Barton Cottage
E115231
Barton Cottage is the modest rural home in Devonshire where the Dashwood family settles in Jane Austen's novel "Sense and Sensibility."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Barton Cottage canonical | 10 |
| Barton Cottage (fictional proximity in the novel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T971711 — 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: Barton Cottage Context triple: [Elinor Dashwood, residence, Barton Cottage]
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A.
York Cottage
York Cottage is a former royal residence on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, England, historically used by members of the British royal family.
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B.
Swiss Cottage
Swiss Cottage is a picturesque, chalet-style building within the Osborne House estate on the Isle of Wight, created as a play and learning retreat for the children of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
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C.
Hall’s Croft
Hall’s Croft is a historic timber-framed house in Stratford-upon-Avon, best known as the former home of William Shakespeare’s daughter Susanna and her husband, physician John Hall.
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D.
Broket Hall
Broket Hall is a historic English country house in Hertfordshire, notable as the former residence and death place of 19th-century Prime Minister William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne.
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E.
Blackwell House
Blackwell House is a historic 18th-century farmhouse on Roosevelt Island in New York City, recognized as one of the island’s oldest surviving buildings.
- 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: Barton Cottage Target entity description: Barton Cottage is the modest rural home in Devonshire where the Dashwood family settles in Jane Austen's novel "Sense and Sensibility."
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A.
York Cottage
York Cottage is a former royal residence on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, England, historically used by members of the British royal family.
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B.
Swiss Cottage
Swiss Cottage is a picturesque, chalet-style building within the Osborne House estate on the Isle of Wight, created as a play and learning retreat for the children of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
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C.
Hall’s Croft
Hall’s Croft is a historic timber-framed house in Stratford-upon-Avon, best known as the former home of William Shakespeare’s daughter Susanna and her husband, physician John Hall.
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D.
Broket Hall
Broket Hall is a historic English country house in Hertfordshire, notable as the former residence and death place of 19th-century Prime Minister William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne.
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E.
Blackwell House
Blackwell House is a historic 18th-century farmhouse on Roosevelt Island in New York City, recognized as one of the island’s oldest surviving buildings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional house
ⓘ
literary location ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Sense and Sensibility ⓘ |
| appearsInAdaptation |
film adaptations of Sense and Sensibility
ⓘ
television adaptations of Sense and Sensibility ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
family solidarity
ⓘ
sense versus sensibility ⓘ
linked to:
Sense and Sensibility
social class and income ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
London townhouses
ⓘ
Norland Park ⓘ |
| countryInFiction | England ⓘ |
| creator | Jane Austen ⓘ |
| describedAs |
modest
ⓘ
rural ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext |
Sense and Sensibility (1811 novel)
ⓘ
linked to:
Sense and Sensibility
|
| genreContext | Regency-era domestic fiction ⓘ |
| inhabitedByFictional |
Dashwood family
ⓘ
Elinor Dashwood ⓘ Margaret Dashwood ⓘ Marianne Dashwood ⓘ Mrs. Dashwood ⓘ |
| literaryRole | site of character development for Elinor and Marianne Dashwood ⓘ |
| locatedInFictional |
Devonshire
ⓘ
linked to:
Devon
|
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | primary setting for much of Sense and Sensibility ⓘ |
| nearFictional | Barton Park ⓘ |
| offeredAs | home for the Dashwood family ⓘ |
| ownedByFictional | Sir John Middleton ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalUniverse | Jane Austen fictional world ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
domestic simplicity
ⓘ
reduced circumstances of the Dashwood family ⓘ |
| timePeriodInFiction | late 18th century to early 19th century ⓘ |
| workLanguage | English ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Barton Cottage Description of subject: Barton Cottage is the modest rural home in Devonshire where the Dashwood family settles in Jane Austen's novel "Sense and Sensibility."
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Barton Cottage