News from Tartary
E103188
News from Tartary is a 1936 travel book by British writer Peter Fleming recounting his overland journey through Central Asia from Peking to Kashmir.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| News from Tartary canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T873027 — 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: News from Tartary Context triple: [Peter Fleming, notableWork, News from Tartary]
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A.
The Tale
The Tale is a 2018 autobiographical drama film written and directed by Jennifer Fox, in which she reexamines a sexual relationship from her youth to confront the nature of memory and abuse.
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B.
The Harafish
The Harafish is a celebrated novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that traces the rise and fall of a Cairo alley’s families across generations, blending mythic storytelling with social realism.
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C.
De Heraut
De Heraut was a Dutch Reformed newspaper associated with theologian and statesman Abraham Kuyper and his neo-Calvinist movement.
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D.
Tales of a Traveller
Tales of a Traveller is a collection of short stories by Washington Irving that blends romanticism, humor, and the supernatural in a series of travel-themed tales.
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E.
Living to Tell the Tale
Living to Tell the Tale is Gabriel García Márquez’s memoir, recounting his early life and the experiences that shaped him as a writer.
- 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: News from Tartary Target entity description: News from Tartary is a 1936 travel book by British writer Peter Fleming recounting his overland journey through Central Asia from Peking to Kashmir.
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A.
The Tale
The Tale is a 2018 autobiographical drama film written and directed by Jennifer Fox, in which she reexamines a sexual relationship from her youth to confront the nature of memory and abuse.
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B.
The Harafish
The Harafish is a celebrated novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that traces the rise and fall of a Cairo alley’s families across generations, blending mythic storytelling with social realism.
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C.
De Heraut
De Heraut was a Dutch Reformed newspaper associated with theologian and statesman Abraham Kuyper and his neo-Calvinist movement.
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D.
Tales of a Traveller
Tales of a Traveller is a collection of short stories by Washington Irving that blends romanticism, humor, and the supernatural in a series of travel-themed tales.
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E.
Living to Tell the Tale
Living to Tell the Tale is Gabriel García Márquez’s memoir, recounting his early life and the experiences that shaped him as a writer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ travel book ⓘ |
| author | Peter Fleming ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
conditions in Chinese Turkestan
ⓘ
travel on the Silk Road routes ⓘ |
| describesJourneyType | overland journey ⓘ |
| followsRouteBetween |
Kashmir
ⓘ
Peking ⓘ
linked to:
Beijing
|
| genre |
adventure literature
ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ |
| hasAuthorCitizenship | British ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation |
journalist
ⓘ
travel writer ⓘ |
| hasGeographicFocus |
Himalayan region
ⓘ
Karakoram region ⓘ
linked to:
Karakoram
Xinjiang ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryStyle |
observational reporting
ⓘ
witty prose ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Peter Fleming ⓘ |
| hasOriginalPublicationDateCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | British traveler’s viewpoint ⓘ |
| hasSequelOrRelatedWork |
Brazilian Adventure
ⓘ
One's Company ⓘ |
| hasTitleWord |
News
ⓘ
Tartary ⓘ
linked to:
Turkestan
|
| historicalContext | interwar period ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of reportage and personal narrative
ⓘ
detailed account of remote regions of Central Asia ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1936 ⓘ |
| publisherCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| setting |
Central Asia
ⓘ
Kashmir ⓘ Peking ⓘ
linked to:
Beijing
|
| subjectMatter |
frontier regions of the British Empire
ⓘ
political conditions in Central Asia ⓘ travel in Central Asia ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfJourney | 1930s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: News from Tartary Description of subject: News from Tartary is a 1936 travel book by British writer Peter Fleming recounting his overland journey through Central Asia from Peking to Kashmir.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.