To Penshurst
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"To Penshurst" is a 17th-century country-house poem by Ben Jonson that idealizes the Sidney family estate as a model of social harmony, hospitality, and moral order.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| To Penshurst canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3940561 — 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: To Penshurst Context triple: [Ben Jonson, notableWork, To Penshurst]
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A.
The Kenilworth
The Kenilworth is a historic luxury apartment building in Manhattan, New York City, known for its French Second Empire architectural style and prominent location overlooking Central Park.
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B.
Playstead
Playstead is a large recreational area within Boston’s Franklin Park, featuring open fields and facilities for sports and community activities.
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C.
Ponders End
Ponders End is a suburban district in the London Borough of Enfield, known for its residential areas, local industry, and transport links along the Lea Valley in north London.
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D.
Broadlands
Broadlands is a planned residential community in Loudoun County, Virginia, known for its family-friendly neighborhoods, schools, and proximity to technology corridors in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
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E.
Duchess’s Stand
Duchess’s Stand is the main grandstand at Epsom Downs Racecourse, offering prime spectator views of major horse racing events such as The Derby.
- 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: To Penshurst Target entity description: "To Penshurst" is a 17th-century country-house poem by Ben Jonson that idealizes the Sidney family estate as a model of social harmony, hospitality, and moral order.
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A.
The Kenilworth
The Kenilworth is a historic luxury apartment building in Manhattan, New York City, known for its French Second Empire architectural style and prominent location overlooking Central Park.
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B.
Playstead
Playstead is a large recreational area within Boston’s Franklin Park, featuring open fields and facilities for sports and community activities.
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C.
Ponders End
Ponders End is a suburban district in the London Borough of Enfield, known for its residential areas, local industry, and transport links along the Lea Valley in north London.
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D.
Broadlands
Broadlands is a planned residential community in Loudoun County, Virginia, known for its family-friendly neighborhoods, schools, and proximity to technology corridors in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
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E.
Duchess’s Stand
Duchess’s Stand is the main grandstand at Epsom Downs Racecourse, offering prime spectator views of major horse racing events such as The Derby.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English poem
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country-house poem ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| addresses | Penshurst Place ⓘ |
| author | Ben Jonson ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | courtly luxury ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Sidney family ⓘ |
| depicts | Sidney family estate ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Forest ⓘ |
| form | verse ⓘ |
| genre |
country-house poem
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occasional poem ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | considered a foundational country-house poem ⓘ |
| hasPublicationDate | 17th century ⓘ |
| includedIn | anthologies of 17th-century English poetry ⓘ |
| influenced | later country-house poems ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Ben Jonson’s poems ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
English Neoclassicism (early)
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linked to:
Neoclassicism
|
| literaryPeriod |
Renaissance literature
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early 17th-century literature ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
catalogue of natural bounty
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classical allusion ⓘ topographical description ⓘ |
| mentions |
Barbara Gamage Sidney
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Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ children of the Sidney family ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| praises |
Sidney family
ⓘ
hospitality of Penshurst household ⓘ moderation and temperance ⓘ |
| rhetoricalMode | panegyric ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | heroic couplets ⓘ |
| setting |
Penshurst Place, Kent
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linked to:
Penshurst Place
|
| studiedIn | English literature courses ⓘ |
| subjectOfWork | Penshurst Place ⓘ |
| theme |
aristocratic household
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contrast with courtly corruption ⓘ hospitality ⓘ idealized country life ⓘ moral order ⓘ natural abundance ⓘ patronage ⓘ reciprocal generosity ⓘ rural virtue ⓘ social harmony ⓘ |
| tone |
didactic
ⓘ
laudatory ⓘ |
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Subject: To Penshurst Description of subject: "To Penshurst" is a 17th-century country-house poem by Ben Jonson that idealizes the Sidney family estate as a model of social harmony, hospitality, and moral order.
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