The Man of Mode
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The Man of Mode is a 1676 Restoration comedy by George Etherege, famed for its witty portrayal of fashionable London society and the archetypal rake Dorimant.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Man of Mode canonical | 2 |
| The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter | 1 |
| The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter (1676) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17500358 — 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 Man of Mode Context triple: [Duke’s Company, premieredPlay, The Man of Mode]
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A.
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme is a comedic play by Molière that satirizes social climbing and pretentiousness in 17th-century French bourgeois society.
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B.
Monsieur Jourdain
Monsieur Jourdain is the comically pretentious bourgeois protagonist of Molière’s play *Le Bourgeois gentilhomme*, obsessed with imitating aristocratic manners and culture.
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C.
Les Indes galantes
Les Indes galantes is a 1735 opéra-ballet by Jean-Philippe Rameau that blends exotic-themed dance, vocal music, and spectacle, and is considered one of his most celebrated stage works.
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D.
Le Tonnelier de Breteuil
Le Tonnelier de Breteuil is the aristocratic French family name of Émilie du Châtelet, associated with the 18th-century nobility and intellectual circles of France.
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E.
Madame Pernelle
Madame Pernelle is a domineering, moralizing matriarch in Molière’s comedy "Tartuffe," known for her blind admiration of the hypocrite Tartuffe and harsh criticism of her own family.
- 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 Man of Mode Target entity description: The Man of Mode is a 1676 Restoration comedy by George Etherege, famed for its witty portrayal of fashionable London society and the archetypal rake Dorimant.
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A.
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme is a comedic play by Molière that satirizes social climbing and pretentiousness in 17th-century French bourgeois society.
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B.
Monsieur Jourdain
Monsieur Jourdain is the comically pretentious bourgeois protagonist of Molière’s play *Le Bourgeois gentilhomme*, obsessed with imitating aristocratic manners and culture.
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C.
Les Indes galantes
Les Indes galantes is a 1735 opéra-ballet by Jean-Philippe Rameau that blends exotic-themed dance, vocal music, and spectacle, and is considered one of his most celebrated stage works.
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D.
Le Tonnelier de Breteuil
Le Tonnelier de Breteuil is the aristocratic French family name of Émilie du Châtelet, associated with the 18th-century nobility and intellectual circles of France.
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E.
Madame Pernelle
Madame Pernelle is a domineering, moralizing matriarch in Molière’s comedy "Tartuffe," known for her blind admiration of the hypocrite Tartuffe and harsh criticism of her own family.
- 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 Man of Mode
linked to: The Man of Mode