Romola
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Romola is a historical novel by George Eliot set in 15th-century Florence, exploring political upheaval, moral conflict, and personal transformation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Romola canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T505563 — 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: Romola Context triple: [George Eliot, notableWork, Romola]
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A.
Brida
Brida is a novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that follows a young Irish woman’s spiritual journey as she explores witchcraft, love, and self-discovery.
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B.
Pro Rege
Pro Rege is a multi-volume theological work by Dutch theologian and statesman Abraham Kuyper that explores the kingship of Christ over every sphere of life.
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C.
Carmen Saeculare
Carmen Saeculare is a choral composition by Benjamin Britten, written in 1973 to a Latin text and notable for its bright, ritualistic character.
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D.
Judith
Judith is a deuterocanonical book of the Bible that tells the story of a courageous Jewish widow who saves her people by beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes.
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E.
La figlia di Iorio
La figlia di Iorio is a 1904 verse tragedy by Italian writer Gabriele D’Annunzio, set in rural Abruzzo and renowned for its poetic language and portrayal of folk traditions and passionate, doomed love.
- 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: Romola Target entity description: Romola is a historical novel by George Eliot set in 15th-century Florence, exploring political upheaval, moral conflict, and personal transformation.
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A.
Brida
Brida is a novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that follows a young Irish woman’s spiritual journey as she explores witchcraft, love, and self-discovery.
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B.
Pro Rege
Pro Rege is a multi-volume theological work by Dutch theologian and statesman Abraham Kuyper that explores the kingship of Christ over every sphere of life.
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C.
Carmen Saeculare
Carmen Saeculare is a choral composition by Benjamin Britten, written in 1973 to a Latin text and notable for its bright, ritualistic character.
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D.
Judith
Judith is a deuterocanonical book of the Bible that tells the story of a courageous Jewish widow who saves her people by beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes.
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E.
La figlia di Iorio
La figlia di Iorio is a 1904 verse tragedy by Italian writer Gabriele D’Annunzio, set in rural Abruzzo and renowned for its poetic language and portrayal of folk traditions and passionate, doomed love.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| author | George Eliot ⓘ |
| authorRealName |
George Eliot
ⓘ
surface form:
Mary Ann Evans
|
| containsElement |
domestic drama
ⓘ
political intrigue ⓘ religious prophecy ⓘ |
| countryOfSetting | Italy ⓘ |
| explores |
civic responsibility
ⓘ
conflict between private and public duty ⓘ corruption and idealism in politics ⓘ individual conscience ⓘ marital betrayal ⓘ religious reform ⓘ role of women in Renaissance society ⓘ tension between humanism and religious zeal ⓘ |
| featuresHistoricalFigure | Girolamo Savonarola ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serial publication ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
ethical decision-making
ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ intellectual life in Renaissance Florence ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
ⓘ
philosophical novel ⓘ political novel ⓘ |
| hasAuthorPseudonym | George Eliot ⓘ |
| hasFemaleProtagonist | true ⓘ |
| historicalBackdrop |
fall of the Medici in Florence
ⓘ
rise of Savonarola in Florence ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Bardo de' Bardi
ⓘ
Romola de' Bardi ⓘ Girolamo Savonarola ⓘ
surface form:
Savonarola
Tito Melema ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
moral conflict
ⓘ
personal transformation ⓘ political upheaval ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalPublicationLanguage | English ⓘ |
| setInPlace | Florence ⓘ |
| setInTimePeriod | 15th-century ⓘ |
| settingCity | Florence ⓘ |
| settingContext |
Republic of Florence
ⓘ
surface form:
Florentine Republic
Renaissance ⓘ
surface form:
Italian Renaissance
|
| settingRegion | Tuscany ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timeOfAction | late 15th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Romola Description of subject: Romola is a historical novel by George Eliot set in 15th-century Florence, exploring political upheaval, moral conflict, and personal transformation.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.