Life of Jonathan Swift
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"Life of Jonathan Swift" is a biographical essay on the satirist Jonathan Swift, included among Samuel Johnson’s collected lives of notable English poets.
All labels observed (1)
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| Life of Jonathan Swift canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11552966 — 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: Life of Jonathan Swift Context triple: [The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, hasPart, Life of Jonathan Swift]
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A.
Portrait of Jonathan Swift
Portrait of Jonathan Swift is an early 18th-century oil painting depicting the famed Anglo-Irish satirist, best known as the author of "Gulliver’s Travels."
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B.
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and clergyman best known for works like "Gulliver’s Travels" and "A Modest Proposal," which sharply critiqued politics and society.
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C.
The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus
The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus is a satirical prose work collaboratively written by members of the early 18th-century Scriblerus Club, including Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope, parodying pedantry and false learning through the fictional scholar Martinus Scriblerus.
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Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels is a satirical novel by Jonathan Swift that uses fantastical voyages to critique human nature, politics, and society in early 18th-century Britain.
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E.
Voltaire’s Bastards
Voltaire’s Bastards is a non-fiction book by John Ralston Saul that critiques the dominance of rationalist technocracy in modern Western society and its corrosive effects on democracy and human values.
- 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: Life of Jonathan Swift Target entity description: "Life of Jonathan Swift" is a biographical essay on the satirist Jonathan Swift, included among Samuel Johnson’s collected lives of notable English poets.
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A.
Portrait of Jonathan Swift
Portrait of Jonathan Swift is an early 18th-century oil painting depicting the famed Anglo-Irish satirist, best known as the author of "Gulliver’s Travels."
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B.
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and clergyman best known for works like "Gulliver’s Travels" and "A Modest Proposal," which sharply critiqued politics and society.
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C.
The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus
The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus is a satirical prose work collaboratively written by members of the early 18th-century Scriblerus Club, including Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope, parodying pedantry and false learning through the fictional scholar Martinus Scriblerus.
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D.
Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels is a satirical novel by Jonathan Swift that uses fantastical voyages to critique human nature, politics, and society in early 18th-century Britain.
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E.
Voltaire’s Bastards
Voltaire’s Bastards is a non-fiction book by John Ralston Saul that critiques the dominance of rationalist technocracy in modern Western society and its corrosive effects on democracy and human values.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biographical essay
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literary biography ⓘ |
| about |
character of Jonathan Swift
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life of Jonathan Swift ⓘ literary career of Jonathan Swift ⓘ satirical writings of Jonathan Swift ⓘ works of Jonathan Swift ⓘ |
| associatedWith | 18th-century English literature ⓘ |
| author | Samuel Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| biographicalSubject |
author of A Modest Proposal
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author of A Tale of a Tub ⓘ author of Gulliver’s Travels ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Swift’s clerical career
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Swift’s early life ⓘ Swift’s education ⓘ Swift’s major publications ⓘ Swift’s political involvement ⓘ Swift’s reputation ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
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literary criticism ⓘ |
| hasBiographicalSubjectNationality | Anglo-Irish ⓘ |
| hasBiographicalSubjectOccupation |
clergyman
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political pamphleteer ⓘ satirist ⓘ |
| hasCriticalApproach |
assessment of Swift’s politics
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assessment of Swift’s style ⓘ moral evaluation of Swift ⓘ |
| includedIn | Samuel Johnson’s Lives of the English Poets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedInCollectionBy | Samuel Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovementContext | Augustan literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| partOf | Lives of the Poets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodDescribed |
early 18th century
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late 17th century ⓘ |
| relatedPerson |
Jonathan Swift
NERFINISHED
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Samuel Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Lives of the Poets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject | Jonathan Swift NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tone |
analytical
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critical ⓘ |
| workType | prose life ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Dr. Samuel Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Life of Jonathan Swift Description of subject: "Life of Jonathan Swift" is a biographical essay on the satirist Jonathan Swift, included among Samuel Johnson’s collected lives of notable English poets.
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