The Longest Journey
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The Longest Journey is a semi-autobiographical 1907 novel by E. M. Forster that explores themes of personal integrity, social convention, and the conflict between intellectual life and everyday reality.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Longest Journey canonical | 15 |
| The Longest Journey universe | 4 |
| The Longest Journey series | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1227980 — 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 Longest Journey Context triple: [E. M. Forster, notableWork, The Longest Journey]
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A.
Another World
Another World is an American daytime soap opera that aired on NBC from 1964 to 1999, known for its complex, intergenerational storylines set in the fictional town of Bay City.
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B.
Strife
Strife is a 1909 stage play by John Galsworthy that portrays a bitter industrial conflict between capital and labor, highlighting the human cost of class struggle.
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C.
Journey to a War
Journey to a War is a 1939 travelogue and poetic work by W. H. Auden (with Christopher Isherwood) documenting their journey through China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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D.
Kotor
Kotor is a historic coastal town in southwestern Montenegro, renowned for its well-preserved medieval old town and dramatic bay-side setting.
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E.
King of the Missions
King of the Missions is the nickname of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, a historically significant and once-largest Spanish mission in California renowned for its impressive architecture and influence.
- 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 Longest Journey Target entity description: The Longest Journey is a semi-autobiographical 1907 novel by E. M. Forster that explores themes of personal integrity, social convention, and the conflict between intellectual life and everyday reality.
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A.
Another World
Another World is an American daytime soap opera that aired on NBC from 1964 to 1999, known for its complex, intergenerational storylines set in the fictional town of Bay City.
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B.
Strife
Strife is a 1909 stage play by John Galsworthy that portrays a bitter industrial conflict between capital and labor, highlighting the human cost of class struggle.
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C.
Journey to a War
Journey to a War is a 1939 travelogue and poetic work by W. H. Auden (with Christopher Isherwood) documenting their journey through China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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D.
Kotor
Kotor is a historic coastal town in southwestern Montenegro, renowned for its well-preserved medieval old town and dramatic bay-side setting.
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E.
King of the Missions
King of the Missions is the nickname of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, a historically significant and once-largest Spanish mission in California renowned for its impressive architecture and influence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| author | E. M. Forster ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describedAs | semi-autobiographical ⓘ |
| explores |
constraints of middle-class respectability
ⓘ
tension between ideals and practicality ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| followedBy | A Room with a View ⓘ |
| genre |
bildungsroman
ⓘ
novel of manners ⓘ semi-autobiographical novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Ansell
ⓘ
Herbert Pembroke ⓘ Mrs. Failing ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | regarded as one of Forster's most complex works ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Cambridge section
ⓘ
Sawston school section ⓘ Wiltshire section ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
education
ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ rural versus urban life ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| isPartOf | E. M. Forster's early novels ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Edwardian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Agnes Pembroke
ⓘ
Rickie Elliot ⓘ Stephen Wonham ⓘ |
| medium | book ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor | being considered one of E. M. Forster's most personal novels ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| precededBy | Where Angels Fear to Tread ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1907 ⓘ |
| publisher | Edward Arnold ⓘ |
| setting |
Cambridge University
ⓘ
Sawston ⓘ Wiltshire countryside ⓘ
linked to:
Wiltshire
|
| theme |
art and creativity
ⓘ
class and social status ⓘ conflict between intellectual life and everyday reality ⓘ individual versus society ⓘ marriage and compromise ⓘ personal integrity ⓘ social convention ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 20th century ⓘ |
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Subject: The Longest Journey Description of subject: The Longest Journey is a semi-autobiographical 1907 novel by E. M. Forster that explores themes of personal integrity, social convention, and the conflict between intellectual life and everyday reality.
Referenced by (20)
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