Dr. Bowdler’s Legacy
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Dr. Bowdler’s Legacy is a critical study by Noël Perrin examining the history and impact of literary censorship and expurgation, particularly in relation to the works of Shakespeare.
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| Dr. Bowdler’s Legacy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14503898 — 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: Dr. Bowdler’s Legacy Context triple: [Noël Perrin, notableWork, Dr. Bowdler’s Legacy]
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A.
The Honourable Schoolboy
The Honourable Schoolboy is a Cold War espionage novel by John le Carré that follows British intelligence officer Jerry Westerby on a complex mission in Southeast Asia as part of George Smiley’s campaign against the Soviet spy network.
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B.
The Winslow Boy
The Winslow Boy is a 1946 stage play by Terence Rattigan that dramatizes a real Edwardian-era legal case in which a family sacrifices everything to clear their young son’s name.
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C.
The Brown Book
The Brown Book is one of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s posthumously published lecture notes that outline his transitional philosophical ideas between the Tractatus and his later work in the Philosophical Investigations.
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D.
The Morris Book
The Morris Book is a seminal early 20th-century collection and study of English Morris dance tunes and choreography compiled by folklorist and musicologist Cecil Sharp.
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E.
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
The Trials of Oscar Wilde is a 1960 British courtroom drama film depicting the real-life libel and gross indecency trials that led to the downfall and imprisonment of playwright Oscar Wilde.
- 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: Dr. Bowdler’s Legacy Target entity description: Dr. Bowdler’s Legacy is a critical study by Noël Perrin examining the history and impact of literary censorship and expurgation, particularly in relation to the works of Shakespeare.
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A.
The Honourable Schoolboy
The Honourable Schoolboy is a Cold War espionage novel by John le Carré that follows British intelligence officer Jerry Westerby on a complex mission in Southeast Asia as part of George Smiley’s campaign against the Soviet spy network.
-
B.
The Winslow Boy
The Winslow Boy is a 1946 stage play by Terence Rattigan that dramatizes a real Edwardian-era legal case in which a family sacrifices everything to clear their young son’s name.
-
C.
The Brown Book
The Brown Book is one of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s posthumously published lecture notes that outline his transitional philosophical ideas between the Tractatus and his later work in the Philosophical Investigations.
-
D.
The Morris Book
The Morris Book is a seminal early 20th-century collection and study of English Morris dance tunes and choreography compiled by folklorist and musicologist Cecil Sharp.
-
E.
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
The Trials of Oscar Wilde is a 1960 British courtroom drama film depicting the real-life libel and gross indecency trials that led to the downfall and imprisonment of playwright Oscar Wilde.
- F. None of above. chosen
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