The Kindly Ones
E541603
The Kindly Ones is a novel in Anthony Powell’s multi-volume series "A Dance to the Music of Time," continuing his satirical exploration of British society in the mid-20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Kindly Ones canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5711541 — 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 Kindly Ones Context triple: [Anthony Powell, notableWork, The Kindly Ones]
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A.
The Kindly Ones
The Kindly Ones is a major story arc in Neil Gaiman's The Sandman that chronicles the tragic downfall of Dream as the Furies exact vengeance and the series moves toward its climactic resolution.
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B.
The Small Kindnesses
The Small Kindnesses is a short chapter of the Qur’an that emphasizes the importance of sincere faith expressed through caring for orphans, the needy, and performing even the smallest acts of charity.
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C.
The Loved Ones
The Loved Ones is a 2009 Australian horror film known for its brutal high-school abduction storyline and cult status among genre fans.
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D.
Hesher
Hesher is a 2010 dark comedy-drama film about a disruptive, anarchic drifter who upends the lives of a grieving family.
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E.
The Cradle
The Cradle is an 1872 Impressionist painting by Berthe Morisot depicting a tender scene of a mother watching over her sleeping child, and is considered one of her most celebrated works.
- 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 Kindly Ones Target entity description: The Kindly Ones is a novel in Anthony Powell’s multi-volume series "A Dance to the Music of Time," continuing his satirical exploration of British society in the mid-20th century.
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A.
The Kindly Ones
The Kindly Ones is a major story arc in Neil Gaiman's The Sandman that chronicles the tragic downfall of Dream as the Furies exact vengeance and the series moves toward its climactic resolution.
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B.
The Small Kindnesses
The Small Kindnesses is a short chapter of the Qur’an that emphasizes the importance of sincere faith expressed through caring for orphans, the needy, and performing even the smallest acts of charity.
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C.
The Loved Ones
The Loved Ones is a 2009 Australian horror film known for its brutal high-school abduction storyline and cult status among genre fans.
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D.
Hesher
Hesher is a 2010 dark comedy-drama film about a disruptive, anarchic drifter who upends the lives of a grieving family.
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E.
The Cradle
The Cradle is an 1872 Impressionist painting by Berthe Morisot depicting a tender scene of a mother watching over her sleeping child, and is considered one of her most celebrated works.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Anthony Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1962 ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Valley of Bones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Casanova’s Chinese Restaurant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comic novel
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ satirical novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Charles Stringham
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hugh Moreland NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Templer NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenneth Widmerpool NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Members ⓘ Mona Moreland NERFINISHED ⓘ Pamela Widmerpool NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-09-947248-3 ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 240–260 pages ⓘ |
| hasReception | critically acclaimed as part of A Dance to the Music of Time ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
British society
ⓘ
World War II background ⓘ |
| hasWorkInSeriesPhase | Second Movement of A Dance to the Music of Time ⓘ |
| isSatireOf | English upper-middle-class life ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar British literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Nicholas Jenkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Nicholas Jenkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalPublisherCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | A Dance to the Music of Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Heinemann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recurringTheme |
class and social mobility
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memory and reflection ⓘ passage of time ⓘ social change in Britain ⓘ |
| seriesNumberInA Dance to the Music of Time | 6 ⓘ |
| seriesType | roman-fleuve ⓘ |
| settingCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| titleAllusion | the Furies (Eumenides) from Greek mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Kindly Ones Description of subject: The Kindly Ones is a novel in Anthony Powell’s multi-volume series "A Dance to the Music of Time," continuing his satirical exploration of British society in the mid-20th century.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.