De boeken der kleine zielen
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De boeken der kleine zielen is a multi-part naturalist novel cycle by Dutch author Louis Couperus that portrays the psychological and social decay of an upper-middle-class family in The Hague around 1900.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| De boeken der kleine zielen canonical | 1 |
| De kleine zielen | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13305828 — 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: De boeken der kleine zielen Context triple: [Louis Couperus, notableWork, De boeken der kleine zielen]
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A.
Die Kinder
Die Kinder is a 1990 British television drama miniseries about political intrigue and personal danger surrounding a couple searching for their missing children in Europe.
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B.
The Book of the Heart
The Book of the Heart is a scholarly work by medievalist Eric Jager that explores how the human heart became a central metaphor and symbol in Western literature, religion, and culture.
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C.
The Children’s Book
The Children’s Book is a richly layered historical novel by A. S. Byatt that follows several intertwined families of artists and intellectuals in late Victorian and Edwardian England, exploring art, storytelling, and the social upheavals leading up to World War I.
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D.
The Book of Small
The Book of Small is a semi-autobiographical collection of stories by Canadian artist and writer Emily Carr, depicting her childhood and life in early British Columbia.
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E.
The Guardians of Childhood
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- 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: De boeken der kleine zielen Target entity description: De boeken der kleine zielen is a multi-part naturalist novel cycle by Dutch author Louis Couperus that portrays the psychological and social decay of an upper-middle-class family in The Hague around 1900.
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A.
Die Kinder
Die Kinder is a 1990 British television drama miniseries about political intrigue and personal danger surrounding a couple searching for their missing children in Europe.
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B.
The Book of the Heart
The Book of the Heart is a scholarly work by medievalist Eric Jager that explores how the human heart became a central metaphor and symbol in Western literature, religion, and culture.
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C.
The Children’s Book
The Children’s Book is a richly layered historical novel by A. S. Byatt that follows several intertwined families of artists and intellectuals in late Victorian and Edwardian England, exploring art, storytelling, and the social upheavals leading up to World War I.
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D.
The Book of Small
The Book of Small is a semi-autobiographical collection of stories by Canadian artist and writer Emily Carr, depicting her childhood and life in early British Columbia.
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E.
The Guardians of Childhood
The Guardians of Childhood is a children's book series by William Joyce that reimagines legendary figures like Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, and the Sandman as heroic protectors of children's dreams and imaginations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
naturalist literature work
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novel cycle ⓘ |
| author | Louis Couperus ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Netherlands ⓘ |
| depicts |
Dutch bourgeois society around 1900
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inner lives of family members ⓘ social norms in The Hague ⓘ |
| form | multi-part novel ⓘ |
| genre |
family saga
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naturalism ⓘ psychological novel ⓘ |
| hasPart |
De kleine zielen
ⓘ
linked to:
De boeken der kleine zielen
Het heilige weten ⓘ Het late leven ⓘ Zielenschemering ⓘ |
| hasTitleInOriginalLanguage | De boeken der kleine zielen ⓘ |
| language | Dutch ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | naturalism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | major work in Dutch naturalist prose ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
decline of the bourgeoisie
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family relationships ⓘ hypocrisy ⓘ psychological decay ⓘ social conventions ⓘ social decay ⓘ upper-middle-class life ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | upper-middle-class family in The Hague ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | psychological realism ⓘ |
| notableCharacterGroup | Van Lowe family ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Dutch ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| settingLocation | The Hague ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | around 1900 ⓘ |
| workOf | Louis Couperus ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: De boeken der kleine zielen Description of subject: De boeken der kleine zielen is a multi-part naturalist novel cycle by Dutch author Louis Couperus that portrays the psychological and social decay of an upper-middle-class family in The Hague around 1900.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: De boeken der kleine zielen