A way a lone a last a loved a long the
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"A way a lone a last a loved a long the" is the famously unfinished, looping final line of James Joyce’s experimental novel Finnegans Wake, which leads back into the book’s opening.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A way a lone a last a loved a long the canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10184385 — 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: A way a lone a last a loved a long the Context triple: [Finnegans Wake, closingWords, A way a lone a last a loved a long the]
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A.
Love Is a Long Road
"Love Is a Long Road" is a rock song by Tom Petty, featured on his acclaimed 1989 solo album Full Moon Fever.
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B.
A Long Line of Love
"A Long Line of Love" is a country song written by Thom Schuyler, best known for its heartfelt lyrics about enduring, generational love.
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C.
At Long Last Love
"At Long Last Love" is a popular jazz standard written by Cole Porter that has been widely recorded by vocalists, including Ella Fitzgerald.
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D.
I've Loved You So Long
"I've Loved You So Long" is a 2008 French drama film about a woman rebuilding her life and family relationships after a long prison sentence, acclaimed for Kristin Scott Thomas's powerful lead performance.
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E.
It’s a Long Road
"It’s a Long Road" is the reflective, emotionally driven theme song associated with the film *First Blood*, capturing the inner struggle and loneliness of its protagonist, John Rambo.
- 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: A way a lone a last a loved a long the Target entity description: "A way a lone a last a loved a long the" is the famously unfinished, looping final line of James Joyce’s experimental novel Finnegans Wake, which leads back into the book’s opening.
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A.
Love Is a Long Road
"Love Is a Long Road" is a rock song by Tom Petty, featured on his acclaimed 1989 solo album Full Moon Fever.
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B.
A Long Line of Love
"A Long Line of Love" is a country song written by Thom Schuyler, best known for its heartfelt lyrics about enduring, generational love.
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C.
At Long Last Love
"At Long Last Love" is a popular jazz standard written by Cole Porter that has been widely recorded by vocalists, including Ella Fitzgerald.
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D.
I've Loved You So Long
"I've Loved You So Long" is a 2008 French drama film about a woman rebuilding her life and family relationships after a long prison sentence, acclaimed for Kristin Scott Thomas's powerful lead performance.
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E.
It’s a Long Road
"It’s a Long Road" is the reflective, emotionally driven theme song associated with the film *First Blood*, capturing the inner struggle and loneliness of its protagonist, John Rambo.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
closing line
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literary quotation ⓘ looping ending ⓘ sentence ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Finnegans Wake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
circular time motif
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experimental modernist fiction ⓘ modernism ⓘ themes of love and loss ⓘ |
| author | James Joyce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
opening line of Finnegans Wake
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riverrun, past Eve and Adam’s NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs | famously unfinished, looping final line of Finnegans Wake ⓘ |
| feature |
circular structure
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experimental prose ⓘ stream of consciousness style ⓘ unfinished syntax ⓘ |
| function | to loop the end of the book back to its beginning ⓘ |
| hasLengthInWords | 10 ⓘ |
| hasPunctuation | none ⓘ |
| hasWord |
last
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lone ⓘ long ⓘ loved ⓘ the ⓘ way ⓘ |
| influenced | discussions of circular narrative in literature ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memorability | high among Joyce readers ⓘ |
| notableFor |
circular narrative effect
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iconic status in modernist literature ⓘ open-ended interpretation ⓘ |
| partOf | ending of Finnegans Wake ⓘ |
| positionInWork | final line ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfWork | 1939 ⓘ |
| quotationType | closing sentence of a novel ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Joyce studies
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modernist literature courses ⓘ |
| usedIn | literary criticism of James Joyce ⓘ |
| work | Finnegans Wake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A way a lone a last a loved a long the Description of subject: "A way a lone a last a loved a long the" is the famously unfinished, looping final line of James Joyce’s experimental novel Finnegans Wake, which leads back into the book’s opening.
Referenced by (1)
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