A Question of Upbringing
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A Question of Upbringing is the first novel in Anthony Powell’s multi-volume sequence A Dance to the Music of Time, introducing its narrator and themes of memory, social change, and English upper-class life.
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| A Question of Upbringing canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Question of Upbringing Context triple: [A Dance to the Music of Time, hasPart, A Question of Upbringing]
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The Daughter
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Question of Upbringing Target entity description: A Question of Upbringing is the first novel in Anthony Powell’s multi-volume sequence A Dance to the Music of Time, introducing its narrator and themes of memory, social change, and English upper-class life.
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A.
The Daughter
The Daughter is a 2015 Australian drama film, adapted from Henrik Ibsen’s play "The Wild Duck," that explores buried family secrets and emotional fallout in a small town.
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B.
Teach Your Children
"Teach Your Children" is a folk-rock song by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young known for its gentle harmonies and reflective lyrics about intergenerational understanding and guidance.
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C.
Of Parents and Children
"Of Parents and Children" is a short essay by Francis Bacon that reflects on the duties, affections, and social implications of having and raising children.
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D.
The Paternal Admonition
The Paternal Admonition is a renowned 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Gerard ter Borch, celebrated for its subtle psychological tension and refined depiction of domestic interior life.
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E.
The Mother
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- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Anthony Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Anthony Powell’s experiences of English upper-class society ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Charles Stringham
NERFINISHED
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Kenneth Widmerpool NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicholas Jenkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Templer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsInNarrative |
Nicholas Jenkins’s early adulthood
ⓘ
Nicholas Jenkins’s schooldays ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
novel of manners ⓘ |
| hasSequel | A Buyer’s Market NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar British fiction ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| narrator | Nicholas Jenkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed social observation
ⓘ
introspective narrative style ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | A Dance to the Music of Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | first novel ⓘ |
| protagonist | Nicholas Jenkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| publisher | Heinemann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesBy | Anthony Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | England ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| theme |
English upper-class life
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friendship ⓘ memory ⓘ passage of time ⓘ social change ⓘ |
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