The Remains of the Day (1989 novel)
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The Remains of the Day is Kazuo Ishiguro’s acclaimed 1989 novel about an English butler whose reflections on duty, loyalty, and lost opportunities reveal the moral compromises of serving an aristocratic household between the world wars.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Remains of the Day | 5 |
| The Remains of the Day (1989 novel) canonical | 3 |
| The Remains of the Day (novel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20994786 — 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: The Remains of the Day (1989 novel) Context triple: [Lord Darlington, firstAppearance, The Remains of the Day (1989 novel)]
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The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day is a 1993 British drama film, based on Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel, about a devoted but emotionally repressed butler reflecting on duty, regret, and missed opportunities in pre- and post–World War II England.
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The Remains of the Day (stage adaptation)
The Remains of the Day (stage adaptation) is a theatrical play based on Kazuo Ishiguro’s acclaimed novel, dramatizing the restrained emotional life of an English butler against the backdrop of a declining interwar British aristocracy.
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Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited is a classic mid-20th-century English novel that explores themes of faith, memory, and the decline of the British aristocracy through the narrator’s complex relationship with the aristocratic Flyte family.
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Howards End
Howards End is a 1992 British period drama film, adapted from E.M. Forster’s novel, that explores class, inheritance, and social change in Edwardian England.
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Atonement (novel)
Atonement is a 2001 novel by Ian McEwan that explores guilt, memory, and the consequences of a young girl's false accusation across several decades and the backdrop of World War II.
- 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 Remains of the Day (1989 novel) Target entity description: The Remains of the Day is Kazuo Ishiguro’s acclaimed 1989 novel about an English butler whose reflections on duty, loyalty, and lost opportunities reveal the moral compromises of serving an aristocratic household between the world wars.
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A.
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day is a 1993 British drama film, based on Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel, about a devoted but emotionally repressed butler reflecting on duty, regret, and missed opportunities in pre- and post–World War II England.
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B.
The Remains of the Day (stage adaptation)
The Remains of the Day (stage adaptation) is a theatrical play based on Kazuo Ishiguro’s acclaimed novel, dramatizing the restrained emotional life of an English butler against the backdrop of a declining interwar British aristocracy.
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C.
Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited is a classic mid-20th-century English novel that explores themes of faith, memory, and the decline of the British aristocracy through the narrator’s complex relationship with the aristocratic Flyte family.
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D.
Howards End
Howards End is a 1992 British period drama film, adapted from E.M. Forster’s novel, that explores class, inheritance, and social change in Edwardian England.
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E.
Atonement (novel)
Atonement is a 2001 novel by Ian McEwan that explores guilt, memory, and the consequences of a young girl's false accusation across several decades and the backdrop of World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Lord Darlington (character)
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linked to: The Remains of the Day (1989 novel)
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