A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language

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English dictionary book dictionary

A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language is an early American English dictionary by lexicographer Noah Webster that helped standardize American spelling and usage in the early 19th century.

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Label	Occurrences
A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language canonical	2
A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language, for the Use of Schools	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1722997 — 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.

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Target entity: A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language
Context triple: [Noah Webster, notableWork, A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language]

A. Daniel Jones's English Pronouncing Dictionary
Daniel Jones's English Pronouncing Dictionary is a seminal reference work that systematically documents and standardizes British English pronunciation, particularly the accent known as Received Pronunciation.
B. Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences
Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences is an early 18th-century English encyclopedia by Ephraim Chambers that became a foundational work of Enlightenment scholarship and a model for later encyclopedic projects.
C. Royal Institute Dictionary
The Royal Institute Dictionary is Thailand’s official authoritative dictionary that defines and regulates standard usage of the Thai language.
D. Letters on the English
Letters on the English is a series of satirical and philosophical essays by Voltaire, based on his observations of English society, politics, religion, and science in the early 18th century.
E. Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary is the authoritative, comprehensive historical dictionary of the English language, widely regarded as the standard reference for definitions, usage, and etymology.
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: A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language
Target entity description: A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language is an early American English dictionary by lexicographer Noah Webster that helped standardize American spelling and usage in the early 19th century.

A. Daniel Jones's English Pronouncing Dictionary
Daniel Jones's English Pronouncing Dictionary is a seminal reference work that systematically documents and standardizes British English pronunciation, particularly the accent known as Received Pronunciation.
B. Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences
Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences is an early 18th-century English encyclopedia by Ephraim Chambers that became a foundational work of Enlightenment scholarship and a model for later encyclopedic projects.
C. Royal Institute Dictionary
The Royal Institute Dictionary is Thailand’s official authoritative dictionary that defines and regulates standard usage of the Thai language.
D. Letters on the English
Letters on the English is a series of satirical and philosophical essays by Voltaire, based on his observations of English society, politics, religion, and science in the early 18th century.
E. Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary is the authoritative, comprehensive historical dictionary of the English language, widely regarded as the standard reference for definitions, usage, and etymology.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English dictionary ⓘ book ⓘ dictionary ⓘ
aimedAt	general readers ⓘ schools ⓘ students ⓘ
author	Noah Webster ⓘ
centuryOfPublication	19th century ⓘ
contributedTo	standardization of American English usage ⓘ standardization of American spelling ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
focusesOn	American spelling ⓘ American usage ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle	A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language ⓘ surface form: A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language, for the Use of Schools
hasApproximateEntryCount	37000 ⓘ
hasCreator	Noah Webster ⓘ
hasCreatorOccupation	lexicographer ⓘ
hasFormat	octavo ⓘ
hasGenre	reference work ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	important milestone in the development of American lexicography ⓘ one of the first major dictionaries compiled in the United States ⓘ
hasKeyTheme	linguistic reform ⓘ national identity in language ⓘ
hasMediaType	print ⓘ
hasOriginalAudience	American readers ⓘ schoolchildren ⓘ teachers ⓘ
hasOriginalCopyrightStatus	public domain (now) ⓘ
hasPhysicalDescription	single-volume work ⓘ
includes	definitions ⓘ etymological information ⓘ pronunciation guidance ⓘ
influencedBy	A Dictionary of the English Language ⓘ surface form: Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language
intendedUse	educational ⓘ reference ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
notableFor	early attempt to distinguish American from British English ⓘ simplified American spellings ⓘ
placeOfPublication	Hartford, Connecticut, United States ⓘ surface form: Hartford, Connecticut
precedes	An American Dictionary of the English Language ⓘ
publicationYear	1806 ⓘ
publisher	Thayer & Eldridge ⓘ surface form: Hudson & Goodwin
relatedWork	An American Dictionary of the English Language ⓘ The American Spelling Book ⓘ surface form: Noah Webster's spellers
subject	American English ⓘ English language ⓘ lexicography ⓘ
timePeriod	early American Republic ⓘ

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Noah Webster → notableWork → A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language ⓘ

Webster → notableWork → A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language ⓘ

subject surface form: Noah Webster

A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language → hasAlternativeTitle → A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language ⓘ

this entity surface form: A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language, for the Use of Schools

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