Officers and Gentlemen
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"Officers and Gentlemen" is the second novel in Evelyn Waugh's satirical "Sword of Honour" trilogy, following the misadventures of an English officer during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Officers and Gentlemen canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6635189 — 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: Officers and Gentlemen Context triple: [Sword of Honour trilogy, hasPart, Officers and Gentlemen]
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A.
Gentlemen
Gentlemen is the nickname and mascot identity for the men's athletic teams of Centenary College of Louisiana.
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B.
The Ladies Man
The Ladies Man is a 1961 American comedy film directed by and starring Jerry Lewis, known for its elaborate dollhouse-style set and Lewis’s trademark slapstick humor.
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C.
The Glamour Boys
The Glamour Boys is the popular nickname of South African football club Kaizer Chiefs F.C., renowned for its stylish play and large, passionate fan base.
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D.
Thin Man
Thin Man is a slender, humanoid alien infiltrator from the XCOM video game series known for disguising itself as a human and using poison-based attacks.
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E.
G-Men
G-Men is a popular nickname for the New York Giants, the professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area.
- 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: Officers and Gentlemen Target entity description: "Officers and Gentlemen" is the second novel in Evelyn Waugh's satirical "Sword of Honour" trilogy, following the misadventures of an English officer during World War II.
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A.
Gentlemen
Gentlemen is the nickname and mascot identity for the men's athletic teams of Centenary College of Louisiana.
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B.
The Ladies Man
The Ladies Man is a 1961 American comedy film directed by and starring Jerry Lewis, known for its elaborate dollhouse-style set and Lewis’s trademark slapstick humor.
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C.
The Glamour Boys
The Glamour Boys is the popular nickname of South African football club Kaizer Chiefs F.C., renowned for its stylish play and large, passionate fan base.
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D.
Thin Man
Thin Man is a slender, humanoid alien infiltrator from the XCOM video game series known for disguising itself as a human and using poison-based attacks.
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E.
G-Men
G-Men is a popular nickname for the New York Giants, the professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
ⓘ
satirical novel ⓘ |
| author | Evelyn Waugh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryDepicted | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Guy Crouchback NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Unconditional Surrender NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Men at Arms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
satire
ⓘ
war fiction ⓘ |
| hasPrequel | Men at Arms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Unconditional Surrender NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSeriesTitle | Sword of Honour trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernist literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Guy Crouchback NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalMedium | print ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Sword of Honour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | later work of Evelyn Waugh ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | 2 ⓘ |
| publisher | Chapman and Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
British Army
NERFINISHED
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World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
bureaucracy and incompetence in wartime
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disillusionment with war ⓘ honour and duty ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Officers and Gentlemen Description of subject: "Officers and Gentlemen" is the second novel in Evelyn Waugh's satirical "Sword of Honour" trilogy, following the misadventures of an English officer during World War II.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh