Memoirs of an Infantry Officer
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Memoirs of an Infantry Officer is Siegfried Sassoon’s semi-autobiographical World War I novel that vividly portrays the psychological and moral impact of trench warfare on a young British officer.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Memoirs of an Infantry Officer canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1908181 — 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: Memoirs of an Infantry Officer Context triple: [Siegfried Sassoon, notableWork, Memoirs of an Infantry Officer]
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A.
Mémoires de guerre
Mémoires de guerre is Charles de Gaulle’s famous three-volume autobiographical account of his role in World War II and the Free French movement.
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B.
Scènes de la vie militaire
Scènes de la vie militaire is a collection of military-themed stories by Honoré de Balzac that forms part of his larger novel cycle La Comédie humaine.
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C.
A Memory of Solferino
A Memory of Solferino is a seminal 1862 book by Henry Dunant that vividly recounts the horrors of the Battle of Solferino and inspired the creation of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the modern humanitarian movement.
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D.
The Career of a Tsarist Officer
"The Career of a Tsarist Officer" is a memoir by Russian general Anton Denikin recounting his experiences and perspectives as an officer in the late Imperial Russian Army and during the revolutionary era.
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E.
Principes de la guerre
Principes de la guerre is a seminal military theory treatise by French Marshal Ferdinand Foch that analyzes the fundamental principles and conduct of modern warfare.
- 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: Memoirs of an Infantry Officer Target entity description: Memoirs of an Infantry Officer is Siegfried Sassoon’s semi-autobiographical World War I novel that vividly portrays the psychological and moral impact of trench warfare on a young British officer.
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A.
Mémoires de guerre
Mémoires de guerre is Charles de Gaulle’s famous three-volume autobiographical account of his role in World War II and the Free French movement.
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B.
Scènes de la vie militaire
Scènes de la vie militaire is a collection of military-themed stories by Honoré de Balzac that forms part of his larger novel cycle La Comédie humaine.
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C.
A Memory of Solferino
A Memory of Solferino is a seminal 1862 book by Henry Dunant that vividly recounts the horrors of the Battle of Solferino and inspired the creation of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the modern humanitarian movement.
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D.
The Career of a Tsarist Officer
"The Career of a Tsarist Officer" is a memoir by Russian general Anton Denikin recounting his experiences and perspectives as an officer in the late Imperial Russian Army and during the revolutionary era.
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E.
Principes de la guerre
Principes de la guerre is a seminal military theory treatise by French Marshal Ferdinand Foch that analyzes the fundamental principles and conduct of modern warfare.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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semi‑autobiographical novel ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| author | Siegfried Sassoon ⓘ |
| basedOn | Siegfried Sassoon’s World War I experiences ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| follows |
Memoirs of a Fox‑Hunting Man
ⓘ
linked to:
Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man
|
| genre |
World War I fiction
ⓘ
autobiographical fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | stage adaptations ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
George Sherston’s commanding officers
ⓘ
enlisted soldiers ⓘ fellow infantry officers ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose narrative ⓘ |
| includedIn | canons of World War I literature ⓘ |
| influenced | later World War I literature ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | war poetry and prose tradition ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th‑century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
George Sherston
ⓘ
linked to:
George Sherston trilogy
|
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first‑person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of military leadership
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exploration of shell shock ⓘ vivid depiction of trench warfare ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1930 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Sherston trilogy
ⓘ
linked to:
Sherston’s Progress
|
| placeOfSetting |
France
ⓘ
Western Front trenches ⓘ
linked to:
Western Front
|
| precedes | Sherston’s Progress ⓘ |
| protagonistBasedOn | Siegfried Sassoon ⓘ |
| publisher | Faber and Faber ⓘ |
| settingConflict | Western Front ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | World War I ⓘ |
| subject |
British Army officers
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moral conflict ⓘ pacifism ⓘ psychological effects of war ⓘ trench warfare ⓘ war trauma ⓘ |
| theme |
class and the British officer corps
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courage and cowardice ⓘ disillusionment with war ⓘ individual conscience versus duty ⓘ |
| timeOfSettingEnd | 1917 ⓘ |
| timeOfSettingStart | 1916 ⓘ |
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