The Doctor’s Wife
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"The Doctor’s Wife" is a short story by John Updike, included in his collection *Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories*, that explores the inner life and emotional complexities of a physician’s spouse.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Doctor’s Wife canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19664023 — 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: The Doctor’s Wife Context triple: [Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories, containsWork, The Doctor’s Wife]
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A.
The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife
"The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway that explores marital tension, moral conflict, and emotional distance through a terse, understated narrative style.
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B.
The Doctor's Daughter
"The Doctor's Daughter" is a 2008 episode of the British science fiction series Doctor Who, in which the Tenth Doctor unexpectedly encounters a genetically engineered soldier who is introduced as his daughter.
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C.
The Doctor Takes a Wife
The Doctor Takes a Wife is a 1937 American romantic comedy film shot by cinematographer Joseph Walker.
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D.
"The Doctor's Wife"
"The Doctor's Wife" is a 2011 episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, written by Neil Gaiman and notable for personifying the Doctor's TARDIS.
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E.
The Doctor's Dilemma
The Doctor's Dilemma is a satirical play by George Bernard Shaw that critiques medical ethics and the social values surrounding healthcare and artistic genius.
- 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: The Doctor’s Wife Target entity description: "The Doctor’s Wife" is a short story by John Updike, included in his collection *Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories*, that explores the inner life and emotional complexities of a physician’s spouse.
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A.
The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife
"The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway that explores marital tension, moral conflict, and emotional distance through a terse, understated narrative style.
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B.
The Doctor's Daughter
"The Doctor's Daughter" is a 2008 episode of the British science fiction series Doctor Who, in which the Tenth Doctor unexpectedly encounters a genetically engineered soldier who is introduced as his daughter.
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C.
The Doctor Takes a Wife
The Doctor Takes a Wife is a 1937 American romantic comedy film shot by cinematographer Joseph Walker.
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D.
"The Doctor's Wife"
"The Doctor's Wife" is a 2011 episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, written by Neil Gaiman and notable for personifying the Doctor's TARDIS.
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E.
The Doctor's Dilemma
The Doctor's Dilemma is a satirical play by George Bernard Shaw that critiques medical ethics and the social values surrounding healthcare and artistic genius.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.