Parliaments and Talkings
E651727
"Parliaments and Talkings" is an essay by Thomas Carlyle included in his polemical collection *Latter-Day Pamphlets*, critiquing the inefficacy and verbosity of modern parliamentary government.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Parliaments and Talkings canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7243971 — 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: Parliaments and Talkings Context triple: [Latter-Day Pamphlets, hasPart, Parliaments and Talkings]
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A.
Lords of Parliament
Lords of Parliament are members of the United Kingdom’s upper legislative chamber, historically comprising hereditary peers, life peers, and bishops who participate in reviewing and amending legislation.
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B.
Parlamentarium
Parlamentarium is the European Parliament’s interactive visitors’ center in Brussels, offering multimedia exhibits about the EU’s history, institutions, and decision-making.
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C.
The Speaker
The Speaker is an influential 18th-century anthology of prose and verse selections compiled by William Enfield to teach elocution, reading, and moral instruction.
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D.
Barebone's Parliament
Barebone's Parliament was a short-lived, radical Puritan assembly that governed England in 1653 following the Rump Parliament and just before Oliver Cromwell’s Protectorate.
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E.
Mister Speaker
Mister Speaker is the traditional formal address used for a male Speaker presiding over the United States House of Representatives.
- 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: Parliaments and Talkings Target entity description: "Parliaments and Talkings" is an essay by Thomas Carlyle included in his polemical collection *Latter-Day Pamphlets*, critiquing the inefficacy and verbosity of modern parliamentary government.
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A.
Lords of Parliament
Lords of Parliament are members of the United Kingdom’s upper legislative chamber, historically comprising hereditary peers, life peers, and bishops who participate in reviewing and amending legislation.
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B.
Parlamentarium
Parlamentarium is the European Parliament’s interactive visitors’ center in Brussels, offering multimedia exhibits about the EU’s history, institutions, and decision-making.
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C.
The Speaker
The Speaker is an influential 18th-century anthology of prose and verse selections compiled by William Enfield to teach elocution, reading, and moral instruction.
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D.
Barebone's Parliament
Barebone's Parliament was a short-lived, radical Puritan assembly that governed England in 1653 following the Rump Parliament and just before Oliver Cromwell’s Protectorate.
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E.
Mister Speaker
Mister Speaker is the traditional formal address used for a male Speaker presiding over the United States House of Representatives.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay
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literary work ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Victorian era ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Carlyle ⓘ |
| collectionType | polemical collection ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticizes |
inefficiency in government
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modern parliamentary government ⓘ political verbosity ⓘ |
| discusses |
leadership and authority
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representative institutions ⓘ talking versus doing in politics ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
polemical writing
ⓘ
political essay ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
anti-parliamentarianism
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conservative critique of democracy ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Parliaments and Talkings ⓘ |
| includedInCollectionBy | Thomas Carlyle ⓘ |
| isPartOfSeries | Latter-Day Pamphlets essays ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
democracy
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governance ⓘ parliamentary government ⓘ political reform ⓘ rhetoric in politics ⓘ |
| partOf | Latter-Day Pamphlets ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| workIn | political philosophy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Parliaments and Talkings Description of subject: "Parliaments and Talkings" is an essay by Thomas Carlyle included in his polemical collection *Latter-Day Pamphlets*, critiquing the inefficacy and verbosity of modern parliamentary government.
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