The Blue Castle
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The Blue Castle is a 1926 novel by L. M. Montgomery that follows a downtrodden young woman who finds freedom, love, and self-discovery after a life-changing medical diagnosis.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Blue Castle canonical | 1 |
| The Blue Castle (1986 Polish film "Zamek w chmurach") | 1 |
| The Blue Castle (novel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5753507 — 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 Blue Castle Context triple: [Lucy Maud Montgomery, notableWork, The Blue Castle]
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A.
The Castle
The Castle is a historic government building in Jamestown that serves as a key administrative and architectural landmark of the area.
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B.
The Castle
The Castle is a surreal, unfinished novel by Franz Kafka that follows a land surveyor’s futile attempts to gain access to a mysterious, bureaucratic authority that governs a remote village.
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C.
The Castle
The Castle is the iconic red sandstone building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., that serves as the historic headquarters and visitor center of the Smithsonian Institution.
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D.
The Castle
The Castle is a historic fortification in Mumbai, India, that served as the original fortified settlement of the British East India Company in the city.
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E.
Lord Weary’s Castle
Lord Weary’s Castle is a Pulitzer Prize–winning 1946 poetry collection by Robert Lowell, noted for its dense, allusive style and exploration of religion, history, and personal turmoil.
- 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 Blue Castle Target entity description: The Blue Castle is a 1926 novel by L. M. Montgomery that follows a downtrodden young woman who finds freedom, love, and self-discovery after a life-changing medical diagnosis.
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A.
The Castle
The Castle is a historic government building in Jamestown that serves as a key administrative and architectural landmark of the area.
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B.
The Castle
The Castle is the iconic red sandstone building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., that serves as the historic headquarters and visitor center of the Smithsonian Institution.
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C.
The Castle
The Castle is a surreal, unfinished novel by Franz Kafka that follows a land surveyor’s futile attempts to gain access to a mysterious, bureaucratic authority that governs a remote village.
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D.
The Castle
The Castle is a historic fortification in Mumbai, India, that served as the original fortified settlement of the British East India Company in the city.
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E.
Lord Weary’s Castle
Lord Weary’s Castle is a Pulitzer Prize–winning 1946 poetry collection by Robert Lowell, noted for its dense, allusive style and exploration of religion, history, and personal turmoil.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author |
L. M. Montgomery
ⓘ
linked to:
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery ⓘ |
| character |
Barney Snaith
ⓘ
Cissy Gay ⓘ Mrs. Frederick Stirling ⓘ Uncle Benjamin ⓘ Valancy Stirling ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| criticalReception | generally positive and appreciated for its humor and romantic plot ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| followedBy | Emily's Quest ⓘ |
| genre |
Canadian literature
ⓘ
coming-of-age novel ⓘ romance novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Blue Castle (1986 Polish film "Zamek w chmurach")
ⓘ
linked to:
The Blue Castle
stage adaptations ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtist | not consistently documented across editions ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
illness and mortality
ⓘ
imagination and escapism ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
family dynamics
ⓘ
social respectability ⓘ women and marriage ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
critique of social conventions
ⓘ
female independence ⓘ freedom versus conformity ⓘ romantic love ⓘ self-discovery ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | early 20th-century Canadian fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Valancy Stirling ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of L. M. Montgomery's few novels written primarily for an adult audience ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | L. M. Montgomery bibliography ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A downtrodden young woman, Valancy Stirling, transforms her life after receiving a life-changing medical diagnosis and pursues freedom and love. ⓘ |
| precededBy | Emily Climbs ⓘ |
| protagonist | Valancy Stirling ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1926 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Frederick A. Stokes Company
ⓘ
McClelland & Stewart ⓘ
linked to:
McClelland and Stewart
|
| settingLocation |
Muskoka region
ⓘ
linked to:
Muskoka
Ontario ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 20th century ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | named after the imaginary castle Valancy dreams about ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Blue Castle Description of subject: The Blue Castle is a 1926 novel by L. M. Montgomery that follows a downtrodden young woman who finds freedom, love, and self-discovery after a life-changing medical diagnosis.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Blue Castle
linked to: The Blue Castle