The Man of Property
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The Man of Property is a 1906 novel by John Galsworthy that serves as the first book of the Forsyte Saga, portraying the conflicts and moral decay within an upper-middle-class English family.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Man of Property canonical | 17 |
| The Man of Property (1906) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T465440 — 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: The Man of Property Context triple: [John Galsworthy, notableWork, The Man of Property]
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A.
The Paradine Case
The Paradine Case is a 1947 courtroom drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, in which Gregory Peck plays a defense attorney entangled in a complex murder trial involving a beautiful widow.
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B.
The Way We Live Now
The Way We Live Now is a satirical Victorian novel by Anthony Trollope that critiques the greed, corruption, and social pretensions of 19th-century British society.
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C.
Bleak House
Bleak House is a BBC television adaptation of Charles Dickens's novel, known for its ensemble cast and serialized, fast-paced retelling of the classic Victorian story.
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D.
The Threepenny Opera
The Threepenny Opera is a 1928 German musical play by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill that satirically blends jazz-influenced music with a dark, socially critical reimagining of John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera.
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E.
Barchester Towers
Barchester Towers is an 1857 Victorian novel by Anthony Trollope that satirically portrays clerical politics and social maneuvering in the fictional English cathedral town of Barchester.
- 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: The Man of Property Target entity description: The Man of Property is a 1906 novel by John Galsworthy that serves as the first book of the Forsyte Saga, portraying the conflicts and moral decay within an upper-middle-class English family.
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A.
The Paradine Case
The Paradine Case is a 1947 courtroom drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, in which Gregory Peck plays a defense attorney entangled in a complex murder trial involving a beautiful widow.
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B.
The Way We Live Now
The Way We Live Now is a satirical Victorian novel by Anthony Trollope that critiques the greed, corruption, and social pretensions of 19th-century British society.
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C.
Bleak House
Bleak House is a BBC television adaptation of Charles Dickens's novel, known for its ensemble cast and serialized, fast-paced retelling of the classic Victorian story.
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D.
The Threepenny Opera
The Threepenny Opera is a 1928 German musical play by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill that satirically blends jazz-influenced music with a dark, socially critical reimagining of John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera.
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E.
Barchester Towers
Barchester Towers is an 1857 Victorian novel by Anthony Trollope that satirically portrays clerical politics and social maneuvering in the fictional English cathedral town of Barchester.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
television series episodes in The Forsyte Saga (1967)
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television series episodes in The Forsyte Saga (2002) ⓘ |
| author | John Galsworthy ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
individual desire versus social convention
ⓘ
marital conflict ⓘ moral decay of the upper-middle class ⓘ property and ownership ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
conflicts within the Forsyte family
ⓘ
materialism of the British professional class ⓘ |
| explores |
possessive love
ⓘ
tension between art and commerce ⓘ |
| firstPublishedInForm | book ⓘ |
| focusesOn | upper-middle-class English family ⓘ |
| follows | the life and marriage of Soames Forsyte ⓘ |
| genre |
family saga
ⓘ
novel of manners ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
James Forsyte
ⓘ
linked to:
Soames Forsyte
June Forsyte ⓘ Montague Dartie ⓘ Winifred Dartie ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
In Chancery
ⓘ
To Let ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Edwardian literature
ⓘ
linked to:
Edwardian era
|
| mainCharacter |
Irene Heron
ⓘ
Jolyon Forsyte ⓘ Old Jolyon Forsyte ⓘ
linked to:
Jolyon Forsyte
Soames Forsyte ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor | critical portrayal of the Forsyte family’s materialism ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | The Forsyte Saga ⓘ |
| partOfTrilogy |
The Forsyte Saga: The Man of Property, In Chancery, To Let
ⓘ
linked to:
The Forsyte Saga
|
| publicationYear | 1906 ⓘ |
| publisher | William Heinemann ⓘ |
| seriesPosition | first book of The Forsyte Saga ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
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| settingPeriod | late Victorian era ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: The Man of Property Description of subject: The Man of Property is a 1906 novel by John Galsworthy that serves as the first book of the Forsyte Saga, portraying the conflicts and moral decay within an upper-middle-class English family.
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