Orlando: A Biography
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Orlando: A Biography is a modernist novel by Virginia Woolf that playfully blends fantasy and biography to follow its gender-shifting protagonist across several centuries of English history.
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| Orlando: A Biography canonical | 3 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Orlando: A Biography Context triple: [Virginia Woolf, notableWork, Orlando: A Biography]
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A Promise Fulfilled (autobiography)
A Promise Fulfilled is the autobiography of King Abdullah II of Jordan, recounting his life, rise to the throne, and perspectives on Jordan’s political and social challenges.
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City of Firsts
City of Firsts is a historic Massachusetts city known for its early industrial innovations and numerous pioneering achievements in American manufacturing and technology.
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C.
Along This Way (autobiography)
Along This Way is the autobiography of James Weldon Johnson, chronicling his life as a writer, civil rights leader, and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
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Three Weeks in Havana
"Three Weeks in Havana" is a song featured on the album "Heigh Ho."
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Miami and the Siege of Chicago
"Miami and the Siege of Chicago" is Norman Mailer’s book-length work of New Journalism that chronicles and critiques the 1968 Republican and Democratic national conventions and the turbulent political climate surrounding them.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Orlando: A Biography Target entity description: Orlando: A Biography is a modernist novel by Virginia Woolf that playfully blends fantasy and biography to follow its gender-shifting protagonist across several centuries of English history.
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A.
A Promise Fulfilled (autobiography)
A Promise Fulfilled is the autobiography of King Abdullah II of Jordan, recounting his life, rise to the throne, and perspectives on Jordan’s political and social challenges.
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B.
City of Firsts
City of Firsts is a historic Massachusetts city known for its early industrial innovations and numerous pioneering achievements in American manufacturing and technology.
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C.
Along This Way (autobiography)
Along This Way is the autobiography of James Weldon Johnson, chronicling his life as a writer, civil rights leader, and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
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D.
Three Weeks in Havana
"Three Weeks in Havana" is a song featured on the album "Heigh Ho."
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E.
Miami and the Siege of Chicago
"Miami and the Siege of Chicago" is Norman Mailer’s book-length work of New Journalism that chronicles and critiques the 1968 Republican and Democratic national conventions and the turbulent political climate surrounding them.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
LGBT literature
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modernist novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
Orlando in Orlando
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surface form:
Orlando (1992 film)
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| author | Virginia Woolf ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Vita Sackville-West ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
constraints of gender roles
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fluidity of identity ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Sally Potter ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| form | fictional biography ⓘ |
| genre |
LGBT fiction
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biographical fiction ⓘ fantasy fiction ⓘ feminist literature ⓘ modernist fiction ⓘ |
| hasIllustrations | photographs of Vita Sackville-West by Leonard Woolf and others ⓘ |
| hasLiterarySignificance |
early exploration of gender fluidity in literature
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important work in queer literary canon ⓘ major work in Virginia Woolf’s oeuvre ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Vita Sackville-West ⓘ |
| languageStyle | experimental prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Orlando ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | mock-biographical narrator ⓘ |
| narrativeFeature |
blend of fantasy and biography
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gender transformation of protagonist ⓘ spans several centuries of English history ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Archduchess Harriet / Archduke Harry
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Marmaduke Bonthrop Shelmerdine ⓘ Sasha ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| publicationDate | 1928 ⓘ |
| publisher | Hogarth Press ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
18th century
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English Renaissance ⓘ
surface form:
Elizabethan era
Stuart period ⓘ
surface form:
Jacobean era
Victorian era ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ |
| structure | chronicle spanning over 300 years ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
English literary history
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gender identity ⓘ sexuality ⓘ social roles ⓘ time ⓘ |
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