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C.
The Bishop's Wife
The Bishop's Wife is a 1947 romantic fantasy film starring Cary Grant, Loretta Young, and David Niven, about an angel who comes to Earth to help a troubled bishop and his wife.
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D.
Annals of the Parish
Annals of the Parish is a 19th-century Scottish novel by John Galt, presented as the fictional memoirs of a rural minister and noted for its realistic portrayal of village life and character.
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E.
The House of God
The House of God is a 1984 satirical medical drama film, based on Samuel Shem’s novel, that portrays the darkly comic experiences of medical interns in a brutal teaching hospital.
- 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 Vicar of Sorrows Target entity description: The Vicar of Sorrows is a darkly comic novel by Jonathan Trigell that blends black humor with themes of faith, guilt, and small-town hypocrisy.
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A.
The Reverend Mr. Black
"The Reverend Mr. Black" is a 1963 country-folk song, popularized by The Kingston Trio, that tells a moralistic story about a preacher confronting injustice and personal redemption.
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B.
The Anchoress
The Anchoress is the stage name of Welsh musician and songwriter Catherine Anne Davies, known for her dark, literate art-pop and collaborations with alternative rock bands.
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C.
The Bishop's Wife
The Bishop's Wife is a 1947 romantic fantasy film starring Cary Grant, Loretta Young, and David Niven, about an angel who comes to Earth to help a troubled bishop and his wife.
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D.
Annals of the Parish
Annals of the Parish is a 19th-century Scottish novel by John Galt, presented as the fictional memoirs of a rural minister and noted for its realistic portrayal of village life and character.
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E.
The House of God
The House of God is a 1984 satirical medical drama film, based on Samuel Shem’s novel, that portrays the darkly comic experiences of medical interns in a brutal teaching hospital.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Jonathan Trigell ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| explores |
conflict between faith and desire
ⓘ
personal guilt ⓘ social judgment ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
clergy
ⓘ
religious life ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy
ⓘ
comic novel ⓘ dark comedy ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | British ⓘ |
| hasHumorStyle | black humor ⓘ |
| hasSubjectMatter |
Christianity
ⓘ
hypocrisy in religious communities ⓘ |
| hasTone | darkly comic ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Jonathan Trigell bibliography ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | fiction ⓘ |
| settingType | small town ⓘ |
| theme |
faith
ⓘ
guilt ⓘ morality ⓘ redemption ⓘ religion ⓘ sin ⓘ small-town hypocrisy ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Jonathan Trigell ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Vicar of Sorrows Description of subject: The Vicar of Sorrows is a darkly comic novel by Jonathan Trigell that blends black humor with themes of faith, guilt, and small-town hypocrisy.
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