Van oude menschen, de dingen, die voorbijgaan...
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Van oude menschen, de dingen, die voorbijgaan... is a classic Dutch novel by Louis Couperus that explores aging, guilt, and the lingering impact of past secrets within a bourgeois family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Van oude menschen, de dingen, die voorbijgaan... canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13305827 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Van oude menschen, de dingen, die voorbijgaan... Context triple: [Louis Couperus, notableWork, Van oude menschen, de dingen, die voorbijgaan...]
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A.
Voices of Old People
Voices of Old People is an experimental sound collage track by Simon & Garfunkel that features recorded conversations and ambient sounds of elderly people, reflecting themes of aging and memory.
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B.
That is no country for old men.
"That is no country for old men" is the famous opening line of W. B. Yeats's poem "Sailing to Byzantium," evoking a world hostile to aging and spiritual contemplation.
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C.
Oude
Oude is an alternative name for Oudh, a historic region in northern India known for its rich cultural heritage and former princely state status under British rule.
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D.
Songs to Aging Children Come
"Songs to Aging Children Come" is a reflective, lyrically intricate folk song by Joni Mitchell from her 1969 album *Clouds*, exploring themes of innocence, time, and emotional growth.
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E.
Old Men Forget
Old Men Forget is the acclaimed 1953 political and literary memoir of British statesman and diplomat Duff Cooper, reflecting on his public life and times.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Van oude menschen, de dingen, die voorbijgaan... Target entity description: Van oude menschen, de dingen, die voorbijgaan... is a classic Dutch novel by Louis Couperus that explores aging, guilt, and the lingering impact of past secrets within a bourgeois family.
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A.
Voices of Old People
Voices of Old People is an experimental sound collage track by Simon & Garfunkel that features recorded conversations and ambient sounds of elderly people, reflecting themes of aging and memory.
-
B.
That is no country for old men.
"That is no country for old men" is the famous opening line of W. B. Yeats's poem "Sailing to Byzantium," evoking a world hostile to aging and spiritual contemplation.
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C.
Oude
Oude is an alternative name for Oudh, a historic region in northern India known for its rich cultural heritage and former princely state status under British rule.
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D.
Songs to Aging Children Come
"Songs to Aging Children Come" is a reflective, lyrically intricate folk song by Joni Mitchell from her 1969 album *Clouds*, exploring themes of innocence, time, and emotional growth.
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E.
Old Men Forget
Old Men Forget is the acclaimed 1953 political and literary memoir of British statesman and diplomat Duff Cooper, reflecting on his public life and times.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Louis Couperus ⓘ |
| centralMotif |
decay and decline
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family honor and shame ⓘ the inescapability of the past ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Netherlands ⓘ |
| depicts | Dutch bourgeois milieu ⓘ |
| explores |
intergenerational trauma
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the burden of conscience ⓘ the passage of time ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | newspaper serial ⓘ |
| genre |
family saga
ⓘ
psychological novel ⓘ realist novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
elderly matriarch
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middle-class descendants ⓘ |
| hasCulturalStatus | classic of Dutch literature ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later Dutch psychological novels ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Dutch naturalism
ⓘ
fin de siècle literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
aging
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family secrets ⓘ guilt ⓘ the lingering impact of the past ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
bourgeois family life
ⓘ
psychological consequences of a past crime ⓘ |
| notableFor |
classic status in Dutch literature
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depiction of repressed guilt ⓘ portrayal of old age ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Dutch ⓘ |
| partOf | Dutch literary canon ⓘ |
| protagonistCharacteristic | elderly characters ⓘ |
| setting |
Netherlands
ⓘ
The Hague ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
detailed psychological analysis
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subtle, atmospheric prose ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | late 19th century Netherlands ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Dutch ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | Of Old People, and the Things that Pass ⓘ |
| workOf | Louis Couperus ⓘ |
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