Daniel Jones's English Pronouncing Dictionary
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Daniel Jones's English Pronouncing Dictionary is a seminal reference work that systematically documents and standardizes British English pronunciation, particularly the accent known as Received Pronunciation.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| English Pronouncing Dictionary | 4 |
| Daniel Jones's English Pronouncing Dictionary canonical | 2 |
| An English Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T479982 — 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: Daniel Jones's English Pronouncing Dictionary Context triple: [Received Pronunciation, codifiedIn, Daniel Jones's English Pronouncing Dictionary]
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Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary
The Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary is a widely used reference work that provides authoritative phonetic transcriptions and pronunciation guidance for English words, particularly reflecting standard British usage.
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B.
Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary is the authoritative, comprehensive historical dictionary of the English language, widely regarded as the standard reference for definitions, usage, and etymology.
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Collins English Dictionary
Collins English Dictionary is a major authoritative reference work on the English language, particularly influential for British English usage and spelling.
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Cambridge Dictionary
Cambridge Dictionary is a major British English reference work and online resource that provides authoritative definitions, spellings, and usage guidance for English learners and speakers worldwide.
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Macquarie Dictionary
The Macquarie Dictionary is a major authoritative dictionary of Australian English, widely regarded as the standard reference for Australian vocabulary, spelling, and usage.
- 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: Daniel Jones's English Pronouncing Dictionary Target entity description: Daniel Jones's English Pronouncing Dictionary is a seminal reference work that systematically documents and standardizes British English pronunciation, particularly the accent known as Received Pronunciation.
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A.
Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary
The Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary is a widely used reference work that provides authoritative phonetic transcriptions and pronunciation guidance for English words, particularly reflecting standard British usage.
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B.
Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary is the authoritative, comprehensive historical dictionary of the English language, widely regarded as the standard reference for definitions, usage, and etymology.
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C.
Collins English Dictionary
Collins English Dictionary is a major authoritative reference work on the English language, particularly influential for British English usage and spelling.
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D.
Cambridge Dictionary
Cambridge Dictionary is a major British English reference work and online resource that provides authoritative definitions, spellings, and usage guidance for English learners and speakers worldwide.
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E.
Macquarie Dictionary
The Macquarie Dictionary is a major authoritative dictionary of Australian English, widely regarded as the standard reference for Australian vocabulary, spelling, and usage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dictionary of English pronunciation
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pronouncing dictionary ⓘ reference work ⓘ |
| aimsTo | provide a standard reference for English pronunciation ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Received Pronunciation
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standard British English ⓘ |
| author | Daniel Jones ⓘ |
| contains |
entries for common and less common English words
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information on variant pronunciations ⓘ stress patterns for English words ⓘ |
| describedAs | seminal reference work ⓘ |
| documents | accent known as Received Pronunciation ⓘ |
| field |
English language reference
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applied linguistics ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
British English pronunciation
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Received Pronunciation ⓘ |
| geographicFocus | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasEdition | multiple revised editions ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
ELT (English Language Teaching) pronunciation models
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broadcast pronunciation standards in the UK ⓘ |
| influenced |
later English pronouncing dictionaries
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teaching of English pronunciation worldwide ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
codification of Received Pronunciation
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systematic treatment of British English pronunciation ⓘ |
| provides | phonetic transcriptions of English words ⓘ |
| purpose |
to document British English pronunciation
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to standardize British English pronunciation ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
English phonetics
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English phonology ⓘ International Phonetic Alphabet ⓘ Received Pronunciation ⓘ |
| standardizes | pronunciation norms for British English ⓘ |
| subject |
phonetics
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phonology ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
advanced learners of English
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language teachers ⓘ linguists ⓘ professional voice users ⓘ |
| typeOfPronunciationDescribed | educated Southern British English ⓘ |
| usedAs | model for English pronunciation in many countries ⓘ |
| usedBy |
actors and broadcasters
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lexicographers ⓘ speech therapists ⓘ students of English phonetics ⓘ teachers of English pronunciation ⓘ |
| usesNotation | International Phonetic Alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Daniel Jones's English Pronouncing Dictionary Description of subject: Daniel Jones's English Pronouncing Dictionary is a seminal reference work that systematically documents and standardizes British English pronunciation, particularly the accent known as Received Pronunciation.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary
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originalTitle
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Daniel Jones's English Pronouncing Dictionary
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this entity surface form:
English Pronouncing Dictionary
this entity surface form:
English Pronouncing Dictionary
this entity surface form:
English Pronouncing Dictionary
this entity surface form:
An English Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language
this entity surface form:
English Pronouncing Dictionary