For Better or For Worse
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For Better or For Worse is a long-running Canadian comic strip by Lynn Johnston that chronicles the everyday lives and aging of the Patterson family with a blend of humor and realistic drama.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| For Better or For Worse canonical | 2 |
| For Better or For Worse animated television series | 1 |
| For Better or For Worse animated television specials | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3052864 — 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: For Better or For Worse Context triple: [Peanuts, influenced, For Better or For Worse]
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A.
An Ordinary Couple
An Ordinary Couple is a romantic song from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The Sound of Music."
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B.
Mom + Pop
Mom + Pop is a song by the American rock band Lucius, known for its lush harmonies and indie-pop sensibility.
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C.
The Merry Family
The Merry Family is a 17th-century Dutch genre painting by Jan Steen depicting a boisterous household scene as a humorous moral lesson about excess and misbehavior.
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D.
The Friendly Ones
The Friendly Ones is a novel by British author Philip Hensher that interweaves the lives of two families across decades to explore themes of politics, history, and personal morality.
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E.
The Marrying Kind
The Marrying Kind is a 1952 American comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor that explores the ups and downs of a working-class couple’s troubled marriage.
- 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: For Better or For Worse Target entity description: For Better or For Worse is a long-running Canadian comic strip by Lynn Johnston that chronicles the everyday lives and aging of the Patterson family with a blend of humor and realistic drama.
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A.
An Ordinary Couple
An Ordinary Couple is a romantic song from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The Sound of Music."
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B.
Mom + Pop
Mom + Pop is a song by the American rock band Lucius, known for its lush harmonies and indie-pop sensibility.
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C.
The Merry Family
The Merry Family is a 17th-century Dutch genre painting by Jan Steen depicting a boisterous household scene as a humorous moral lesson about excess and misbehavior.
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D.
The Friendly Ones
The Friendly Ones is a novel by British author Philip Hensher that interweaves the lives of two families across decades to explore themes of politics, history, and personal morality.
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E.
The Marrying Kind
The Marrying Kind is a 1952 American comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor that explores the ups and downs of a working-class couple’s troubled marriage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian comic strip
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comic strip ⓘ |
| adaptation |
For Better or For Worse
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
For Better or For Worse animated television series
For Better or For Worse self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
For Better or For Worse animated television specials
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| author | Lynn Johnston ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Cartoonist of the Year (National Cartoonists Society)
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Hilary Weston ⓘ
surface form:
Order of Canada for creator Lynn Johnston (related honor)
Reuben Award ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| creator | Lynn Johnston ⓘ |
| endDate | 2008-08-31 ⓘ |
| feature | Patterson family ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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family comic ⓘ humor ⓘ |
| hasCollectedEditions | For Better or For Worse book collections ⓘ |
| hasReprints | rerun strips and updated versions after 2008 ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.fborfw.com/ ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
April Patterson
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Elizabeth Patterson ⓘ Elly Patterson ⓘ John Patterson ⓘ Michael Patterson ⓘ |
| narrativeFeature |
blend of humor and realistic drama
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characters age in real time ⓘ depicts everyday family life ⓘ |
| notableCharacter | Farley (family dog) ⓘ |
| notableFor | one of the first mainstream comic strips to have characters age and change over time ⓘ |
| originalMedium | newspaper ⓘ |
| publisher | Universal Press Syndicate ⓘ |
| setting | suburban Ontario, Canada ⓘ |
| startDate | 1979-09-09 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
aging
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growing up ⓘ marriage ⓘ parenting ⓘ social issues ⓘ |
| syndicate | Universal Press Syndicate ⓘ |
| theme |
family relationships
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life milestones ⓘ work–life balance ⓘ |
| timeSpanCovered | multiple decades of the Patterson family’s lives ⓘ |
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Subject: For Better or For Worse Description of subject: For Better or For Worse is a long-running Canadian comic strip by Lynn Johnston that chronicles the everyday lives and aging of the Patterson family with a blend of humor and realistic drama.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Peanuts
this entity surface form:
For Better or For Worse animated television specials
this entity surface form:
For Better or For Worse animated television series