Mirror of the Old and New Time
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Mirror of the Old and New Time is an English-titled version of the early modern Dutch work "Spiegel van den ouden ende nieuwen tijdt," a moralizing and didactic text reflecting on past and contemporary society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mirror of the Old and New Time canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3026966 — 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: Mirror of the Old and New Time Context triple: [Spiegel van den ouden ende nieuwen tijdt, workTitleInEnglish, Mirror of the Old and New Time]
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A.
Beacon Lights
Beacon Lights is a Christian periodical associated with the Protestant Reformed tradition, focusing on doctrinal teaching and spiritual instruction for young people.
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B.
Old Times
Old Times is a 1971 play by Harold Pinter that explores memory, identity, and the ambiguity of past relationships through a tense three-character drama.
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C.
The Bells
"The Bells" is a lyrical poem by Edgar Allan Poe that uses musical repetition and onomatopoeia to evoke the changing moods and stages of life through the sounds of different bells.
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D.
Manhattan Melodrama
Manhattan Melodrama is a 1934 American crime drama film, best known for starring Clark Gable, William Powell, and Myrna Loy and for being the movie John Dillinger watched before his death.
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E.
Strange Interlude
Strange Interlude is a landmark experimental play by Eugene O’Neill, renowned for its use of interior monologues to explore the psychological lives and moral conflicts of its characters.
- 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: Mirror of the Old and New Time Target entity description: Mirror of the Old and New Time is an English-titled version of the early modern Dutch work "Spiegel van den ouden ende nieuwen tijdt," a moralizing and didactic text reflecting on past and contemporary society.
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A.
Beacon Lights
Beacon Lights is a Christian periodical associated with the Protestant Reformed tradition, focusing on doctrinal teaching and spiritual instruction for young people.
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B.
Old Times
Old Times is a 1971 play by Harold Pinter that explores memory, identity, and the ambiguity of past relationships through a tense three-character drama.
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C.
The Bells
"The Bells" is a lyrical poem by Edgar Allan Poe that uses musical repetition and onomatopoeia to evoke the changing moods and stages of life through the sounds of different bells.
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D.
Manhattan Melodrama
Manhattan Melodrama is a 1934 American crime drama film, best known for starring Clark Gable, William Powell, and Myrna Loy and for being the movie John Dillinger watched before his death.
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E.
Strange Interlude
Strange Interlude is a landmark experimental play by Eugene O’Neill, renowned for its use of interior monologues to explore the psychological lives and moral conflicts of its characters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
didactic text
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literary work ⓘ moralizing text ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Netherlands ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Dutch early modern culture ⓘ |
| didacticPurpose |
moral instruction
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social edification ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic literature
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moral literature ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle | Spiegel van den ouden ende nieuwen tijdt ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasMoralizingCharacter | true ⓘ |
| hasOriginalTitle | Spiegel van den ouden ende nieuwen tijdt ⓘ |
| hasTitleInEnglish | Mirror of the Old and New Time self-link ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | general readership ⓘ |
| languageVariant | early modern Dutch ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | early modern period ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Dutch ⓘ |
| reflectsOn |
human behavior
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new times ⓘ old times ⓘ social customs ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
contemporary society
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past society ⓘ |
| theme |
historical reflection
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morality ⓘ social criticism ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Mirror of the Old and New Time Description of subject: Mirror of the Old and New Time is an English-titled version of the early modern Dutch work "Spiegel van den ouden ende nieuwen tijdt," a moralizing and didactic text reflecting on past and contemporary society.
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