De Profundis
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De Profundis is a long, introspective letter written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment, reflecting on his life, suffering, and spiritual transformation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| De Profundis canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1579066 — 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: De Profundis Context triple: [Oscar Wilde, notableWork, De Profundis]
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A.
Letter to His Father
Letter to His Father is a long, unsent autobiographical letter by Franz Kafka in which he confronts and analyzes his fraught relationship with his domineering father.
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B.
A Confession
A Confession is a philosophical and spiritual autobiographical work by Leo Tolstoy in which he recounts his existential crisis and search for the meaning of life.
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C.
Twenty Letters to a Friend
"Twenty Letters to a Friend" is a memoir by Svetlana Alliluyeva, Joseph Stalin’s daughter, in which she reflects on her life inside the Soviet elite and her complex relationship with her father.
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D.
The Agony of the Mind
The Agony of the Mind is a sculptural work by Swedish artist Carl Milles that powerfully explores inner psychological struggle and emotional torment through expressive, modernist forms.
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E.
Epistle to Davie
"Epistle to Davie" is a verse epistle by Scottish poet Robert Burns, written in Scots dialect as a reflective, conversational poem addressed to his friend David Sillar.
- 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: De Profundis Target entity description: De Profundis is a long, introspective letter written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment, reflecting on his life, suffering, and spiritual transformation.
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A.
Letter to His Father
Letter to His Father is a long, unsent autobiographical letter by Franz Kafka in which he confronts and analyzes his fraught relationship with his domineering father.
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B.
A Confession
A Confession is a philosophical and spiritual autobiographical work by Leo Tolstoy in which he recounts his existential crisis and search for the meaning of life.
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C.
Twenty Letters to a Friend
"Twenty Letters to a Friend" is a memoir by Svetlana Alliluyeva, Joseph Stalin’s daughter, in which she reflects on her life inside the Soviet elite and her complex relationship with her father.
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D.
The Agony of the Mind
The Agony of the Mind is a sculptural work by Swedish artist Carl Milles that powerfully explores inner psychological struggle and emotional torment through expressive, modernist forms.
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E.
Epistle to Davie
"Epistle to Davie" is a verse epistle by Scottish poet Robert Burns, written in Scots dialect as a reflective, conversational poem addressed to his friend David Sillar.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
letter
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literary work ⓘ non-fiction prose ⓘ |
| addressedTo | Lord Alfred Douglas ⓘ |
| author | Oscar Wilde ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 1897 ⓘ |
| endDateWritten | March 1897 ⓘ |
| firstPublished | 1905 ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical writing
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epistolary work ⓘ prison literature ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
art and morality
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betrayal and responsibility ⓘ self-knowledge ⓘ spiritual growth through pain ⓘ suffering and redemption ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Biblical imagery
ⓘ
Christian theology ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Aestheticism
ⓘ
Decadent movement ⓘ
linked to:
Decadentism
|
| mainSubject |
Christianity
ⓘ
Oscar Wilde's life ⓘ
linked to:
Oscar Wilde libel trial
art and aesthetics ⓘ forgiveness ⓘ love ⓘ pride and humiliation ⓘ repentance ⓘ spiritual transformation ⓘ suffering ⓘ suffering as a path to insight ⓘ |
| notableFor |
insight into Oscar Wilde's character
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psychological depth ⓘ reflection on Victorian society ⓘ |
| originalForm | long letter ⓘ |
| placeOfWriting | Reading Gaol ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstEdition | Methuen & Co. ⓘ |
| relatedToEvent | Oscar Wilde's trial and conviction for gross indecency ⓘ |
| relatedToPeriod | Oscar Wilde's fall from social prominence ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Ballad of Reading Gaol ⓘ |
| startDateWritten | January 1897 ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | Out of the depths ⓘ |
| titleSource | Psalm 130 ⓘ |
| tone |
confessional
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introspective ⓘ meditative ⓘ |
| writtenDuring | Oscar Wilde's imprisonment ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: De Profundis Description of subject: De Profundis is a long, introspective letter written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment, reflecting on his life, suffering, and spiritual transformation.
Referenced by (5)
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