Casterbridge
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Casterbridge is a fictional rural town in Thomas Hardy’s Wessex, depicted as a traditional yet changing 19th-century English community.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Casterbridge canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12263702 — 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: Casterbridge Context triple: [The Mayor of Casterbridge, setting, Casterbridge]
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A.
The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Mayor of Casterbridge is a classic 1886 novel by Thomas Hardy that traces the tragic rise and fall of Michael Henchard, a flawed grain merchant in a fictional Wessex town.
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B.
Far from the Madding Crowd
Far from the Madding Crowd is an 1874 novel by Thomas Hardy that follows the romantic and social entanglements of the independent Bathsheba Everdene in rural Victorian England.
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C.
Cakes and Ale
Cakes and Ale is a satirical novel by W. Somerset Maugham that explores literary fame, hypocrisy, and social pretensions in early 20th-century England.
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D.
The Return of the Native
The Return of the Native is a classic 1878 novel by Thomas Hardy that explores passion, fate, and social constraint amid the bleak landscape of Egdon Heath in rural England.
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E.
The Ploughman
"The Ploughman" is a poem by Scottish national poet Robert Burns, reflecting his characteristic focus on rural life and common folk.
- 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: Casterbridge Target entity description: Casterbridge is a fictional rural town in Thomas Hardy’s Wessex, depicted as a traditional yet changing 19th-century English community.
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A.
The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Mayor of Casterbridge is a classic 1886 novel by Thomas Hardy that traces the tragic rise and fall of Michael Henchard, a flawed grain merchant in a fictional Wessex town.
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B.
Far from the Madding Crowd
Far from the Madding Crowd is an 1874 novel by Thomas Hardy that follows the romantic and social entanglements of the independent Bathsheba Everdene in rural Victorian England.
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C.
Cakes and Ale
Cakes and Ale is a satirical novel by W. Somerset Maugham that explores literary fame, hypocrisy, and social pretensions in early 20th-century England.
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D.
The Return of the Native
The Return of the Native is a classic 1878 novel by Thomas Hardy that explores passion, fate, and social constraint amid the bleak landscape of Egdon Heath in rural England.
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E.
The Ploughman
"The Ploughman" is a poem by Scottish national poet Robert Burns, reflecting his characteristic focus on rural life and common folk.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.