A Modern Comedy
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A Modern Comedy is a sequence of novels by John Galsworthy that continues the saga of the Forsyte family, exploring social change and moral conflict in early 20th-century England.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Modern Comedy canonical | 15 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T465438 — 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: A Modern Comedy Context triple: [John Galsworthy, notableWork, A Modern Comedy]
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A.
Mr. Finn’s Cabaret
Mr. Finn’s Cabaret is an intimate performance space associated with Barrington Stage Company, known for hosting cabaret-style music and theatrical events.
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B.
The Gay Divorcee
The Gay Divorcee is a 1934 Hollywood musical film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, celebrated for its elegant dance sequences and classic songs.
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C.
Babes in Arms
Babes in Arms is a 1939 American musical film, based on the Rodgers and Hart stage musical, best known for starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney as aspiring performers putting on a show.
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D.
The Skin of Our Teeth
The Skin of Our Teeth is a Pulitzer Prize–winning 1942 play by Thornton Wilder that blends absurdist comedy and allegory to depict the enduring resilience of a family—and humanity—through apocalyptic catastrophes.
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E.
The Barkleys of Broadway
The Barkleys of Broadway is a 1949 MGM musical film that reunited Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in their only Technicolor feature together, blending song, dance, and comedy in a backstage showbiz story.
- 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: A Modern Comedy Target entity description: A Modern Comedy is a sequence of novels by John Galsworthy that continues the saga of the Forsyte family, exploring social change and moral conflict in early 20th-century England.
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A.
Mr. Finn’s Cabaret
Mr. Finn’s Cabaret is an intimate performance space associated with Barrington Stage Company, known for hosting cabaret-style music and theatrical events.
-
B.
The Gay Divorcee
The Gay Divorcee is a 1934 Hollywood musical film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, celebrated for its elegant dance sequences and classic songs.
-
C.
Babes in Arms
Babes in Arms is a 1939 American musical film, based on the Rodgers and Hart stage musical, best known for starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney as aspiring performers putting on a show.
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D.
The Skin of Our Teeth
The Skin of Our Teeth is a Pulitzer Prize–winning 1942 play by Thornton Wilder that blends absurdist comedy and allegory to depict the enduring resilience of a family—and humanity—through apocalyptic catastrophes.
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E.
The Barkleys of Broadway
The Barkleys of Broadway is a 1949 MGM musical film that reunited Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in their only Technicolor feature together, blending song, dance, and comedy in a backstage showbiz story.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
novel sequence ⓘ |
| author | John Galsworthy ⓘ |
| continuationOf | Forsyte family narrative ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| features | Forsyte family ⓘ |
| firstPartPublicationYear | 1924 ⓘ |
| follows | The Forsyte Saga ⓘ |
| form | prose fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
family saga
ⓘ
realist fiction ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Swan Song
ⓘ
The Silver Spoon ⓘ The White Monkey ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Edwardian literature
ⓘ
modernist era (broad historical context) ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
class and society
ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ moral conflict ⓘ social change ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | upper-middle-class English life ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Fleur Forsyte
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Michael Mont ⓘ Soames Forsyte ⓘ |
| originalMedium | print ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | 1924–1928 ⓘ |
| secondPartPublicationYear | 1926 ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th-century England ⓘ |
| subject |
English society
ⓘ
generational conflict ⓘ marriage and divorce ⓘ property and wealth ⓘ |
| thirdPartPublicationYear | 1928 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Modern Comedy Description of subject: A Modern Comedy is a sequence of novels by John Galsworthy that continues the saga of the Forsyte family, exploring social change and moral conflict in early 20th-century England.
Referenced by (15)
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