The Ill-Made Knight
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The Ill-Made Knight is a 1940 fantasy novel by T. H. White that retells the life and inner struggles of Sir Lancelot within the larger Arthurian saga The Once and Future King.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Ill-Made Knight canonical | 6 |
| The Knight of the Cart | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3940501 — 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 Ill-Made Knight Context triple: [T. H. White, notableWork, The Ill-Made Knight]
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A.
Ejea de los Caballeros
Ejea de los Caballeros is a historic town in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, known for its medieval heritage and role as an agricultural and service center in the Cinco Villas region.
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B.
Knights Under the Prophet’s Banner
Knights Under the Prophet’s Banner is a manifesto-style book by Ayman al-Zawahiri outlining the ideology, history, and strategy of the global jihadist movement associated with al-Qaeda.
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C.
Lord of Hautefort
Lord of Hautefort was the feudal title held by the medieval Occitan noble and troubadour Bertrand de Born, associated with the castle and lands of Hautefort in southwestern France.
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D.
Knight, Death and the Devil
"Knight, Death and the Devil" is a renowned 1513 engraving by German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer depicting an armored knight steadfastly riding through a grim allegorical landscape accompanied by personifications of death and the devil.
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E.
The Gaunt Stranger
The Gaunt Stranger is a crime novel by British writer Edgar Wallace, centered on a mysterious master criminal and the efforts of the police to unmask him.
- 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: The Ill-Made Knight Target entity description: The Ill-Made Knight is a 1940 fantasy novel by T. H. White that retells the life and inner struggles of Sir Lancelot within the larger Arthurian saga The Once and Future King.
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A.
Ejea de los Caballeros
Ejea de los Caballeros is a historic town in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, known for its medieval heritage and role as an agricultural and service center in the Cinco Villas region.
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B.
Knights Under the Prophet’s Banner
Knights Under the Prophet’s Banner is a manifesto-style book by Ayman al-Zawahiri outlining the ideology, history, and strategy of the global jihadist movement associated with al-Qaeda.
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C.
Lord of Hautefort
Lord of Hautefort was the feudal title held by the medieval Occitan noble and troubadour Bertrand de Born, associated with the castle and lands of Hautefort in southwestern France.
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D.
Knight, Death and the Devil
"Knight, Death and the Devil" is a renowned 1513 engraving by German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer depicting an armored knight steadfastly riding through a grim allegorical landscape accompanied by personifications of death and the devil.
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E.
The Gaunt Stranger
The Gaunt Stranger is a crime novel by British writer Edgar Wallace, centered on a mysterious master criminal and the efforts of the police to unmask him.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arthurian novel
ⓘ
fantasy novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | T. H. White ⓘ |
| basedOn | Arthurian legend ⓘ |
| character |
Elaine of Corbenic
ⓘ
Galahad ⓘ
linked to:
Sir Galahad
King Arthur ⓘ Queen Guinevere ⓘ Sir Agravaine ⓘ
linked to:
Agravain
Sir Gareth ⓘ Sir Gawain ⓘ
linked to:
Gawain
Sir Mordred ⓘ
linked to:
Mordred
|
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| explores | psychological depth of Lancelot ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Lancelot and Guinevere's relationship
ⓘ
life of Sir Lancelot ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Candle in the Wind ⓘ |
| genre |
Arthurian literature
ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | modern portrayals of Lancelot ⓘ |
| hasSubplot |
Quest for the Holy Grail
ⓘ
linked to:
Queste del Saint Graal
|
| hasTitleOrigin | nickname of Sir Lancelot ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modern Arthurian reinterpretation ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Sir Lancelot ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor | introspective characterization of a legendary hero ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
The Once and Future King
ⓘ
linked to:
the Once and Future King
|
| portrays | Lancelot as physically unattractive ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Queen of Air and Darkness ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Collins
ⓘ
linked to:
Collins Educational
|
| seriesOrder | third volume of The Once and Future King ⓘ |
| setting |
Camelot
ⓘ
linked to:
King Arthur's court
medieval Britain ⓘ |
| theme |
chivalry
ⓘ
courtly love ⓘ honor ⓘ inner conflict ⓘ sin and redemption ⓘ spiritual quest ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | mythic Middle Ages ⓘ |
| workIn | 20th-century British literature ⓘ |
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Referenced by (7)
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linked to: The Ill-Made Knight