The Parson’s Tale
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The Parson’s Tale is the concluding, prose sermon of Geoffrey Chaucer’s *The Canterbury Tales*, focusing on penitence and moral instruction rather than narrative storytelling.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Parson’s Tale canonical | 3 |
| Parson’s Tale | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11884099 — 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 Parson’s Tale Context triple: [Parson, speaksIn, The Parson’s Tale]
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A.
The Friar's Tale
"The Friar's Tale" is one of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, in which a friar maliciously satirizes a corrupt summoner through a moralizing story about greed, hypocrisy, and diabolic justice.
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B.
The Prioress's Tale
"The Prioress's Tale" is a deeply anti-Semitic miracle story within Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, recounting the murder of a devout Christian child and his posthumous, Marian-inspired miracle.
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C.
The Reeve's Tale
"The Reeve's Tale" is one of Geoffrey Chaucer's comic fabliaux in The Canterbury Tales, featuring a vengeful reeve recounting a bawdy story of two students who outwit a dishonest miller.
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D.
The Pardoner's Tale
"The Pardoner's Tale" is a moral exemplum within Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales that exposes greed and hypocrisy through the story of three rioters seeking to kill Death.
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E.
The Merchant's Tale
The Merchant's Tale is one of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, a darkly comic fabliau that satirizes marriage through the story of an old knight deceived by his young wife.
- 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 Parson’s Tale Target entity description: The Parson’s Tale is the concluding, prose sermon of Geoffrey Chaucer’s *The Canterbury Tales*, focusing on penitence and moral instruction rather than narrative storytelling.
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A.
The Friar's Tale
"The Friar's Tale" is one of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, in which a friar maliciously satirizes a corrupt summoner through a moralizing story about greed, hypocrisy, and diabolic justice.
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B.
The Prioress's Tale
"The Prioress's Tale" is a deeply anti-Semitic miracle story within Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, recounting the murder of a devout Christian child and his posthumous, Marian-inspired miracle.
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C.
The Reeve's Tale
"The Reeve's Tale" is one of Geoffrey Chaucer's comic fabliaux in The Canterbury Tales, featuring a vengeful reeve recounting a bawdy story of two students who outwit a dishonest miller.
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D.
The Pardoner's Tale
"The Pardoner's Tale" is a moral exemplum within Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales that exposes greed and hypocrisy through the story of three rioters seeking to kill Death.
-
E.
The Merchant's Tale
The Merchant's Tale is one of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, a darkly comic fabliau that satirizes marriage through the story of an old knight deceived by his young wife.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Parson’s Tale