In Chancery
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"In Chancery" is a novel by John Galsworthy, part of his acclaimed Forsyte Saga, exploring the complexities of marriage, divorce, and social convention in upper-middle-class Edwardian England.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| In Chancery canonical | 20 |
| Jarndyce and Jarndyce lawsuit | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T465441 — 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: In Chancery Context triple: [John Galsworthy, notableWork, In Chancery]
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A.
Trial of the Sixteen
The Trial of the Sixteen was a 1936 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks were accused of treason and summarily condemned, marking a key early stage of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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B.
The Winslow Boy
The Winslow Boy is a 1946 stage play by Terence Rattigan that dramatizes a real Edwardian-era legal case in which a family sacrifices everything to clear their young son’s name.
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C.
The Doubtful Heir
The Doubtful Heir is a Caroline-era tragicomedy play by English dramatist James Shirley, centered on courtly intrigue, disputed succession, and romantic entanglements.
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D.
Trial of the Pyx
The Trial of the Pyx is a centuries-old ceremonial and legal procedure in the United Kingdom in which newly minted coins are rigorously tested for quality and accuracy to ensure they meet required standards.
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E.
The Minister's Wooing
The Minister's Wooing is an 1859 historical novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that explores Calvinist theology, New England society, and women's inner lives in the early 19th century.
- 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: In Chancery Target entity description: "In Chancery" is a novel by John Galsworthy, part of his acclaimed Forsyte Saga, exploring the complexities of marriage, divorce, and social convention in upper-middle-class Edwardian England.
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A.
Trial of the Sixteen
The Trial of the Sixteen was a 1936 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks were accused of treason and summarily condemned, marking a key early stage of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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B.
The Winslow Boy
The Winslow Boy is a 1946 stage play by Terence Rattigan that dramatizes a real Edwardian-era legal case in which a family sacrifices everything to clear their young son’s name.
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C.
The Doubtful Heir
The Doubtful Heir is a Caroline-era tragicomedy play by English dramatist James Shirley, centered on courtly intrigue, disputed succession, and romantic entanglements.
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D.
Trial of the Pyx
The Trial of the Pyx is a centuries-old ceremonial and legal procedure in the United Kingdom in which newly minted coins are rigorously tested for quality and accuracy to ensure they meet required standards.
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E.
The Minister's Wooing
The Minister's Wooing is an 1859 historical novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that explores Calvinist theology, New England society, and women's inner lives in the early 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | John Galsworthy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | John Galsworthy ⓘ |
| depicts |
English society
ⓘ
legal issues of divorce ⓘ |
| explores |
constraints of marriage laws in England
ⓘ
tension between personal desire and social duty ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Irene Forsyte
ⓘ
Soames Forsyte ⓘ Young Jolyon Forsyte ⓘ
linked to:
Jolyon Forsyte
|
| followedBy | To Let ⓘ |
| follows | The Man of Property ⓘ |
| genre |
family saga
ⓘ
fiction ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasTitle | In Chancery ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | realism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
divorce
ⓘ
family conflict ⓘ marriage ⓘ property and inheritance ⓘ social convention ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| partOf | The Forsyte Saga ⓘ |
| publicationEra | early 20th century ⓘ |
| seriesNumberWithin | second novel of The Forsyte Saga ⓘ |
| settingClass | upper-middle class ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Edwardian era ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: In Chancery Description of subject: "In Chancery" is a novel by John Galsworthy, part of his acclaimed Forsyte Saga, exploring the complexities of marriage, divorce, and social convention in upper-middle-class Edwardian England.
Referenced by (21)
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