The Professor at the Breakfast-Table
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The Professor at the Breakfast-Table is an 1860 collection of conversational essays by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., continuing the reflective, humorous, and philosophical breakfast-table dialogues begun in The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Professor at the Breakfast-Table canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1866555 — 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: The Professor at the Breakfast-Table Context triple: [The Autocrat, relatedWork, The Professor at the Breakfast-Table]
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A.
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table is a series of humorous and reflective conversational essays by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., originally published in The Atlantic Monthly in the 1850s.
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B.
The Tea-Table Miscellany
The Tea-Table Miscellany is an influential early 18th-century collection of Scottish songs and ballads that helped popularize vernacular Scots literature.
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C.
Representative Men
Representative Men is a collection of biographical essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson that explores the character and influence of six great historical figures as models of human potential and leadership.
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D.
The Poet at the Breakfast-Table
The Poet at the Breakfast-Table is an 1872 collection of conversational essays by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., continuing his popular series of reflective, humorous breakfast-table dialogues.
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E.
Coningsby, or The New Generation
Coningsby, or The New Generation is a political novel by Benjamin Disraeli that critiques early 19th-century British politics and society through the coming-of-age story of a young aristocrat.
- 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 Professor at the Breakfast-Table Target entity description: The Professor at the Breakfast-Table is an 1860 collection of conversational essays by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., continuing the reflective, humorous, and philosophical breakfast-table dialogues begun in The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table.
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A.
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table is a series of humorous and reflective conversational essays by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., originally published in The Atlantic Monthly in the 1850s.
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B.
The Tea-Table Miscellany
The Tea-Table Miscellany is an influential early 18th-century collection of Scottish songs and ballads that helped popularize vernacular Scots literature.
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C.
Representative Men
Representative Men is a collection of biographical essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson that explores the character and influence of six great historical figures as models of human potential and leadership.
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D.
The Poet at the Breakfast-Table
The Poet at the Breakfast-Table is an 1872 collection of conversational essays by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., continuing his popular series of reflective, humorous breakfast-table dialogues.
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E.
Coningsby, or The New Generation
Coningsby, or The New Generation is a political novel by Benjamin Disraeli that critiques early 19th-century British politics and society through the coming-of-age story of a young aristocrat.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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essay collection ⓘ |
| author | Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ⓘ |
| centralCharacter | the Professor ⓘ |
| contributor | Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| firstPublishedIn | The Atlantic Monthly ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Poet at the Breakfast-Table ⓘ |
| follows | The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table ⓘ |
| genre |
conversational essay
ⓘ
humorous literature ⓘ philosophical literature ⓘ |
| hasNarrator | the Professor ⓘ |
| hasPart |
character sketches
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interpolated poems ⓘ series of breakfast-table conversations ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 19th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | dialogue ⓘ |
| notableFor | continuing the breakfast-table dialogues begun in The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table ⓘ |
| originalPublicationFormat | serial ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston
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| publicationYear | 1860 ⓘ |
| publisher | Ticknor and Fields ⓘ |
| recurringCharacter |
the Boarders
ⓘ
the Landlady ⓘ |
| series | Breakfast-Table series ⓘ |
| setting | boardinghouse breakfast table ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
everyday life in a New England boardinghouse
ⓘ
intellectual debates ⓘ moral questions ⓘ |
| theme |
humor
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philosophical reflection ⓘ religion and belief ⓘ science and medicine ⓘ social observation ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfWork | mid-19th century ⓘ |
| workInSeriesPosition | second in the Breakfast-Table series ⓘ |
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Subject: The Professor at the Breakfast-Table Description of subject: The Professor at the Breakfast-Table is an 1860 collection of conversational essays by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., continuing the reflective, humorous, and philosophical breakfast-table dialogues begun in The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table.
Referenced by (3)
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subject surface form:
The Autocrat