Sherston’s Progress
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Sherston’s Progress is the third volume of Siegfried Sassoon’s semi-autobiographical Sherston trilogy, chronicling his World War I experiences and evolving disillusionment with the war.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sherston’s Progress canonical | 7 |
| Sherston trilogy | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1908182 — 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: Sherston’s Progress Context triple: [Siegfried Sassoon, notableWork, Sherston’s Progress]
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A.
Struggle in the Valley
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B.
End of the Trail
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C.
The Big Trail
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E.
Beau Geste
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- 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: Sherston’s Progress Target entity description: Sherston’s Progress is the third volume of Siegfried Sassoon’s semi-autobiographical Sherston trilogy, chronicling his World War I experiences and evolving disillusionment with the war.
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A.
Struggle in the Valley
Struggle in the Valley is a classic 1954 Egyptian drama film starring Faten Hamama and Omar Sharif, known for its romantic storyline and its role in launching Sharif’s film career.
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B.
End of the Trail
End of the Trail is a famous early 20th-century bronze sculpture depicting a weary Native American warrior slumped on his exhausted horse, symbolizing the suffering and displacement of Indigenous peoples in the United States.
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C.
The Big Trail
The Big Trail is a 1930 American epic Western film, notable for its early use of widescreen technology and for featuring one of John Wayne’s first leading roles.
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D.
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek is a 1944 American screwball comedy film directed by Preston Sturges, celebrated for its sharp satire and daring treatment of wartime morality and pregnancy.
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E.
Beau Geste
Beau Geste is a classic 1924 adventure novel by P. C. Wren, best known for its tale of three brothers who join the French Foreign Legion and for its multiple film adaptations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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semi-autobiographical novel ⓘ war literature ⓘ |
| author | Siegfried Sassoon ⓘ |
| basedOn | Siegfried Sassoon’s World War I experiences ⓘ |
| characterRealWorldCounterpart |
George Sherston – Siegfried Sassoon
ⓘ
linked to:
Siegfried Sassoon
|
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
soldier’s evolving attitude to war
ⓘ
treatment of shell shock ⓘ |
| follows | Memoirs of an Infantry Officer ⓘ |
| genre |
World War I fiction
ⓘ
autobiographical fiction ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistOccupation | British Army officer ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacterSurname | Sherston ⓘ |
| hasTrilogyVolumeNumber | 3 ⓘ |
| isSequelTo | Memoirs of an Infantry Officer ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | war poets tradition ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
George Sherston
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linked to:
George Sherston trilogy
|
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| partOf |
Sherston trilogy
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linked to:
Sherston’s Progress
|
| precedes | none ⓘ |
| publisher | Faber and Faber ⓘ |
| setting |
Western Front
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World War I ⓘ military hospitals ⓘ |
| theme |
disillusionment with war
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moral conflict ⓘ pacifism ⓘ psychological effects of war ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Sherston’s Progress Description of subject: Sherston’s Progress is the third volume of Siegfried Sassoon’s semi-autobiographical Sherston trilogy, chronicling his World War I experiences and evolving disillusionment with the war.
Referenced by (11)
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