Joseph Vance
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Joseph Vance is a semi-autobiographical novel by William De Morgan, known for its Victorian-style narrative and detailed portrayal of 19th-century English life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Joseph Vance canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8506365 — 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: Joseph Vance Context triple: [William De Morgan, notableWork, Joseph Vance]
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A.
Vincent Brooks
Vincent Brooks is a retired U.S. Army general best known for his prominent leadership roles during the Iraq War and his later command of U.S. Forces Korea.
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B.
Raymond Greenwood
Raymond Greenwood is a central character in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novella "White Nights," portrayed as a lonely, idealistic dreamer whose intense inner life contrasts with his isolation from society.
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C.
Louis Barron
Louis Barron was an American electronic music pioneer best known for co-creating the groundbreaking, fully electronic score for the 1956 science fiction film "Forbidden Planet."
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D.
Paul Bacon
Paul Bacon was an influential American graphic designer and illustrator renowned for pioneering the "big book" cover style for major 20th-century novels and jazz albums.
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E.
Charles Kenyon
Charles Kenyon was an American screenwriter active in early Hollywood, known for adapting literary works and contributing to numerous films during the 1920s and 1930s.
- 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: Joseph Vance Target entity description: Joseph Vance is a semi-autobiographical novel by William De Morgan, known for its Victorian-style narrative and detailed portrayal of 19th-century English life.
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A.
Vincent Brooks
Vincent Brooks is a retired U.S. Army general best known for his prominent leadership roles during the Iraq War and his later command of U.S. Forces Korea.
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B.
Raymond Greenwood
Raymond Greenwood is a central character in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novella "White Nights," portrayed as a lonely, idealistic dreamer whose intense inner life contrasts with his isolation from society.
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C.
Louis Barron
Louis Barron was an American electronic music pioneer best known for co-creating the groundbreaking, fully electronic score for the 1956 science fiction film "Forbidden Planet."
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D.
Paul Bacon
Paul Bacon was an influential American graphic designer and illustrator renowned for pioneering the "big book" cover style for major 20th-century novels and jazz albums.
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E.
Charles Kenyon
Charles Kenyon was an American screenwriter active in early Hollywood, known for adapting literary works and contributing to numerous films during the 1920s and 1930s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | William De Morgan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts | 19th-century English life ⓘ |
| genre |
Victorian-style fiction
ⓘ
semi-autobiographical novel ⓘ |
| hasApproximateLength | long novel ⓘ |
| hasAutobiographicalElement | yes ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Christopher Vance
ⓘ
Dr. Thorpe ⓘ Granny Marrable ⓘ Joseph Vance ⓘ Lossie ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Joseph Vance ⓘ |
| hasReception | critical acclaim on publication ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
English provinces
ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| hasTheme |
family relationships
ⓘ
love and sacrifice ⓘ memory and reminiscence ⓘ personal growth ⓘ poverty and hardship ⓘ social class in Victorian England ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Victorian realist novel tradition ⓘ |
| isNotableFor |
Victorian-style narrative
ⓘ
being semi-autobiographical for William De Morgan ⓘ detailed portrayal of 19th-century English life ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFeatures |
detailed characterization
ⓘ
digressive storytelling ⓘ humor and pathos ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| publisher | William Heinemann ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Alice-for-Short
ⓘ
Somehow Good ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 19th-century England ⓘ |
| timeSpanOfNarrative | from childhood to adulthood of the protagonist ⓘ |
| workType | standalone novel ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Joseph Vance Description of subject: Joseph Vance is a semi-autobiographical novel by William De Morgan, known for its Victorian-style narrative and detailed portrayal of 19th-century English life.
Referenced by (3)
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