The Professor’s House
E436616
The Professor’s House is a 1925 novel by Willa Cather that explores themes of personal disillusionment, changing American values, and the conflict between intellectual life and materialism through the story of an aging professor.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Professor’s House canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4386632 — 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 Professor’s House Context triple: [A Lost Lady, followedBy, The Professor’s House]
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A.
The Elms
The Elms is a grand Gilded Age mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, renowned for its opulent architecture and historic significance as a former summer residence of the American elite.
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B.
Salomon's House
Salomon's House is the fictional scientific research institution in Francis Bacon's utopian work "New Atlantis," envisioned as a prototype for organized, empirical inquiry and the advancement of knowledge.
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C.
House of the Book
House of the Book is the former name of the historic Singer House, an iconic early 20th-century Art Nouveau building in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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D.
The Sheaf
The Sheaf is a late abstract mural-sized work by Henri Matisse, created using his signature cut-out technique and characterized by bold, colorful leaf-like forms.
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E.
The High Window
The High Window is a 1942 hardboiled detective novel by Raymond Chandler featuring private investigator Philip Marlowe as he unravels a case involving a missing rare coin and a wealthy, troubled 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 Professor’s House Target entity description: The Professor’s House is a 1925 novel by Willa Cather that explores themes of personal disillusionment, changing American values, and the conflict between intellectual life and materialism through the story of an aging professor.
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A.
The Elms
The Elms is a grand Gilded Age mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, renowned for its opulent architecture and historic significance as a former summer residence of the American elite.
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B.
Salomon's House
Salomon's House is the fictional scientific research institution in Francis Bacon's utopian work "New Atlantis," envisioned as a prototype for organized, empirical inquiry and the advancement of knowledge.
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C.
House of the Book
House of the Book is the former name of the historic Singer House, an iconic early 20th-century Art Nouveau building in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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D.
The Sheaf
The Sheaf is a late abstract mural-sized work by Henri Matisse, created using his signature cut-out technique and characterized by bold, colorful leaf-like forms.
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E.
The High Window
The High Window is a 1942 hardboiled detective novel by Raymond Chandler featuring private investigator Philip Marlowe as he unravels a case involving a missing rare coin and a wealthy, troubled family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Willa Cather NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Kathleen St. Peter
NERFINISHED
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Lillian St. Peter NERFINISHED ⓘ Louie Marsellus NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosamond St. Peter NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Outland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | highly regarded by literary critics ⓘ |
| explores |
impact of wealth on personal relationships
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sense of spiritual emptiness ⓘ tension between past and present ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| genre |
domestic fiction
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literary fiction ⓘ psychological novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | radio adaptation ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-679-72226-4 ⓘ |
| includedIn | Willa Cather’s major works ⓘ |
| isSetIn | fictional town based on a Midwestern college town ⓘ |
| isStudiedIn | American literature courses ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American modernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Godfrey St. Peter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | three-part structure ⓘ |
| notableFeature | embedded novella "Tom Outland’s Story" ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partTitle |
The Family
NERFINISHED
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The Professor NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Outland’s Story NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistField | history ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | university professor ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1925 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
A Lost Lady
NERFINISHED
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Death Comes for the Archbishop NERFINISHED ⓘ My Ántonia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Midwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| theme |
academic life
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changing American values ⓘ conflict between intellectual life and materialism ⓘ family tensions ⓘ memory and the past ⓘ middle age crisis ⓘ personal disillusionment ⓘ |
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Instruction
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