The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a landmark English Romantic narrative poem that tells the haunting tale of a sailor cursed after killing an albatross, exploring themes of guilt, redemption, and humanity’s relationship with nature.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1149756 — 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)
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Target entity: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Context triple: [Samuel Taylor Coleridge, notableWork, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner]
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The Lady of Shalott
The Lady of Shalott is a famous 19th-century painting by John William Waterhouse, inspired by Alfred Tennyson’s poem and celebrated as an iconic example of Pre-Raphaelite romanticism and medievalism.
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Kubla Khan
"Kubla Khan" is a famous unfinished poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, celebrated for its vivid, dreamlike imagery and exploration of the creative imagination.
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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a long narrative poem by Lord Byron that helped establish his fame and popularized the brooding, romantic "Byronic hero" in early 19th-century literature.
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The Seafarer
The Seafarer is an Old English elegiac poem that reflects on the hardships of life at sea and the spiritual journey of the speaker.
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Childe Harold Wills
Childe Harold Wills was an American engineer and metallurgist best known for his key role in developing early Ford automobiles, including major contributions to the Model T.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Target entity description: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a landmark English Romantic narrative poem that tells the haunting tale of a sailor cursed after killing an albatross, exploring themes of guilt, redemption, and humanity’s relationship with nature.
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A.
The Lady of Shalott
The Lady of Shalott is a famous 19th-century painting by John William Waterhouse, inspired by Alfred Tennyson’s poem and celebrated as an iconic example of Pre-Raphaelite romanticism and medievalism.
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B.
Kubla Khan
"Kubla Khan" is a famous unfinished poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, celebrated for its vivid, dreamlike imagery and exploration of the creative imagination.
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C.
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a long narrative poem by Lord Byron that helped establish his fame and popularized the brooding, romantic "Byronic hero" in early 19th-century literature.
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D.
The Seafarer
The Seafarer is an Old English elegiac poem that reflects on the hardships of life at sea and the spiritual journey of the speaker.
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E.
Childe Harold Wills
Childe Harold Wills was an American engineer and metallurgist best known for his key role in developing early Ford automobiles, including major contributions to the Model T.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English poem
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Romantic poem ⓘ literary work ⓘ narrative poem ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
musical compositions
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radio dramas ⓘ stage works ⓘ visual art ⓘ |
| author | Samuel Taylor Coleridge ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | landmark of English Romantic poetry ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Death
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Life-in-Death ⓘ ship’s crew ⓘ wedding guest ⓘ |
| coPublicationWith | William Wordsworth ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| famousLine |
He prayeth best, who loveth best all things both great and small
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Water, water, every where, nor any drop to drink ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1798 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Lyrical Ballads ⓘ |
| form | ballad ⓘ |
| frameNarrator | wedding guest ⓘ |
| genre | narrative poetry ⓘ |
| hasGlossesBy | Samuel Taylor Coleridge ⓘ |
| influenced |
Victorian literature
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modernist writers ⓘ |
| keyEvent | killing of the albatross ⓘ |
| keySymbol | albatross ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterVersionPublishedIn |
Sibylline Leaves
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linked to:
Sibylline books
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| laterVersionYear | 1817 ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
English Romanticism
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linked to:
Romanticism
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| literaryPeriod | Romanticism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
ancient mariner
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linked to:
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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| meter | ballad meter ⓘ |
| moral | He prayeth best, who loveth best all things both great and small ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person frame narrative ⓘ |
| setting |
sea voyage
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wedding feast ⓘ |
| structure | seven parts ⓘ |
| studiedIn | English literature curricula ⓘ |
| theme |
fate and chance
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guilt ⓘ humanity’s relationship with nature ⓘ isolation ⓘ redemption ⓘ respect for all living things ⓘ sin and punishment ⓘ suffering ⓘ the supernatural ⓘ |
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Subject: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Description of subject: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a landmark English Romantic narrative poem that tells the haunting tale of a sailor cursed after killing an albatross, exploring themes of guilt, redemption, and humanity’s relationship with nature.
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Water, water, every where, nor any drop to drink
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Water, water, every where, nor any drop to drink
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Coleridge family
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Snake (poem)
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The Albatross in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
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