Max Beerbohm
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Max Beerbohm was an English essayist, caricaturist, and critic renowned for his wit, stylish prose, and satirical drawings in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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| Max Beerbohm canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9911686 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Max Beerbohm Context triple: [The Yellow Book, notableContributor, Max Beerbohm]
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A.
P. G. Wodehouse
P. G. Wodehouse was an English author celebrated for his witty, farcical comic novels and stories, particularly those featuring Jeeves and Wooster.
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B.
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde was an Irish playwright, novelist, and poet renowned for his sharp wit, flamboyant style, and works such as "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and "The Importance of Being Earnest."
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C.
Jerome K. Jerome
Jerome K. Jerome was an English writer and humorist best known for his comic travelogue "Three Men in a Boat."
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D.
Ronald Searle
Ronald Searle was a British cartoonist and illustrator best known for creating the St Trinian’s School series and for his distinctive, darkly humorous drawing style.
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E.
Edmund Goulding
Edmund Goulding was a British-born film director and screenwriter best known for helming sophisticated Hollywood dramas during the 1930s and 1940s.
- 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: Max Beerbohm Target entity description: Max Beerbohm was an English essayist, caricaturist, and critic renowned for his wit, stylish prose, and satirical drawings in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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A.
P. G. Wodehouse
P. G. Wodehouse was an English author celebrated for his witty, farcical comic novels and stories, particularly those featuring Jeeves and Wooster.
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B.
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde was an Irish playwright, novelist, and poet renowned for his sharp wit, flamboyant style, and works such as "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and "The Importance of Being Earnest."
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C.
Jerome K. Jerome
Jerome K. Jerome was an English writer and humorist best known for his comic travelogue "Three Men in a Boat."
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D.
Ronald Searle
Ronald Searle was a British cartoonist and illustrator best known for creating the St Trinian’s School series and for his distinctive, darkly humorous drawing style.
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E.
Edmund Goulding
Edmund Goulding was a British-born film director and screenwriter best known for helming sophisticated Hollywood dramas during the 1930s and 1940s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
caricaturist
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essayist ⓘ human ⓘ literary critic ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Knight Bachelor ⓘ |
| birthName | Henry Maximilian Beerbohm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pneumonia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfAward | 1939 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1872-08-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1956-05-20 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Charterhouse School
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Merton College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Saturday Review NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| genre |
caricature
ⓘ
essay ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| givenName |
Henry
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maximilian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | Evelyn Waugh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Oscar Wilde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Aestheticism
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Decadent movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Max Beerbohm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Max NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
literary caricatures
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satirical drawings ⓘ witty essays ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Christmas Garland
NERFINISHED
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Caricatures of Twenty-five Gentlemen NERFINISHED ⓘ Seven Men NERFINISHED ⓘ The Happy Hypocrite NERFINISHED ⓘ Zuleika Dobson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
caricaturist
ⓘ
dramatist ⓘ essayist ⓘ radio broadcaster ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
England
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| placeOfDeath |
Italy
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Rapallo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | drama critic of the Saturday Review ⓘ |
| residence |
London, England
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surface form:
London
Rapallo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling | Herbert Beerbohm Tree NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Florence Kahn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Max Beerbohm Description of subject: Max Beerbohm was an English essayist, caricaturist, and critic renowned for his wit, stylish prose, and satirical drawings in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Referenced by (3)
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