Moskat family
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The Moskat family is a fictional Jewish family at the center of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s novel "The Family Moskat," representing the changing world of Polish Jewry before World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Moskat family canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4027268 — 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: Moskat family Context triple: [The Family Moskat, fictionalFamily, Moskat family]
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Al Mana family
The Al Mana family is a prominent Qatari business dynasty known for its extensive investments and operations across the Middle East and beyond.
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B.
Gailani family
The Gailani family is a prominent Afghan political and religious dynasty known for its leadership role in resistance movements and influence in national affairs.
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Talfah family
The Talfah family is an influential Iraqi clan closely associated with Saddam Hussein’s inner circle and Ba'athist political elite.
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D.
al-Jawad family
The al-Jawad family is the central multigenerational Egyptian family whose changing fortunes and relationships are portrayed across Naguib Mahfouz’s renowned Cairo Trilogy.
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E.
Kohl family
The Kohl family is a prominent German political family best known for including former Chancellor Helmut Kohl and his son, businessman and author Peter Kohl.
- 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: Moskat family Target entity description: The Moskat family is a fictional Jewish family at the center of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s novel "The Family Moskat," representing the changing world of Polish Jewry before World War II.
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A.
Al Mana family
The Al Mana family is a prominent Qatari business dynasty known for its extensive investments and operations across the Middle East and beyond.
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B.
Gailani family
The Gailani family is a prominent Afghan political and religious dynasty known for its leadership role in resistance movements and influence in national affairs.
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C.
Talfah family
The Talfah family is an influential Iraqi clan closely associated with Saddam Hussein’s inner circle and Ba'athist political elite.
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D.
al-Jawad family
The al-Jawad family is the central multigenerational Egyptian family whose changing fortunes and relationships are portrayed across Naguib Mahfouz’s renowned Cairo Trilogy.
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E.
Kohl family
The Kohl family is a prominent German political family best known for including former Chancellor Helmut Kohl and his son, businessman and author Peter Kohl.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional family
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literary character group ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Family Moskat ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hasidic background
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Jewish bourgeoisie in Poland ⓘ |
| centralThemeIn | The Family Moskat ⓘ |
| createdBy | Isaac Bashevis Singer ⓘ |
| fictionalLocation |
Polish shtetl milieu
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Warsaw ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYearOfWork | 1950 ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Adele Moskat
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Asa Heshel ⓘ Meshulam Moskat ⓘ
surface form:
Baruch Moskat
Emil Moskat ⓘ Meshulam Moskat ⓘ
surface form:
Ezriel Moskat
Koppel Moskat ⓘ Lola Moskat ⓘ Meshulam Moskat ⓘ Shifra Moskat ⓘ Yoshke Moskat ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Judaism ⓘ |
| hasSettingCountry | Poland ⓘ |
| hasSettingPeriod | pre–World War II era ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Zionism and emigration
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assimilation ⓘ economic change ⓘ family decline ⓘ impact of war on Jewish communities ⓘ marriage and infidelity ⓘ religious tradition versus modernity ⓘ secularization of Jewish life ⓘ |
| hasWorkTitle | The Family Moskat ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
English translation
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Yiddish ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
microcosm of prewar Jewish society in Poland
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symbol of the fate of Polish Jewry ⓘ |
| portrays |
generational conflict
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social stratification within Jewish communities ⓘ tension between faith and skepticism ⓘ urbanization of Jewish life ⓘ |
| represents |
Polish Jews
ⓘ
surface form:
Polish Jewry
changing Jewish life in Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| workAuthorLanguage | Yiddish ⓘ |
| workAuthorNationality | Polish-American ⓘ |
| workGenre |
family saga
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historical novel ⓘ |
| workOriginalLanguage | Yiddish ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Moskat family Description of subject: The Moskat family is a fictional Jewish family at the center of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s novel "The Family Moskat," representing the changing world of Polish Jewry before World War II.
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