The Garden Party
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"The Garden Party" is a renowned modernist short story by Katherine Mansfield that explores class consciousness and the fragility of social pretenses through the experiences of a young girl on the day of a family garden party.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Garden Party and Other Stories | 7 |
| The Garden Party canonical | 5 |
| The Garden Party and Other Stories (some editions) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Garden Party Context triple: [Katherine Mansfield, notableWork, The Garden Party]
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A.
The Garden Party
The Garden Party is an absurdist satirical play by Czech writer and future president Václav Havel that critiques bureaucratic conformity and the loss of individual identity under totalitarian systems.
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B.
Garden Party
"Garden Party" is a 1972 country rock song by Ricky Nelson reflecting on his experience of being booed at a Madison Square Garden concert for playing new material instead of his early hits.
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C.
Garden Party
"Garden Party" is a live album by British rock band Marillion, featuring performances of their early neo-progressive rock material.
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D.
The Whitsun Weddings
The Whitsun Weddings is a celebrated poetry collection by Philip Larkin that captures postwar English life through observant, often melancholic reflections on ordinary experiences and relationships.
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E.
Cakes and Ale
Cakes and Ale is a satirical novel by W. Somerset Maugham that explores literary fame, hypocrisy, and social pretensions in early 20th-century England.
- 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 Garden Party Target entity description: "The Garden Party" is a renowned modernist short story by Katherine Mansfield that explores class consciousness and the fragility of social pretenses through the experiences of a young girl on the day of a family garden party.
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A.
The Garden Party
The Garden Party is an absurdist satirical play by Czech writer and future president Václav Havel that critiques bureaucratic conformity and the loss of individual identity under totalitarian systems.
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B.
Garden Party
"Garden Party" is a 1972 country rock song by Ricky Nelson reflecting on his experience of being booed at a Madison Square Garden concert for playing new material instead of his early hits.
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C.
Garden Party
"Garden Party" is a live album by British rock band Marillion, featuring performances of their early neo-progressive rock material.
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D.
The Whitsun Weddings
The Whitsun Weddings is a celebrated poetry collection by Philip Larkin that captures postwar English life through observant, often melancholic reflections on ordinary experiences and relationships.
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E.
Cakes and Ale
Cakes and Ale is a satirical novel by W. Somerset Maugham that explores literary fame, hypocrisy, and social pretensions in early 20th-century England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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modernist work ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| author | Katherine Mansfield ⓘ |
| centralConflict | clash between upper-class celebration and nearby death of a working-class man ⓘ |
| centralEvent | Sheridan family garden party ⓘ |
| character |
Jose Sheridan
ⓘ
Laura Sheridan ⓘ Laurie Sheridan ⓘ Mr. Sheridan ⓘ Mrs. Sheridan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | New Zealand ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1922 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
The Garden Party and Other Stories
ⓘ
linked to:
The Garden Party
|
| genre |
modernist fiction
ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
radio adaptations
ⓘ
television adaptations ⓘ |
| includedInCollection |
The Garden Party and Other Stories
ⓘ
linked to:
The Garden Party
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
free indirect discourse
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irony ⓘ stream of consciousness elements ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Laura Sheridan ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| plotElement |
Laura’s visit to the dead man’s house
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news of a carter’s death in a nearby poor neighborhood ⓘ preparations for a garden party ⓘ |
| protagonistAge | adolescent ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstCollection | Constable & Co. ⓘ |
| setting |
Sheridan family home
ⓘ
garden of the Sheridan house ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
English literature curricula
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modernist literature courses ⓘ |
| symbol |
cottage of the dead carter
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garden party ⓘ hat given to Laura ⓘ upper-class house and garden ⓘ |
| theme |
class consciousness
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coming of age ⓘ death and mortality ⓘ empathy and compassion ⓘ fragility of social pretenses ⓘ innocence and experience ⓘ social class division ⓘ |
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Subject: The Garden Party Description of subject: "The Garden Party" is a renowned modernist short story by Katherine Mansfield that explores class consciousness and the fragility of social pretenses through the experiences of a young girl on the day of a family garden party.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Garden Party
subject linked to:
Mansfield
linked to: The Garden Party
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linked to: The Garden Party
linked to: The Garden Party
linked to: The Garden Party
linked to: The Garden Party
linked to: The Garden Party