The Squire's Tale
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The Squire's Tale is one of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, a chivalric romance noted for its exotic setting, magical elements, and unfinished narrative.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Squire's Tale canonical | 1 |
| The Squire’s Tale | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11860169 — 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 Squire's Tale Context triple: [The Franklin's Tale, follows, The Squire's Tale]
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The Prioress's Tale
"The Prioress's Tale" is a deeply anti-Semitic miracle story within Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, recounting the murder of a devout Christian child and his posthumous, Marian-inspired miracle.
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B.
The Nun's Priest's Tale
The Nun's Priest's Tale is a comic beast fable within Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales that satirically explores themes of pride, fate, and flattery through the story of a rooster named Chauntecleer.
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C.
The Knightly Tale of Gologras and Gawain
The Knightly Tale of Gologras and Gawain is a Middle Scots Arthurian romance that recounts Sir Gawain’s chivalric encounter and moral testing in battle against the knight Gologras.
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The Wife of Bath's Tale
"The Wife of Bath's Tale" is one of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, a Middle English narrative in which a loquacious, worldly wife tells a story exploring female sovereignty, marriage, and gender roles.
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E.
The Franklin's Tale
The Franklin's Tale is a Middle English Breton lai by Geoffrey Chaucer that explores themes of marriage, honor, and mutual respect through the story of a knight, his wife, and her admirer.
- 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 Squire's Tale Target entity description: The Squire's Tale is one of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, a chivalric romance noted for its exotic setting, magical elements, and unfinished narrative.
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A.
The Prioress's Tale
"The Prioress's Tale" is a deeply anti-Semitic miracle story within Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, recounting the murder of a devout Christian child and his posthumous, Marian-inspired miracle.
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B.
The Nun's Priest's Tale
The Nun's Priest's Tale is a comic beast fable within Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales that satirically explores themes of pride, fate, and flattery through the story of a rooster named Chauntecleer.
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C.
The Knightly Tale of Gologras and Gawain
The Knightly Tale of Gologras and Gawain is a Middle Scots Arthurian romance that recounts Sir Gawain’s chivalric encounter and moral testing in battle against the knight Gologras.
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D.
The Wife of Bath's Tale
"The Wife of Bath's Tale" is one of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, a Middle English narrative in which a loquacious, worldly wife tells a story exploring female sovereignty, marriage, and gender roles.
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E.
The Franklin's Tale
The Franklin's Tale is a Middle English Breton lai by Geoffrey Chaucer that explores themes of marriage, honor, and mutual respect through the story of a knight, his wife, and her admirer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canterbury Tale
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Middle English narrative poem ⓘ chivalric romance ⓘ |
| author | Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ |
| collectionOrder | one of the later tales in fragment V of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Algarsyf
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Cambalo ⓘ Cambyuskan ⓘ Canacee ⓘ falcon ⓘ |
| featuresMotif |
Orientalism
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courtly love ⓘ magic gifts ⓘ marvels ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Franklin's Tale ⓘ |
| frameNarrator |
the Squire
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linked to:
The Squire
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| genre |
chivalric romance
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romance ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception |
analyzed for its Orientalist elements
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examined as a parody or critique of romance conventions ⓘ often discussed for its unfinished state ⓘ |
| interruptedBy | The Franklin's Prologue ⓘ |
| language | Middle English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Middle English literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | verse ⓘ |
| narrativeStatus | unfinished ⓘ |
| partOf | The Canterbury Tales ⓘ |
| plotDevice |
magical brass horse
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mirror that reveals dangers ⓘ ring that understands bird speech ⓘ sword that cuts through anything ⓘ |
| precedesInOrder | The Franklin's Tale ⓘ |
| setting |
Tartary
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court of Cambyuskan ⓘ |
| theme |
chivalry
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exoticism ⓘ nobility ⓘ storytelling skill ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | late 14th century ⓘ |
| verseForm | rhymed couplets ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: The Squire's Tale Description of subject: The Squire's Tale is one of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, a chivalric romance noted for its exotic setting, magical elements, and unfinished narrative.
Referenced by (2)
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linked to: The Squire's Tale