Sir John in Love
E211927
Sir John in Love is a four-act opera by Ralph Vaughan Williams, based on Shakespeare’s "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and noted for its rich use of English folk melodies.
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|---|---|
| Sir John in Love canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1909084 — 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: Sir John in Love Context triple: [Ralph Vaughan Williams, notableWork, Sir John in Love]
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A.
Love and Mr. Lewisham
Love and Mr. Lewisham is an early novel by H. G. Wells that explores the romantic and social struggles of a young, idealistic schoolteacher in late Victorian England.
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B.
The Pleasure of His Company
The Pleasure of His Company is a 1961 romantic comedy film featuring Fred Astaire as a charming, sophisticated playboy who returns to reconnect with his estranged daughter on the eve of her wedding.
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C.
Love and Freindship
Love and Freindship is an early epistolary novella by Jane Austen, written in her youth as a satirical parody of sentimental literature.
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D.
The Minister's Wooing
The Minister's Wooing is an 1859 historical novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that explores Calvinist theology, New England society, and women's inner lives in the early 19th century.
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E.
The Marrying Man
The Marrying Man is a 1991 romantic comedy film starring Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, centered on a playboy whose repeated marriages to the same woman lead to a series of comedic misadventures.
- 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: Sir John in Love Target entity description: Sir John in Love is a four-act opera by Ralph Vaughan Williams, based on Shakespeare’s "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and noted for its rich use of English folk melodies.
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A.
Love and Mr. Lewisham
Love and Mr. Lewisham is an early novel by H. G. Wells that explores the romantic and social struggles of a young, idealistic schoolteacher in late Victorian England.
-
B.
The Pleasure of His Company
The Pleasure of His Company is a 1961 romantic comedy film featuring Fred Astaire as a charming, sophisticated playboy who returns to reconnect with his estranged daughter on the eve of her wedding.
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C.
Love and Freindship
Love and Freindship is an early epistolary novella by Jane Austen, written in her youth as a satirical parody of sentimental literature.
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D.
The Minister's Wooing
The Minister's Wooing is an 1859 historical novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that explores Calvinist theology, New England society, and women's inner lives in the early 19th century.
-
E.
The Marrying Man
The Marrying Man is a 1991 romantic comedy film starring Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, centered on a playboy whose repeated marriages to the same woman lead to a series of comedic misadventures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | opera ⓘ |
| adaptationType | operatic adaptation of Shakespeare play ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Merry Wives of Windsor ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| composer | Ralph Vaughan Williams ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dramaticTone |
comic
ⓘ
light-hearted ⓘ romantic ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Anne Page
ⓘ
Doctor Caius ⓘ
surface form:
Dr Caius
Fenton ⓘ Ford ⓘ Host of the Garter Inn ⓘ Mistress Ford ⓘ Mistress Page ⓘ Page ⓘ Sir John Falstaff ⓘ |
| genre |
comic opera
ⓘ
lyric opera ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
comic deception
ⓘ
jealousy ⓘ romantic intrigue ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| includes |
arias
ⓘ
choral writing ⓘ duets ⓘ ensemble scenes ⓘ finale with multiple characters ⓘ orchestral interludes ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| musicalCharacteristic |
folk-inspired melodic writing
ⓘ
modal harmonies ⓘ rich orchestration ⓘ |
| notableFor | rich use of English folk song ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 4 ⓘ |
| orchestrationFeature | use of folk-tune arrangements ⓘ |
| partOfComposerOeuvre | stage works of Ralph Vaughan Williams ⓘ |
| setting | Windsor ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
English Renaissance
ⓘ
surface form:
Elizabethan era
|
| structure | four acts ⓘ |
| style |
20th-century tonal
ⓘ
English pastoral ⓘ |
| subject |
The Merry Wives of Windsor
ⓘ
surface form:
adventures of Falstaff in Windsor
|
| titleCharacter | Sir John Falstaff ⓘ |
| uses | English folk melodies ⓘ |
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