The 19th Wife
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The 19th Wife is a historical novel by David Ebershoff that intertwines a modern murder mystery with the story of one of Brigham Young’s plural wives to explore the history and legacy of polygamy in Mormonism.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The 19th Wife canonical | 2 |
| The 19th Wife (novel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14694592 — 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 19th Wife Context triple: [David Ebershoff, notableWork, The 19th Wife]
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A.
The Constant Wife
The Constant Wife is a comedic play by W. Somerset Maugham that explores marriage, fidelity, and female independence in 1920s upper-class society.
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B.
The Five Wives
The Five Wives are a group of captive women in Mad Max: Fury Road who serve as the tyrant Immortan Joe’s prized breeders and become central to Imperator Furiosa’s rebellion.
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C.
The Wife’s Tale
"The Wife’s Tale" is a narrative poem by Seamus Heaney that portrays a farm wife’s perspective on rural labor, gender roles, and quiet marital estrangement in the Irish countryside.
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D.
God’s Wife
God’s Wife was an ancient Egyptian religious title, most prominently held by royal women who served as the earthly consort and high priestess of the god Amun.
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E.
Women of the House
Women of the House is a mid-1990s American sitcom and spin-off of Designing Women that follows Suzanne Sugarbaker’s misadventures in Washington, D.C., featuring Patricia Heaton in a supporting role.
- 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 19th Wife Target entity description: The 19th Wife is a historical novel by David Ebershoff that intertwines a modern murder mystery with the story of one of Brigham Young’s plural wives to explore the history and legacy of polygamy in Mormonism.
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A.
The Constant Wife
The Constant Wife is a comedic play by W. Somerset Maugham that explores marriage, fidelity, and female independence in 1920s upper-class society.
-
B.
The Five Wives
The Five Wives are a group of captive women in Mad Max: Fury Road who serve as the tyrant Immortan Joe’s prized breeders and become central to Imperator Furiosa’s rebellion.
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C.
The Wife’s Tale
"The Wife’s Tale" is a narrative poem by Seamus Heaney that portrays a farm wife’s perspective on rural labor, gender roles, and quiet marital estrangement in the Irish countryside.
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D.
God’s Wife
God’s Wife was an ancient Egyptian religious title, most prominently held by royal women who served as the earthly consort and high priestess of the god Amun.
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E.
Women of the House
Women of the House is a mid-1990s American sitcom and spin-off of Designing Women that follows Suzanne Sugarbaker’s misadventures in Washington, D.C., featuring Patricia Heaton in a supporting role.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The 19th Wife (novel)