Armadale
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Armadale is an 1866 sensation novel by Wilkie Collins that weaves together themes of identity, fate, and crime through the intertwined lives of two men who share the same name.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Armadale canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12886765 — 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: Armadale Context triple: [Wilkie Collins, notableWork, Armadale]
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A.
Armadale
Armadale is a small town in West Lothian, Scotland, known historically for its coal mining and brickmaking industries.
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B.
Armadale
Armadale is a village on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, known as a ferry port and gateway to the Sleat peninsula.
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C.
Hillhead
Hillhead is a vibrant district in Glasgow’s West End known for its proximity to the University of Glasgow, bustling Byres Road, and a mix of shops, cafes, and cultural venues.
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D.
Parkhill
Parkhill is a small community in southwestern Ontario, Canada, known for its rural character and role as a local service centre for the surrounding agricultural area.
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E.
City of Douglas
The City of Douglas is a small lakeside community in Allegan County, Michigan, known for its proximity to Saugatuck and its arts, tourism, and Lake Michigan shoreline.
- 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: Armadale Target entity description: Armadale is an 1866 sensation novel by Wilkie Collins that weaves together themes of identity, fate, and crime through the intertwined lives of two men who share the same name.
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A.
Armadale
Armadale is a small town in West Lothian, Scotland, known historically for its coal mining and brickmaking industries.
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B.
Armadale
Armadale is a village on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, known as a ferry port and gateway to the Sleat peninsula.
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C.
Hillhead
Hillhead is a vibrant district in Glasgow’s West End known for its proximity to the University of Glasgow, bustling Byres Road, and a mix of shops, cafes, and cultural venues.
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D.
Parkhill
Parkhill is a small community in southwestern Ontario, Canada, known for its rural character and role as a local service centre for the surrounding agricultural area.
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E.
City of Douglas
The City of Douglas is a small lakeside community in Allegan County, Michigan, known for its proximity to Saugatuck and its arts, tourism, and Lake Michigan shoreline.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
ⓘ
sensation novel ⓘ |
| author | Wilkie Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReputation | major work of Wilkie Collins ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormat | serialisation ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Cornhill Magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstSerialisationEndYear | 1866 GENERATED ⓘ |
| firstSerialisationStartYear | 1864 GENERATED ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Moonstone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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mystery fiction ⓘ sensation fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Armadale (radio adaptations)
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Armadale (stage adaptations) ⓘ |
| hasCrimeElement |
fraud
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murder plot ⓘ poisoning plot ⓘ |
| hasFemaleVillain | Lydia Gwilt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLegalElement | inheritance dispute ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
dreams
ⓘ
mistaken identity ⓘ prophecy ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Allan Armadale
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lydia Gwilt NERFINISHED ⓘ Ozias Midwinter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableCharacter | Lydia Gwilt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | 600 ⓘ |
| partOfLiteraryMovement | sensation novel movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | No Name NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistNameSharedByTwoCharacters | Allan Armadale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1866 ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstBookEdition | Smith, Elder & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
England
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Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
crime
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destiny ⓘ fate ⓘ guilt ⓘ heredity ⓘ identity ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Armadale Description of subject: Armadale is an 1866 sensation novel by Wilkie Collins that weaves together themes of identity, fate, and crime through the intertwined lives of two men who share the same name.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.