Marmion
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Marmion is a narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott, best known for its romanticized depiction of 16th-century Scottish-English conflict culminating in the Battle of Flodden.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marmion canonical | 2 |
| "Marmion" | 1 |
| Lord Marmion | 1 |
| Walter Scott poem "Marmion" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1866417 — 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: Marmion Context triple: [Sir Walter Scott, notableWork, Marmion]
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A.
Waverley
Waverley is a local government district and borough in Surrey, England, known for its market towns, rural landscapes, and part of the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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B.
Waverley
Waverley is an 1814 historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, often regarded as one of the first major works of historical fiction in English literature.
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C.
Waverley
Waverley is a commuter rail station in Belmont, Massachusetts, served by the MBTA’s Fitchburg Line.
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D.
Charge of the Heavy Brigade
The Charge of the Heavy Brigade was a successful but lesser-known British cavalry assault against Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War.
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E.
Old Mortality
Old Mortality is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott that dramatizes the turbulent period of the Covenanters’ struggles in 17th-century Scotland.
- 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: Marmion Target entity description: Marmion is a narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott, best known for its romanticized depiction of 16th-century Scottish-English conflict culminating in the Battle of Flodden.
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A.
Waverley
Waverley is a local government district and borough in Surrey, England, known for its market towns, rural landscapes, and part of the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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B.
Waverley
Waverley is an 1814 historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, often regarded as one of the first major works of historical fiction in English literature.
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C.
Waverley
Waverley is a commuter rail station in Belmont, Massachusetts, served by the MBTA’s Fitchburg Line.
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D.
Charge of the Heavy Brigade
The Charge of the Heavy Brigade was a successful but lesser-known British cavalry assault against Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War.
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E.
Old Mortality
Old Mortality is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott that dramatizes the turbulent period of the Covenanters’ struggles in 17th-century Scotland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
narrative poem
ⓘ
poem ⓘ |
| author |
Sir Walter Scott
ⓘ
Sir Walter Scott ⓘ
surface form:
Walter Scott
|
| centuryOfPublication | 19th century ⓘ |
| contains | Introduction to each canto ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | The Right Honourable Henry Lord Montague ⓘ |
| famousLine | Oh what a tangled web we weave, / When first we practise to deceive! ⓘ |
| famousLineSpeaker | Sir Walter Scott ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | quarto ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Lady of the Lake ⓘ |
| genre |
historical poetry
ⓘ
romantic poetry ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
dramatic readings
ⓘ
illustrated editions ⓘ |
| historicalEventDepicted | Battle of Flodden ⓘ |
| literaryForm | verse romance ⓘ |
| literaryInfluenceOn | 19th-century historical romance ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Clare
ⓘ
Constance de Beverley ⓘ Henry VIII of England ⓘ
surface form:
King Henry VIII of England
James IV of Scotland ⓘ
surface form:
King James IV of Scotland
Marmion self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lord Marmion
|
| medium | print ⓘ |
| meter | iambic tetrameter ⓘ |
| notableFor |
portrayal of the Battle of Flodden
ⓘ
romanticized depiction of Scottish-English conflict ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPublication |
Edinburgh
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| precededBy | The Lay of the Last Minstrel ⓘ |
| primaryLocationDepicted |
England
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1808 ⓘ |
| publisher | Archibald Constable ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 16th century ⓘ |
| structure | six cantos ⓘ |
| subject |
Anglo-Scottish Wars
ⓘ
surface form:
Anglo-Scottish wars
political intrigue ⓘ religious conflict ⓘ |
| theme |
betrayal
ⓘ
chivalry ⓘ honor ⓘ national conflict ⓘ romantic love ⓘ |
| yearOfEventDepicted | 1513 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Marmion Description of subject: Marmion is a narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott, best known for its romanticized depiction of 16th-century Scottish-English conflict culminating in the Battle of Flodden.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
"Marmion"
this entity surface form:
Walter Scott poem "Marmion"
this entity surface form:
Lord Marmion