Darlington Hall
E120716
Darlington Hall is the grand English country estate that serves as the primary backdrop for Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel "The Remains of the Day," symbolizing tradition, duty, and the fading British aristocracy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Darlington Hall canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1009928 — 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: Darlington Hall Context triple: [The Remains of the Day, settingPlace, Darlington Hall]
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A.
Houghton Hall
Houghton Hall is a grand 18th-century Palladian country house in Norfolk, England, renowned for its architecture, art collections, and role in British political history.
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B.
Langdell Hall
Langdell Hall is the main library and iconic central building of Harvard Law School, housing one of the largest academic law collections in the world.
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C.
Bridgewater Hall
Bridgewater Hall is a major concert venue in Manchester, England, renowned as the home of the Hallé Orchestra and for hosting classical, jazz, and popular music performances.
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D.
Pound Hall
Pound Hall is a major academic and administrative building at Harvard Law School that houses classrooms, faculty offices, and legal research facilities.
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E.
Chatsworth
Chatsworth is a predominantly Indian suburb of Durban in South Africa, known as a major residential and cultural center for the Indian South African community.
- 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: Darlington Hall Target entity description: Darlington Hall is the grand English country estate that serves as the primary backdrop for Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel "The Remains of the Day," symbolizing tradition, duty, and the fading British aristocracy.
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A.
Houghton Hall
Houghton Hall is a grand 18th-century Palladian country house in Norfolk, England, renowned for its architecture, art collections, and role in British political history.
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B.
Langdell Hall
Langdell Hall is the main library and iconic central building of Harvard Law School, housing one of the largest academic law collections in the world.
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C.
Bridgewater Hall
Bridgewater Hall is a major concert venue in Manchester, England, renowned as the home of the Hallé Orchestra and for hosting classical, jazz, and popular music performances.
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D.
Pound Hall
Pound Hall is a major academic and administrative building at Harvard Law School that houses classrooms, faculty offices, and legal research facilities.
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E.
Chatsworth
Chatsworth is a predominantly Indian suburb of Durban in South Africa, known as a major residential and cultural center for the Indian South African community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional country house
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fictional location ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Remains of the Day ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkBy | Kazuo Ishiguro ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
class and hierarchy
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loyalty and service ⓘ memory and regret ⓘ political naivety of the British aristocracy ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| createdBy | Kazuo Ishiguro ⓘ |
| employs |
Miss Kenton
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Stevens ⓘ |
| firstPublishedInWorkYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| functionInPlot |
place of Stevens’s lifelong service
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site of international political conferences ⓘ |
| hasRoleInNarrative | primary backdrop of the story ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| laterOwnedBy | Mr Farraday ⓘ |
| literarySymbolOf |
decline of the English country house
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duty ⓘ fading British aristocracy ⓘ tradition ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativePerspectiveRelation | seen through the eyes of Stevens ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Lord Darlington ⓘ |
| settingOf | The Remains of the Day ⓘ |
| symbolizesForProtagonist |
ideal of professional dignity
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missed personal opportunities ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted |
interwar years
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post–Second World War era ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Darlington Hall Description of subject: Darlington Hall is the grand English country estate that serves as the primary backdrop for Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel "The Remains of the Day," symbolizing tradition, duty, and the fading British aristocracy.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.