Paradise Lost
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Paradise Lost is a 17th-century epic poem by John Milton that retells the biblical story of the Fall of Man, exploring themes of free will, obedience, and the nature of good and evil.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Paradise Lost canonical | 12 |
| John Milton's Paradise Lost | 2 |
| John Milton’s Paradise Lost | 1 |
| Le paradis perdu | 1 |
| Milton’s Paradise Lost | 1 |
| Paradise lost | 1 |
| Volume 4: Complete Poems of John Milton | 1 |
| epic poem Paradise Lost | 1 |
| paradise lost | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paradise Lost Context triple: [John Milton, notableWork, Paradise Lost]
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A.
The Fall of Man
The Fall of Man is the biblical story describing how Adam and Eve’s disobedience in Eden introduced sin and suffering into the human condition.
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B.
The Progress of Poesy
The Progress of Poesy is an 18th-century Pindaric ode by Thomas Gray that celebrates the power and evolution of poetry from ancient Greece to modern times.
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C.
Ash-Wednesday
Ash-Wednesday is a 1930 poem by T. S. Eliot that marks his turn toward Christian faith, blending spiritual introspection with complex, allusive verse.
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D.
The Lamb
The Lamb is a small uninhabited rocky islet in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, known for its seabird colonies and proximity to the island of Fidra.
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E.
Confessio Amantis
Confessio Amantis is a lengthy Middle English poem by John Gower that blends moral instruction with a wide array of narrative tales framed as a lover’s confession.
- 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: Paradise Lost Target entity description: Paradise Lost is a 17th-century epic poem by John Milton that retells the biblical story of the Fall of Man, exploring themes of free will, obedience, and the nature of good and evil.
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A.
The Fall of Man
The Fall of Man is the biblical story describing how Adam and Eve’s disobedience in Eden introduced sin and suffering into the human condition.
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B.
The Progress of Poesy
The Progress of Poesy is an 18th-century Pindaric ode by Thomas Gray that celebrates the power and evolution of poetry from ancient Greece to modern times.
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C.
Ash-Wednesday
Ash-Wednesday is a 1930 poem by T. S. Eliot that marks his turn toward Christian faith, blending spiritual introspection with complex, allusive verse.
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D.
The Lamb
The Lamb is a small uninhabited rocky islet in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, known for its seabird colonies and proximity to the island of Fidra.
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E.
Confessio Amantis
Confessio Amantis is a lengthy Middle English poem by John Gower that blends moral instruction with a wide array of narrative tales framed as a lover’s confession.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | epic poem ⓘ |
| author | John Milton ⓘ |
| basedOn | Book of Genesis ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Adam
ⓘ
Beelzebub ⓘ Eve ⓘ the Father ⓘ
surface form:
God the Father
Jesus Christ ⓘ
surface form:
God the Son
the Devil ⓘ
surface form:
Satan
God the Holy Spirit ⓘ
surface form:
the Holy Spirit
Saint Michael ⓘ
surface form:
the archangel Michael
Raphael (archangel) ⓘ
surface form:
the archangel Raphael
|
| firstPublicationDate | 1667 ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian epic
ⓘ
religious epic ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
English literature
ⓘ
Romanticism ⓘ
surface form:
Romantic poetry
modern interpretations of Satan ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Homer's Iliad
ⓘ
surface form:
Homer’s Iliad
Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
surface form:
Homer’s Odyssey
Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
surface form:
Virgil’s Aeneid
classical epics ⓘ Bible ⓘ
surface form:
the Bible
|
| invokes | Heavenly Muse ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Renaissance literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
divine justice
ⓘ
free will ⓘ good and evil ⓘ obedience and disobedience ⓘ predestination and foreknowledge ⓘ The Fall of Man ⓘ
surface form:
the Fall of Man
|
| meter | blank verse ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person omniscient ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
complex syntax
ⓘ
elevated style ⓘ use of extended similes ⓘ |
| numberOfBooksOriginalEdition | 10 ⓘ |
| numberOfBooksRevisedEdition | 12 ⓘ |
| openingLines |
The Fall of Man
ⓘ
surface form:
Of Man’s first disobedience, and the fruit
|
| revisedEditionPublicationDate | 1674 ⓘ |
| setting |
Chaos
ⓘ
Heaven ⓘ Hell ⓘ Garden of Eden ⓘ
surface form:
the Garden of Eden
|
| subjectMatter |
the creation of the world
ⓘ
the expulsion from Eden ⓘ Rebellion of Iblis ⓘ
surface form:
the rebellion of Satan
The Fall of Man ⓘ
surface form:
the temptation of Eve
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John Milton’s Paradise Lost
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Le paradis perdu
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John Milton
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Baskerville
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Milton’s Paradise Lost
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John Milton
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The Creation
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John Milton
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John Milton's Paradise Lost
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Paradise lost
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Volume 4: Complete Poems of John Milton