For Whom the Bell Tolls

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For Whom the Bell Tolls is Ernest Hemingway’s 1940 novel about an American fighting with the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, renowned for its exploration of love, honor, and the brutality of war.

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Label	Occurrences
For Whom the Bell Tolls canonical	25
For Whom the Bell Tolls (film)	3
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943 film)	1
For Whom the Bell Tolls universe	1
novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls"	1
novel For Whom the Bell Tolls	1
“For whom the bell tolls” (Meditation XVII)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T93942 — 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: For Whom the Bell Tolls
Context triple: [Finca Vigía, associatedWithWork, For Whom the Bell Tolls]

A. The American Soldier
The American Soldier is a symbolic collective representing U.S. military personnel, recognized for their service and impact, including being honored as Time magazine's Person of the Year.
B. The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea is Ernest Hemingway’s classic novella about an aging Cuban fisherman’s epic struggle with a giant marlin, widely regarded as one of his greatest works and a cornerstone of 20th-century literature.
C. The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath is John Steinbeck’s landmark 1939 novel that follows the Joad family’s harrowing journey from Oklahoma to California, exposing the human cost of economic hardship and social injustice during the Great Depression.
D. The Old Guitarist
The Old Guitarist is a famous Blue Period painting by Pablo Picasso depicting a gaunt, blind musician hunched over his guitar, known for its somber mood and monochromatic blue palette.
E. The Arts of War
The Arts of War is a pair of monumental equestrian bronze sculptures by Leo Friedlander that symbolize martial valor and sacrifice, installed at the Washington, D.C. entrance to Arlington Memorial Bridge.
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: For Whom the Bell Tolls
Target entity description: For Whom the Bell Tolls is Ernest Hemingway’s 1940 novel about an American fighting with the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, renowned for its exploration of love, honor, and the brutality of war.

A. The American Soldier
The American Soldier is a symbolic collective representing U.S. military personnel, recognized for their service and impact, including being honored as Time magazine's Person of the Year.
B. The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea is Ernest Hemingway’s classic novella about an aging Cuban fisherman’s epic struggle with a giant marlin, widely regarded as one of his greatest works and a cornerstone of 20th-century literature.
C. The English Patient
The English Patient is a 1996 romantic war drama film, based on Michael Ondaatje’s novel, that follows the tragic, interwoven stories of several characters during World War II and won multiple Academy Awards.
D. The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath is John Steinbeck’s landmark 1939 novel that follows the Joad family’s harrowing journey from Oklahoma to California, exposing the human cost of economic hardship and social injustice during the Great Depression.
E. The Old Guitarist
The Old Guitarist is a famous Blue Period painting by Pablo Picasso depicting a gaunt, blind musician hunched over his guitar, known for its somber mood and monochromatic blue palette.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	novel ⓘ
adaptedTo	film ⓘ
author	Ernest Hemingway ⓘ
containsCharacterType	foreign volunteer ⓘ guerrilla fighters ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticalReception	highly acclaimed ⓘ
endingStyle	ambiguous ending ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector	Sam Wood ⓘ
filmAdaptationLeadActor	Gary Cooper ⓘ Ingrid Bergman ⓘ
firstEditionFormat	hardcover ⓘ
genre	historical fiction ⓘ romantic novel ⓘ war novel ⓘ
hasFilmAdaptation	For Whom the Bell Tolls self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943 film)
hasISBN	9780684803357 ⓘ
includedIn	20th-century American literature canon ⓘ
influencedByEvent	Ernest Hemingway's experience as a journalist in the Spanish Civil War ⓘ
literaryMovement	modernism ⓘ
mainCharacter	María ⓘ Pablo ⓘ Pilar ⓘ Robert Jordan ⓘ
narrativePointOfView	third-person limited ⓘ
nominatedFor	Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ
notableFor	psychological depth ⓘ realistic depiction of war ⓘ use of translated Spanish dialogue in English ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
placeInAuthorOeuvre	major work of Ernest Hemingway ⓘ
politicalSideDepicted	Republican Party ⓘ surface form: Republicans
protagonistNationality	American ⓘ
protagonistOccupation	dynamiter ⓘ
publicationDate	1940 ⓘ
publisher	Charles Scribner's Sons ⓘ
setInCountry	Spain ⓘ
setInPeriod	Spanish Civil War ⓘ
settingEnvironment	mountainous countryside ⓘ
structure	chronological narrative ⓘ
theme	brutality of war ⓘ death ⓘ honor ⓘ love ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ
titleLanguage	English ⓘ
titleOrigin	John Donne meditation ⓘ

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