La Belle Dame sans Merci
E233703
La Belle Dame sans Merci is a famous narrative ballad by John Keats that tells a haunting, melancholic tale of a knight bewitched and abandoned by a mysterious fairy woman.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| La Belle Dame sans Merci canonical | 2 |
| Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St Agnes, and Other Poems | 2 |
| "La Belle Dame sans Merci" (poem) | 1 |
| “La Belle Dame sans Merci” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2103191 — 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: La Belle Dame sans Merci Context triple: [John Keats, notableWork, La Belle Dame sans Merci]
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A.
La Belle Dame sans Merci
La Belle Dame sans Merci is a famous 1893 Pre-Raphaelite painting by John William Waterhouse depicting a mysterious, enchanting femme fatale from medieval-inspired romantic lore.
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B.
The Lady of Shalott
The Lady of Shalott is a famous 19th-century painting by John William Waterhouse, inspired by Alfred Tennyson’s poem and celebrated as an iconic example of Pre-Raphaelite romanticism and medievalism.
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C.
Christabel
Christabel is a narrative poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge that blends Gothic mystery with supernatural elements and psychological ambiguity.
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D.
"The Lady of Shalott" (poem)
"The Lady of Shalott" is an 1832–1842 narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson that reimagines the Arthurian legend of Elaine of Astolat, focusing on a cursed woman isolated in a tower who can only view the world through a mirror.
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E.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a landmark English Romantic narrative poem that tells the haunting tale of a sailor cursed after killing an albatross, exploring themes of guilt, redemption, and humanity’s relationship with nature.
- 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: La Belle Dame sans Merci Target entity description: La Belle Dame sans Merci is a famous narrative ballad by John Keats that tells a haunting, melancholic tale of a knight bewitched and abandoned by a mysterious fairy woman.
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A.
La Belle Dame sans Merci
La Belle Dame sans Merci is a famous 1893 Pre-Raphaelite painting by John William Waterhouse depicting a mysterious, enchanting femme fatale from medieval-inspired romantic lore.
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B.
The Lady of Shalott
The Lady of Shalott is a famous 19th-century painting by John William Waterhouse, inspired by Alfred Tennyson’s poem and celebrated as an iconic example of Pre-Raphaelite romanticism and medievalism.
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C.
Christabel
Christabel is a narrative poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge that blends Gothic mystery with supernatural elements and psychological ambiguity.
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D.
"The Lady of Shalott" (poem)
"The Lady of Shalott" is an 1832–1842 narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson that reimagines the Arthurian legend of Elaine of Astolat, focusing on a cursed woman isolated in a tower who can only view the world through a mirror.
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E.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a landmark English Romantic narrative poem that tells the haunting tale of a sailor cursed after killing an albatross, exploring themes of guilt, redemption, and humanity’s relationship with nature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English Romantic poem
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narrative ballad ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| author | John Keats ⓘ |
| collectedIn |
La Belle Dame sans Merci
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St Agnes, and Other Poems
|
| commonlyAnthologized | yes ⓘ |
| containsSupernaturalElements | yes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| ending | ambiguous ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear |
1819
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1820 ⓘ |
| formVariant |
1819 manuscript version
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1820 published version ⓘ |
| frameNarrative | yes ⓘ |
| genre |
ballad
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narrative poetry ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
later Pre-Raphaelite art
ⓘ
symbolist poetry ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
French courtly love literature
ⓘ
medieval romance tradition ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
Romanticism
ⓘ
surface form:
Romantic period
|
| mainCharacter |
the knight-at-arms
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the mysterious lady ⓘ |
| meter | ballad meter ⓘ |
| motif |
dream or vision
ⓘ
enchanted lady ⓘ pale kings and warriors ⓘ withered nature ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakers | 2 ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | abcb ⓘ |
| setting | desolate natural landscape ⓘ |
| stanzaForm | quatrain ⓘ |
| studiedIn | English literature curricula ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | a knight bewitched by a fairy woman ⓘ |
| theme |
entrapment and abandonment
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fatal attraction ⓘ illusion versus reality ⓘ melancholy and desolation ⓘ the supernatural ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| titleTranslation |
"The Beautiful Lady Without Mercy"
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surface form:
The Beautiful Lady Without Mercy
|
| tone |
haunting
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melancholic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: La Belle Dame sans Merci Description of subject: La Belle Dame sans Merci is a famous narrative ballad by John Keats that tells a haunting, melancholic tale of a knight bewitched and abandoned by a mysterious fairy woman.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
La Belle Dame sans Merci (painting)
this entity surface form:
"La Belle Dame sans Merci" (poem)
this entity surface form:
Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St Agnes, and Other Poems
this entity surface form:
“La Belle Dame sans Merci”
this entity surface form:
Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St Agnes, and Other Poems
subject surface form:
John Keats