Miss Maxwell’s Affections
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Miss Maxwell’s Affections is a late 19th-century novel by British author Richard Pryce, known as a refined society comedy exploring manners, romance, and social expectations.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Miss Maxwell | 1 |
| Miss Maxwell’s Affections canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8367678 — 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: Miss Maxwell’s Affections Context triple: [Richard Pryce, notableWork, Miss Maxwell’s Affections]
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A.
The Governess
The Governess is an 18th-century genre painting by French artist Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin that depicts a domestic scene emphasizing quiet moral instruction and middle-class family life.
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B.
The Gingham Girl
The Gingham Girl is a 1927 American silent romantic comedy film starring Australian actress Lotus Thompson.
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C.
Miss Madeira’s School
Miss Madeira’s School was an elite private girls’ school in New York City known for educating young women from prominent and affluent families.
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D.
The Willoughbys
The Willoughbys is an animated family comedy film, based on Lois Lowry’s book, that follows four neglected siblings who hatch a plan to rid themselves of their selfish parents.
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E.
Miss Jessel
Miss Jessel is the ghostly former governess in Henry James’s novella "The Turn of the Screw," whose ominous presence haunts the children and the new governess.
- 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: Miss Maxwell’s Affections Target entity description: Miss Maxwell’s Affections is a late 19th-century novel by British author Richard Pryce, known as a refined society comedy exploring manners, romance, and social expectations.
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A.
The Governess
The Governess is an 18th-century genre painting by French artist Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin that depicts a domestic scene emphasizing quiet moral instruction and middle-class family life.
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B.
The Gingham Girl
The Gingham Girl is a 1927 American silent romantic comedy film starring Australian actress Lotus Thompson.
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C.
Miss Madeira’s School
Miss Madeira’s School was an elite private girls’ school in New York City known for educating young women from prominent and affluent families.
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D.
The Willoughbys
The Willoughbys is an animated family comedy film, based on Lois Lowry’s book, that follows four neglected siblings who hatch a plan to rid themselves of their selfish parents.
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E.
Miss Jessel
Miss Jessel is the ghostly former governess in Henry James’s novella "The Turn of the Screw," whose ominous presence haunts the children and the new governess.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Richard Pryce ⓘ |
| authorGender | male ⓘ |
| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| centuryOfPublication | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy of manners
ⓘ
romantic fiction ⓘ society novel ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter |
Miss Maxwell
ⓘ
linked to:
Miss Maxwell’s Affections
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryCategory | British novel ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration (likely) ⓘ |
| primaryAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| publicationEra | late Victorian era ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| style |
comic
ⓘ
refined ⓘ |
| theme |
class and society
ⓘ
courtship ⓘ manners ⓘ romance ⓘ social expectations ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Miss Maxwell’s Affections Description of subject: Miss Maxwell’s Affections is a late 19th-century novel by British author Richard Pryce, known as a refined society comedy exploring manners, romance, and social expectations.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Miss Maxwell’s Affections