Buddenbrooks
E42632
Buddenbrooks is a 1901 novel by Thomas Mann that chronicles the decline of a wealthy German merchant family across several generations and helped establish him as a major figure in modern literature.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Buddenbrooks canonical | 11 |
| Buddenbrook | 3 |
| Buddenbrooks (1901 novel) | 1 |
| Buddenbrooks (German editions) | 1 |
| Buddenbrooks universe | 1 |
| Buddenbrooks. Verfall einer Familie | 1 |
| Hanno Buddenbrook | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T335050 — 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: Buddenbrooks Context triple: [Thomas Mann, notableWork, Buddenbrooks]
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A.
Unter den Linden
Unter den Linden is a historic and grand boulevard in central Berlin, Germany, renowned for its cultural institutions, landmarks, and role as a major ceremonial avenue.
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B.
Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte
Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte is a classic German novella about a man who sells his shadow to the Devil, exploring themes of identity, alienation, and the cost of worldly gain.
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C.
The Lower Depths
The Lower Depths is a seminal 1902 play by Russian writer Maksim Gorky that portrays the harsh lives and moral struggles of impoverished lodgers in a flophouse.
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D.
Free City of Danzig
The Free City of Danzig was a semi-autonomous city-state under League of Nations protection between World War I and World War II, centered on the port city of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) and contested by both Germany and Poland.
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E.
Mens et Manus
Mens et Manus is the Latin motto of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, expressing the union of mind and hand in the pursuit of knowledge and practical application.
- 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: Buddenbrooks Target entity description: Buddenbrooks is a 1901 novel by Thomas Mann that chronicles the decline of a wealthy German merchant family across several generations and helped establish him as a major figure in modern literature.
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A.
Unter den Linden
Unter den Linden is a historic and grand boulevard in central Berlin, Germany, renowned for its cultural institutions, landmarks, and role as a major ceremonial avenue.
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B.
Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte
Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte is a classic German novella about a man who sells his shadow to the Devil, exploring themes of identity, alienation, and the cost of worldly gain.
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C.
The Lower Depths
The Lower Depths is a seminal 1902 play by Russian writer Maksim Gorky that portrays the harsh lives and moral struggles of impoverished lodgers in a flophouse.
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D.
Free City of Danzig
The Free City of Danzig was a semi-autonomous city-state under League of Nations protection between World War I and World War II, centered on the port city of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) and contested by both Germany and Poland.
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E.
Mens et Manus
Mens et Manus is the Latin motto of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, expressing the union of mind and hand in the pursuit of knowledge and practical application.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German novel
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bildungsroman ⓘ family saga ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
1923 silent film adaptation
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1959 film adaptation ⓘ 1979 television series adaptation ⓘ 2008 film adaptation ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Mann ⓘ |
| awarded | Nobel Prize in Literature citation reference ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
Nobel Prize in Literature
ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas Mann's Nobel Prize in Literature
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| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| depicts |
German merchant class
ⓘ
Hanseatic League (historical) ⓘ
surface form:
North German Hanseatic society
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| firstEditionFormat | two volumes ⓘ |
| genre |
modernist literature
ⓘ
realist novel ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
Chinese
ⓘ
English ⓘ French ⓘ Italian ⓘ Japanese ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| inCanon |
20th-century literary classics
ⓘ
German literary canon ⓘ |
| influenced | Thomas Mann's literary reputation ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Realism
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surface form:
German realism
early modernism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
bourgeois values
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conflict between art and business ⓘ decay and degeneration ⓘ decline of a bourgeois family ⓘ social change ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Christian Buddenbrook
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Buddenbrooks self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Hanno Buddenbrook
Thomas Buddenbrook ⓘ Tony Buddenbrook ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| protagonistFamily | Buddenbrook family ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1901 ⓘ |
| publisher | S. Fischer Verlag ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Germany ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Lübeck ⓘ |
| structure | four parts ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
19th century
ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ |
| titleSubtitle | Verfall einer Familie ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Buddenbrooks Description of subject: Buddenbrooks is a 1901 novel by Thomas Mann that chronicles the decline of a wealthy German merchant family across several generations and helped establish him as a major figure in modern literature.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Thomas Mann
this entity surface form:
Hanno Buddenbrook
this entity surface form:
Buddenbrooks (1901 novel)
this entity surface form:
Buddenbrook
this entity surface form:
Buddenbrooks universe
this entity surface form:
Buddenbrook
this entity surface form:
Buddenbrooks. Verfall einer Familie
this entity surface form:
Buddenbrooks (German editions)
this entity surface form:
Buddenbrook