The Military Philosophers
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The Military Philosophers is a novel by British author Anthony Powell, part of his multi-volume sequence "A Dance to the Music of Time," depicting wartime experiences and social change during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Military Philosophers canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5711532 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Military Philosophers Context triple: [Anthony Powell, notableWork, The Military Philosophers]
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A.
Principes de la guerre
Principes de la guerre is a seminal military theory treatise by French Marshal Ferdinand Foch that analyzes the fundamental principles and conduct of modern warfare.
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B.
The Arts of War
The Arts of War is a pair of monumental equestrian bronze sculptures by Leo Friedlander that symbolize martial valor and sacrifice, installed at the Washington, D.C. entrance to Arlington Memorial Bridge.
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C.
VIRTUTI MILITARI
VIRTUTI MILITARI is Poland’s highest military decoration for valor in the face of the enemy, awarded for exceptional bravery on the battlefield.
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D.
Enchiridion militis Christiani
Enchiridion militis Christiani is a moral and devotional handbook by Desiderius Erasmus that guides Christians in living a sincere, inwardly focused faith rather than relying on external rituals.
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E.
The Art of War
The Art of War is a 1521 military treatise by Niccolò Machiavelli that presents his theories on warfare, strategy, and the organization of armies in a dialogue format.
- 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 Military Philosophers Target entity description: The Military Philosophers is a novel by British author Anthony Powell, part of his multi-volume sequence "A Dance to the Music of Time," depicting wartime experiences and social change during World War II.
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A.
Principes de la guerre
Principes de la guerre is a seminal military theory treatise by French Marshal Ferdinand Foch that analyzes the fundamental principles and conduct of modern warfare.
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B.
The Arts of War
The Arts of War is a pair of monumental equestrian bronze sculptures by Leo Friedlander that symbolize martial valor and sacrifice, installed at the Washington, D.C. entrance to Arlington Memorial Bridge.
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C.
VIRTUTI MILITARI
VIRTUTI MILITARI is Poland’s highest military decoration for valor in the face of the enemy, awarded for exceptional bravery on the battlefield.
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D.
Enchiridion militis Christiani
Enchiridion militis Christiani is a moral and devotional handbook by Desiderius Erasmus that guides Christians in living a sincere, inwardly focused faith rather than relying on external rituals.
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E.
The Art of War
The Art of War is a 1521 military treatise by Niccolò Machiavelli that presents his theories on warfare, strategy, and the organization of armies in a dialogue format.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Anthony Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfFirstPublication | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depictsEvent | Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | A Dance to the Music of Time universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Books Do Furnish a Room NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | The Soldier’s Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
war novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Charles Stringham
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
General Liddament NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenneth Widmerpool NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicholas Jenkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Odo Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ Pamela Widmerpool NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | reputation of Anthony Powell as war novelist ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasMedium | book ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
British Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
War Office NERFINISHED ⓘ diplomatic missions ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Military Philosophers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isAbout |
British military administration in World War II
ⓘ
wartime experiences of Nicholas Jenkins ⓘ |
| isFictionalWork | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryCycle | A Dance to the Music of Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century British literature ⓘ |
| literarySeries | A Dance to the Music of Time: Third Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Nicholas Jenkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movementInSeries | Third Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Nicholas Jenkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTitle | The Military Philosophers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | A Dance to the Music of Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationType | print ⓘ |
| publisher | Heinemann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesNumber | 9 ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
1940s
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World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
British officer class
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military life ⓘ personal relationships in war ⓘ social change ⓘ wartime bureaucracy ⓘ |
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Subject: The Military Philosophers Description of subject: The Military Philosophers is a novel by British author Anthony Powell, part of his multi-volume sequence "A Dance to the Music of Time," depicting wartime experiences and social change during World War II.
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