The Wild Irish Boy
E265975
The Wild Irish Boy is an 1808 Gothic novel by Irish writer Charles Maturin, exploring themes of identity, passion, and social conflict in a melodramatic, romanticized Ireland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Wild Irish Boy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2437048 — 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 Wild Irish Boy Context triple: [Charles Maturin, notableWork, The Wild Irish Boy]
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A.
Scotland the Brave
Scotland the Brave is a famous traditional Scottish patriotic song and pipe tune widely regarded as one of Scotland’s unofficial national anthems.
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B.
Love of Ireland
"Love of Ireland" is a collection of patriotic poems by Irish writer Dora Sigerson Shorter, reflecting themes of Irish nationalism and cultural identity.
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C.
An Gorta Mór
An Gorta Mór is the Irish name for the Great Famine of the mid-19th century, a catastrophic period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration that profoundly reshaped Ireland’s population and history.
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D.
Black 47
Black 47 is a 2018 Irish historical revenge thriller film set during the Great Famine, following a deserter from the British Army who returns home to find his family destroyed by starvation and injustice.
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E.
The Big Irishman
The Big Irishman is the nickname of Pat Quinn, a towering Canadian NHL defenseman and coach known for his physical play and successful coaching career.
- 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 Wild Irish Boy Target entity description: The Wild Irish Boy is an 1808 Gothic novel by Irish writer Charles Maturin, exploring themes of identity, passion, and social conflict in a melodramatic, romanticized Ireland.
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A.
Scotland the Brave
Scotland the Brave is a famous traditional Scottish patriotic song and pipe tune widely regarded as one of Scotland’s unofficial national anthems.
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B.
Love of Ireland
"Love of Ireland" is a collection of patriotic poems by Irish writer Dora Sigerson Shorter, reflecting themes of Irish nationalism and cultural identity.
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C.
An Gorta Mór
An Gorta Mór is the Irish name for the Great Famine of the mid-19th century, a catastrophic period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration that profoundly reshaped Ireland’s population and history.
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D.
Black 47
Black 47 is a 2018 Irish historical revenge thriller film set during the Great Famine, following a deserter from the British Army who returns home to find his family destroyed by starvation and injustice.
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E.
The Big Irishman
The Big Irishman is the nickname of Pat Quinn, a towering Canadian NHL defenseman and coach known for his physical play and successful coaching career.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gothic novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Charles Maturin ⓘ |
| centuryOfPublication | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| explores |
Irish national identity
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class tensions in Ireland ⓘ conflict between passion and social norms ⓘ emotional excess ⓘ |
| followsGenreTradition | Gothic romance ⓘ |
| genre |
Gothic fiction
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romantic fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation | clergyman-novelist ⓘ |
| hasForm | single-volume novel ⓘ |
| hasNationalityOfAuthor | Irish ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
melodramatic
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romanticized depiction of Ireland ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | prose ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorCareerPhase | early works of Charles Maturin ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1808 ⓘ |
| setting |
Island of Ireland
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surface form:
Ireland
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| theme |
identity
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passion ⓘ social conflict ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Wild Irish Boy Description of subject: The Wild Irish Boy is an 1808 Gothic novel by Irish writer Charles Maturin, exploring themes of identity, passion, and social conflict in a melodramatic, romanticized Ireland.
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