Joseph the Provider
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Joseph the Provider is a volume in Thomas Mann’s four-part novel cycle "Joseph and His Brothers," focusing on the biblical Joseph’s rise to power in Egypt and his role as a wise administrator and savior during famine.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joseph der Ernährer | 1 |
| Joseph the Provider canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1963341 — 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: Joseph the Provider Context triple: [Joseph and His Brothers, hasPart, Joseph the Provider]
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A.
Joses
Joses is an alternate name for Barnabas, an early Christian disciple and companion of the Apostle Paul mentioned in the New Testament.
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B.
Uncle Frank
"Uncle Frank" is a 2020 coming-of-age road trip drama film written and directed by Alan Ball, in which Paul Bettany stars as a closeted gay literature professor confronting his past and family in the American South of the 1970s.
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C.
Broadway Joe
Broadway Joe is the flamboyant Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Joe Namath, famed for his bold Super Bowl III guarantee and larger-than-life New York celebrity persona.
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D.
Tobit
Tobit is a deuterocanonical Jewish wisdom and adventure narrative, preserved in the Septuagint, that tells the story of a righteous Israelite and his son Tobias guided by the angel Raphael.
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E.
Shadrach Bond
Shadrach Bond was an American politician who became the first governor of the state of Illinois after it was admitted to the Union.
- 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: Joseph the Provider Target entity description: Joseph the Provider is a volume in Thomas Mann’s four-part novel cycle "Joseph and His Brothers," focusing on the biblical Joseph’s rise to power in Egypt and his role as a wise administrator and savior during famine.
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A.
Joses
Joses is an alternate name for Barnabas, an early Christian disciple and companion of the Apostle Paul mentioned in the New Testament.
-
B.
Uncle Frank
"Uncle Frank" is a 2020 coming-of-age road trip drama film written and directed by Alan Ball, in which Paul Bettany stars as a closeted gay literature professor confronting his past and family in the American South of the 1970s.
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C.
Broadway Joe
Broadway Joe is the flamboyant Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Joe Namath, famed for his bold Super Bowl III guarantee and larger-than-life New York celebrity persona.
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D.
Tobit
Tobit is a deuterocanonical Jewish wisdom and adventure narrative, preserved in the Septuagint, that tells the story of a righteous Israelite and his son Tobias guided by the angel Raphael.
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E.
Shadrach Bond
Shadrach Bond was an American politician who became the first governor of the state of Illinois after it was admitted to the Union.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | biblical narrative of Joseph in Egypt ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Mann ⓘ |
| authorNationality | German ⓘ |
| basedOn | biblical story of Joseph ⓘ |
| biblicalSource | Book of Genesis ⓘ |
| centralEvent | years of plenty and famine in Egypt ⓘ |
| centralRelationship |
Joseph and Pharaoh
ⓘ
Joseph and his brothers ⓘ |
| characterRole |
depicts Joseph as a savior during famine
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depicts Joseph as a wise administrator ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| genre |
biblical fiction
ⓘ
historical novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Jacob
ⓘ
Joseph’s brothers ⓘ Pharaoh ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| literaryCycle | tetralogy ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernist literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Joseph ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
Joseph’s rise to power in Egypt
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Joseph’s role as administrator during famine ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Joseph the Provider
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Joseph der Ernährer
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| partOf | Joseph and His Brothers ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | fourth volume ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Stories of Joseph
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surface form:
Joseph in Egypt
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| publicationForm | prose ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Tanakh
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surface form:
Old Testament
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| series | Joseph and His Brothers ⓘ |
| setting |
Pharaonic Egypt
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surface form:
ancient Egypt
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| theme |
family reconciliation
ⓘ
power and responsibility ⓘ providence ⓘ wisdom in governance ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Joseph the Provider Description of subject: Joseph the Provider is a volume in Thomas Mann’s four-part novel cycle "Joseph and His Brothers," focusing on the biblical Joseph’s rise to power in Egypt and his role as a wise administrator and savior during famine.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Joseph der Ernährer