Sesame and Lilies
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"Sesame and Lilies" is a collection of influential Victorian-era lectures by John Ruskin that explore education, gender roles, and the moral responsibilities of men and women in society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sesame and Lilies canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2625730 — 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: Sesame and Lilies Context triple: [John Ruskin, notableWork, Sesame and Lilies]
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A.
Book of the Eight Tones
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B.
Song of the Three Holy Youths
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C.
The Plum Blossom
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D.
Chrysanthemum Throne
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E.
Siete Leyes
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- 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: Sesame and Lilies Target entity description: "Sesame and Lilies" is a collection of influential Victorian-era lectures by John Ruskin that explore education, gender roles, and the moral responsibilities of men and women in society.
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A.
Book of the Eight Tones
The Book of the Eight Tones is a liturgical hymn book used in Eastern Christian worship that organizes chants according to eight musical modes.
-
B.
Song of the Three Holy Youths
Song of the Three Holy Youths is an ancient biblical canticle, traditionally associated with the Book of Daniel, that recounts the praise of God by three youths miraculously preserved in a fiery furnace.
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C.
The Plum Blossom
"The Plum Blossom" is a track from the 1989 album *China* by electronic music composer Vangelis, known for its atmospheric, synthesizer-driven evocation of East Asian themes.
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D.
Chrysanthemum Throne
The Chrysanthemum Throne is the traditional term for the Japanese imperial institution and the symbolic seat of the Emperor of Japan.
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E.
Siete Leyes
Siete Leyes were a series of centralist constitutional reforms enacted in Mexico in 1836 that replaced the federal system with a more centralized government structure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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essay collection ⓘ lecture collection ⓘ |
| author | John Ruskin ⓘ |
| basedOn | public lectures by John Ruskin ⓘ |
| circulation | widely read in the late 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
Victorian literature
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literary criticism ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ social criticism ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | abridged educational editions ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Of Kings’ Treasuries
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Of Queens’ Gardens ⓘ |
| hasReception |
highly influential in Victorian cultural thought
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later criticized by feminist scholars ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
domestic ideology
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ideal womanhood ⓘ intellectual cultivation ⓘ moral education ⓘ reading and books ⓘ social duty ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
19th-century educational reform debates
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Victorian gender ideology ⓘ |
| includedIn | collected works of John Ruskin ⓘ |
| influenced |
Victorian debates on women’s education
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discourse on separate spheres ideology ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | middle-class Victorian readers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian era ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
education
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gender roles ⓘ men in society ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ women in society ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of contemporary reading habits
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discussion of women’s moral influence in the home ⓘ prescription of distinct roles for men and women ⓘ |
| numberOfLectures | 2 ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPublication |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| publicationYear | 1865 ⓘ |
| publisher | Smith, Elder & Co. ⓘ |
| timePeriodAddressed | 19th-century British society ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | biblical and literary allusions to ‘sesame’ and ‘lilies’ ⓘ |
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Subject: Sesame and Lilies Description of subject: "Sesame and Lilies" is a collection of influential Victorian-era lectures by John Ruskin that explore education, gender roles, and the moral responsibilities of men and women in society.
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subject surface form:
John Ruskin