Bast family
E117467
The Bast family is a lower-middle-class household in E.M. Forster’s novel "Howards End," whose struggles and aspirations contrast with the more privileged Schlegel and Wilcox families.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bast family canonical | 2 |
| the Bast family | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T995793 — 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: Bast family Context triple: [Margaret Schlegel, associatedWithFamily, Bast family]
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A.
Halas family
The Halas family is a prominent American sports family best known for founding and long owning the NFL’s Chicago Bears through legendary figure George Halas.
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B.
Sununu family
The Sununu family is a prominent American political family from New Hampshire known for producing multiple high-profile Republican officeholders, including a governor and a White House chief of staff.
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C.
Torwa dynasty
The Torwa dynasty was a precolonial Shona ruling house that controlled southwestern Zimbabwe from its capital at Khami, succeeding Great Zimbabwe as a major regional power.
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D.
Neustadt family
The Neustadt family is a philanthropic family known for endowing and supporting the prestigious Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
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E.
Metlar family
The Metlar family was a historically significant local family associated with the Metlar–Bodine House in New Jersey, whose name the historic house museum now bears.
- 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: Bast family Target entity description: The Bast family is a lower-middle-class household in E.M. Forster’s novel "Howards End," whose struggles and aspirations contrast with the more privileged Schlegel and Wilcox families.
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A.
Halas family
The Halas family is a prominent American sports family best known for founding and long owning the NFL’s Chicago Bears through legendary figure George Halas.
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B.
Sununu family
The Sununu family is a prominent American political family from New Hampshire known for producing multiple high-profile Republican officeholders, including a governor and a White House chief of staff.
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C.
Torwa dynasty
The Torwa dynasty was a precolonial Shona ruling house that controlled southwestern Zimbabwe from its capital at Khami, succeeding Great Zimbabwe as a major regional power.
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D.
Neustadt family
The Neustadt family is a philanthropic family known for endowing and supporting the prestigious Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
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E.
Metlar family
The Metlar family was a historically significant local family associated with the Metlar–Bodine House in New Jersey, whose name the historic house museum now bears.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional family
ⓘ
literary character group ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Howards End ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Helen Schlegel
ⓘ
Henry Wilcox ⓘ Margaret Schlegel ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Schlegel family
ⓘ
Wilcox family ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalSetting | England ⓘ |
| createdBy | E. M. Forster ⓘ |
| familyMember |
Jacky Bast
ⓘ
Leonard Bast ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Howards End ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
novel Howards End (1910)
ⓘ
linked to:
Howards End (house)
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| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | to highlight inequalities between social classes ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| portrays | precarious white-collar employment ⓘ |
| represents | vulnerability of the lower-middle class in early 20th-century England ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Edwardian era ⓘ |
| socialClass | lower-middle class ⓘ |
| themeInWork |
class struggle
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economic insecurity ⓘ social mobility ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bast family Description of subject: The Bast family is a lower-middle-class household in E.M. Forster’s novel "Howards End," whose struggles and aspirations contrast with the more privileged Schlegel and Wilcox families.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Bast family