Table Manners – dining room
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"Table Manners – dining room" is the primary setting for the play "Table Manners," one of the three interlinked comedies in Alan Ayckbourn’s trilogy "The Norman Conquests."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Table Manners – dining room canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10452691 — 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: Table Manners – dining room Context triple: [The Norman Conquests, roomSettingOfPart, Table Manners – dining room]
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A.
Revolving Dining Room
Revolving Dining Room is a rotating restaurant located atop the Skylon Tower in Niagara Falls, offering panoramic views of the surrounding area as guests dine.
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B.
Speaker's Table
Speaker's Table is the governing council of Speakers in Isaac Asimov's Foundation universe, responsible for high-level political and strategic decision-making within the Second Foundation.
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C.
Librarian’s Dining Room
The Librarian’s Dining Room is an elegant, historically styled private dining space within the Library of Congress’s Thomas Jefferson Building, often used for official functions and special events.
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D.
Marble Dining Room
The Marble Dining Room is an opulent, marble-clad ceremonial dining hall within Russia’s Gatchina Palace, noted for its grand neoclassical decor and use in imperial receptions.
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E.
Splitsville Dining Room
Splitsville Dining Room is a retro-style bowling alley and restaurant known for its casual American fare and entertainment-focused atmosphere, often found in lively shopping and entertainment districts.
- 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: Table Manners – dining room Target entity description: "Table Manners – dining room" is the primary setting for the play "Table Manners," one of the three interlinked comedies in Alan Ayckbourn’s trilogy "The Norman Conquests."
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A.
Revolving Dining Room
Revolving Dining Room is a rotating restaurant located atop the Skylon Tower in Niagara Falls, offering panoramic views of the surrounding area as guests dine.
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B.
Speaker's Table
Speaker's Table is the governing council of Speakers in Isaac Asimov's Foundation universe, responsible for high-level political and strategic decision-making within the Second Foundation.
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C.
Librarian’s Dining Room
The Librarian’s Dining Room is an elegant, historically styled private dining space within the Library of Congress’s Thomas Jefferson Building, often used for official functions and special events.
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D.
Marble Dining Room
The Marble Dining Room is an opulent, marble-clad ceremonial dining hall within Russia’s Gatchina Palace, noted for its grand neoclassical decor and use in imperial receptions.
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E.
Splitsville Dining Room
Splitsville Dining Room is a retro-style bowling alley and restaurant known for its casual American fare and entertainment-focused atmosphere, often found in lively shopping and entertainment districts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional setting
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stage location ⓘ theatrical setting ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkBy | Alan Ayckbourn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Annie
NERFINISHED
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Norman NERFINISHED ⓘ Reg NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruth NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy | Alan Ayckbourn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor | proscenium stage productions ⓘ |
| genreContext |
comedy
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dark comedy ⓘ |
| languageContext | English ⓘ |
| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | allows simultaneous‑time action across the trilogy ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | central location for action in Table Manners ⓘ |
| partOf | play Table Manners ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalProperty | house shared by the three plays in The Norman Conquests ⓘ |
| primarySettingOf | play Table Manners NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
play Living Together
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play Round and Round the Garden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingIn | The Norman Conquests trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spatialRelation |
different area from Round and Round the Garden – garden
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different room from Living Together – living room ⓘ |
| thematicRole |
focus for mealtimes and social rituals
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site of misunderstandings and conflicts ⓘ |
| timeOfCreation | 1970s ⓘ |
| typicalFeatures |
chairs
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dining table ⓘ doors leading to other rooms of the house ⓘ |
| usedFor |
comic situations
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family interactions ⓘ staging domestic scenes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Table Manners – dining room Description of subject: "Table Manners – dining room" is the primary setting for the play "Table Manners," one of the three interlinked comedies in Alan Ayckbourn’s trilogy "The Norman Conquests."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Norman Conquests