East Coker
E115040
East Coker is a meditative poem by T. S. Eliot, forming the second part of his Four Quartets and reflecting on time, history, and spiritual renewal.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| East Coker canonical | 8 |
| East Coker parish | 1 |
| East Coker, Somerset, England | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T971158 — 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: East Coker Context triple: [Four Quartets, hasPart, East Coker]
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A.
St Michael and All Angels' Church, East Coker
St Michael and All Angels' Church, East Coker is a historic parish church in Somerset, England, best known as the burial place of poet T. S. Eliot and for its connection to his "Four Quartets."
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B.
Tintern
Tintern is a historic village in Monmouthshire, Wales, best known for the picturesque ruins of Tintern Abbey on the banks of the River Wye.
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C.
Pendle Hill
Pendle Hill is a prominent hill in Lancashire, England, famed for its association with the 17th-century Pendle witch trials and its striking presence in the local landscape.
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D.
Asphodel Meadows
Asphodel Meadows is a region of the Greek underworld where the souls of ordinary or unremarkable mortals dwell after death.
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E.
The Fens
The Fens is a historic urban park and restored wetland in Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted as part of a larger interconnected greenway.
- 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: East Coker Target entity description: East Coker is a meditative poem by T. S. Eliot, forming the second part of his Four Quartets and reflecting on time, history, and spiritual renewal.
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A.
St Michael and All Angels' Church, East Coker
St Michael and All Angels' Church, East Coker is a historic parish church in Somerset, England, best known as the burial place of poet T. S. Eliot and for its connection to his "Four Quartets."
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B.
Tintern
Tintern is a historic village in Monmouthshire, Wales, best known for the picturesque ruins of Tintern Abbey on the banks of the River Wye.
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C.
Pendle Hill
Pendle Hill is a prominent hill in Lancashire, England, famed for its association with the 17th-century Pendle witch trials and its striking presence in the local landscape.
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D.
Asphodel Meadows
Asphodel Meadows is a region of the Greek underworld where the souls of ordinary or unremarkable mortals dwell after death.
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E.
The Fens
The Fens is a historic urban park and restored wetland in Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted as part of a larger interconnected greenway.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
meditative poem
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modernist poem ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| addressesConcept |
dark night of the soul
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failure of language to capture ultimate reality ⓘ paradox of beginning and end ⓘ role of tradition in spiritual life ⓘ time as both destructive and redemptive ⓘ |
| author | T. S. Eliot ⓘ |
| closingLine | In my end is my beginning. ⓘ |
| containsAllusionTo |
Christian liturgy
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Easter ⓘ Good Friday ⓘ San Juan de la Cruz ⓘ
surface form:
St. John of the Cross
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| firstPublicationFormat | pamphlet ⓘ |
| form | lyric sequence ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophical poetry
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religious poetry ⓘ |
| hasQuotation |
The houses are all gone under the sea.
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The only wisdom we can hope to acquire / Is the wisdom of humility: humility is endless. ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | ancestral village of T. S. Eliot ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterPublicationIn |
Four Quartets
ⓘ
surface form:
collected volume Four Quartets
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| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| meter | mixed verse and prose-like rhythms ⓘ |
| openingLine | In my beginning is my end. ⓘ |
| partOf | Four Quartets ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | second poem in Four Quartets ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | World War II era ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Burnt Norton
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Little Gidding ⓘ Four Quartets ⓘ
surface form:
The Dry Salvages
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| setting | village of East Coker in Somerset, England ⓘ |
| structure | five sections ⓘ |
| style |
allusive
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meditative ⓘ symbolic ⓘ |
| theme |
Christian faith
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cyclical nature of existence ⓘ history ⓘ humility ⓘ incarnation ⓘ limits of human knowledge ⓘ mortality ⓘ relationship between past and present ⓘ spiritual renewal ⓘ suffering and redemption ⓘ time ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: East Coker Description of subject: East Coker is a meditative poem by T. S. Eliot, forming the second part of his Four Quartets and reflecting on time, history, and spiritual renewal.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
East Coker, Somerset, England
this entity surface form:
East Coker parish
subject surface form:
In my end is my beginning
subject surface form:
St Michael and All Angels' Church, East Coker
subject surface form:
St Michael and All Angels' Church, East Coker