The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly
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"The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling, included in his collection *Plain Tales from the Hills*, that satirically portrays the misadventures and mistaken identity of a vain young British officer in colonial India.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11824374 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly Context triple: [Plain Tales from the Hills, hasPart, The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly]
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly Target entity description: "The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling, included in his collection *Plain Tales from the Hills*, that satirically portrays the misadventures and mistaken identity of a vain young British officer in colonial India.
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A.
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
The Prisoner of Second Avenue is a 1975 dark comedy film adaptation of Neil Simon’s play, starring Jack Lemmon and Anne Bancroft as a New York couple unraveling under the pressures of urban life and unemployment.
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B.
Receiving Woman
Receiving Woman is a psychological and theological study by Ann Belford Ulanov that explores the nature of feminine receptivity and its role in spiritual and emotional life.
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C.
The Lavender Hill Mob
The Lavender Hill Mob is a classic 1951 British Ealing Studios comedy film about a timid bank clerk who masterminds a gold bullion heist.
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D.
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney is a 1929 American pre-Code comedy-drama film about a charming jewel thief who infiltrates high society, noted for its witty dialogue and sophisticated style.
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E.
The City Madam
The City Madam is a Jacobean city comedy play by Philip Massinger that satirizes greed, social pretension, and moral corruption in early 17th-century London.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
short story
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work of fiction ⓘ |
| author | Rudyard Kipling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| collection | Plain Tales from the Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
British officers in India
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colonial administration ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Kipling’s Anglo-Indian stories ⓘ |
| firstPublicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| genre |
colonial literature
ⓘ
comic fiction ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Lieutenant Golightly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | Plain Tales from the Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Anglo-Indian literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Lieutenant Golightly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | short narrative ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalPublicationMedium | Plain Tales from the Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorCareerPhase | early works of Rudyard Kipling ⓘ |
| portrays |
consequences of mistaken identity
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misadventures of a vain young officer ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | British army officer ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
British India
NERFINISHED
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colonial India ⓘ |
| theme |
British colonial life
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military culture ⓘ mistaken identity ⓘ social satire ⓘ vanity ⓘ |
| tone |
humorous
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ironic ⓘ |
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