To the Lighthouse
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To the Lighthouse is a modernist novel by Virginia Woolf that explores memory, perception, and the passage of time through the shifting inner lives of a family and their guests on the Isle of Skye.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| To the Lighthouse canonical | 2 |
| To the Lighthouse (stage adaptations) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2577702 — 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: To the Lighthouse Context triple: [Virginia Woolf, notableWork, To the Lighthouse]
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A.
Wings of a Dove
"Wings of a Dove" is a popular 1983 ska single by the British band Culture Club, known for its upbeat, gospel-influenced sound and celebratory lyrics.
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B.
The Golden Bowl
The Golden Bowl is a 1904 novel by Henry James that intricately explores marriage, betrayal, and moral consciousness among wealthy Americans and Europeans.
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C.
Cat's Eye
Cat's Eye is a psychologically rich novel by Margaret Atwood that explores memory, identity, and the lasting impact of childhood friendships and bullying on an adult woman artist.
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D.
Strange Interlude
Strange Interlude is a landmark experimental play by Eugene O’Neill, renowned for its use of interior monologues to explore the psychological lives and moral conflicts of its characters.
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E.
The Hours
The Hours is a 2002 drama film, based on Michael Cunningham’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, that interweaves the lives of three women in different eras connected by Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway.
- 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: To the Lighthouse Target entity description: To the Lighthouse is a modernist novel by Virginia Woolf that explores memory, perception, and the passage of time through the shifting inner lives of a family and their guests on the Isle of Skye.
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A.
Wings of a Dove
"Wings of a Dove" is a popular 1983 ska single by the British band Culture Club, known for its upbeat, gospel-influenced sound and celebratory lyrics.
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B.
The Golden Bowl
The Golden Bowl is a 1904 novel by Henry James that intricately explores marriage, betrayal, and moral consciousness among wealthy Americans and Europeans.
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C.
Cat's Eye
Cat's Eye is a psychologically rich novel by Margaret Atwood that explores memory, identity, and the lasting impact of childhood friendships and bullying on an adult woman artist.
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D.
Strange Interlude
Strange Interlude is a landmark experimental play by Eugene O’Neill, renowned for its use of interior monologues to explore the psychological lives and moral conflicts of its characters.
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E.
The Hours
The Hours is a 2002 drama film, based on Michael Cunningham’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, that interweaves the lives of three women in different eras connected by Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
modernist novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Virginia Woolf ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| genre |
modernist literature
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psychological fiction ⓘ stream-of-consciousness fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
To the Lighthouse (1983 television film)
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To the Lighthouse self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
To the Lighthouse (stage adaptations)
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| hasCharacter |
Cam Ramsay
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Charles Tansley ⓘ James Ramsay ⓘ Minta Doyle ⓘ Paul Rayley ⓘ William Bankes ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Lily Briscoe
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Mr Ramsay ⓘ Mrs Ramsay ⓘ |
| hasPart |
The Lighthouse
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The Window ⓘ Time Passes ⓘ |
| hasSymbol |
Lily Briscoe’s painting
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the lighthouse ⓘ the sea ⓘ |
| includedIn | Modernist literary canon ⓘ |
| influenced | 20th-century narrative fiction ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Impressionism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | shifting third-person limited ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique | stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of interior consciousness
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innovative narrative form ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| publicationDate | 1927 ⓘ |
| publisher | Hogarth Press ⓘ |
| setInCountry | Scotland ⓘ |
| setInLocation | Isle of Skye ⓘ |
| structure | three-part structure ⓘ |
| theme |
art and creativity
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ephemerality of life ⓘ family relationships ⓘ gender roles ⓘ memory ⓘ perception ⓘ the passage of time ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting |
post-World War I
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pre-World War I ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: To the Lighthouse Description of subject: To the Lighthouse is a modernist novel by Virginia Woolf that explores memory, perception, and the passage of time through the shifting inner lives of a family and their guests on the Isle of Skye.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
To the Lighthouse (stage adaptations)