A Tale of a Tub
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A Tale of a Tub is a satirical prose work by Jonathan Swift that critiques religious excesses and literary pretension through an allegorical tale of three brothers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Tale of a Tub canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1535083 — 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: A Tale of a Tub Context triple: [Jonathan Swift, notableWork, A Tale of a Tub]
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A.
The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus
The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus is a satirical prose work collaboratively written by members of the early 18th-century Scriblerus Club, including Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope, parodying pedantry and false learning through the fictional scholar Martinus Scriblerus.
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B.
The Dunciad
The Dunciad is Alexander Pope’s satirical mock-epic poem that attacks the spread of mediocrity and cultural decline in early 18th-century Britain.
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C.
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table is a series of humorous and reflective conversational essays by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., originally published in The Atlantic Monthly in the 1850s.
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D.
The Scriblerus Club
The Scriblerus Club was an early 18th-century London literary circle, including figures like Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope, that satirized pretentious learning and bad taste through collaborative works.
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E.
A Modest Proposal
A Modest Proposal is Jonathan Swift’s famous 1729 satirical essay that uses shocking irony to criticize British policy toward the impoverished Irish.
- 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: A Tale of a Tub Target entity description: A Tale of a Tub is a satirical prose work by Jonathan Swift that critiques religious excesses and literary pretension through an allegorical tale of three brothers.
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A.
The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus
The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus is a satirical prose work collaboratively written by members of the early 18th-century Scriblerus Club, including Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope, parodying pedantry and false learning through the fictional scholar Martinus Scriblerus.
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B.
The Dunciad
The Dunciad is Alexander Pope’s satirical mock-epic poem that attacks the spread of mediocrity and cultural decline in early 18th-century Britain.
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C.
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table is a series of humorous and reflective conversational essays by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., originally published in The Atlantic Monthly in the 1850s.
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D.
The Scriblerus Club
The Scriblerus Club was an early 18th-century London literary circle, including figures like Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope, that satirized pretentious learning and bad taste through collaborative works.
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E.
A Modest Proposal
A Modest Proposal is Jonathan Swift’s famous 1729 satirical essay that uses shocking irony to criticize British policy toward the impoverished Irish.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
allegory
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book ⓘ satirical prose work ⓘ |
| allegoricalMeaning |
Jack represents Protestant dissenters
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Martin represents Anglicanism ⓘ
linked to:
Anglicanism (broadly)
Peter represents Roman Catholicism ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
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| author | Jonathan Swift ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Protestant dissenters
ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to:
Catholic Church worldwide
abuses within the Church of England ⓘ pedantry in scholarship ⓘ pretentious authors ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Jack
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Martin ⓘ Peter ⓘ three brothers ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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| genre |
literary satire
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prose ⓘ religious satire ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasNarrator | unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| hasPart |
The Digressions
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The Tale ⓘ |
| influenced |
English satirical prose
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later works of Jonathan Swift ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose satire ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Augustan literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
abuse of reason
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conflict between ancient and modern learning ⓘ critique of literary pretension ⓘ critique of religious corruption ⓘ critique of religious excess ⓘ sectarianism in Christianity ⓘ |
| movement | Augustan satire ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| notableFor |
attack on modern learning
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complex digressive style ⓘ controversial religious satire ⓘ use of extended allegory ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1704 ⓘ |
| setting | early modern Europe ⓘ |
| structure | main tale with digressions ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
literary criticism
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religious controversy ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 18th century ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Jonathan Swift ⓘ |
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Referenced by (9)
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