The Prestige (novel)
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The Prestige (novel) is a 1995 epistolary science fiction and fantasy book by Christopher Priest about two rival stage magicians in Victorian England whose escalating obsession with outdoing each other leads to dark and uncanny consequences.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Prestige | 9 |
| The Prestige (novel) canonical | 7 |
| The Prestige (1995 novel) | 1 |
| The Prestige (narrative) | 1 |
| novel The Prestige | 1 |
| novel The Prestige by Christopher Priest | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2221891 — 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: The Prestige (novel) Context triple: [The Prestige, basedOn, The Prestige (novel)]
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The Prestige
The Prestige is a 2006 psychological thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan that follows the intense rivalry between two Victorian-era magicians obsessed with outdoing each other.
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The Clock
The Clock is a 1945 romantic drama film starring Judy Garland and Robert Walker, directed by Vincente Minnelli, about a brief but intense wartime romance in New York City.
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C.
The Black Swan
The Black Swan is a 1942 swashbuckling Technicolor adventure film starring Tyrone Power as a reformed pirate caught in a tale of romance and high-seas intrigue.
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D.
الركن الأسود
الركن الأسود هو أحد أركان الكعبة المشرفة الذي يضم الحجر الأسود ويُعد موضعًا ذا قدسية خاصة في الشعائر الإسلامية.
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E.
La Máquina
La Máquina is the popular nickname of Mexican football club Cruz Azul, highlighting its reputation as a powerful, relentless team.
- 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: The Prestige (novel) Target entity description: The Prestige (novel) is a 1995 epistolary science fiction and fantasy book by Christopher Priest about two rival stage magicians in Victorian England whose escalating obsession with outdoing each other leads to dark and uncanny consequences.
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A.
The Prestige
The Prestige is a 2006 psychological thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan that follows the intense rivalry between two Victorian-era magicians obsessed with outdoing each other.
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B.
The Clock
The Clock is a 1945 romantic drama film starring Judy Garland and Robert Walker, directed by Vincente Minnelli, about a brief but intense wartime romance in New York City.
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C.
The Black Swan
The Black Swan is a 1942 swashbuckling Technicolor adventure film starring Tyrone Power as a reformed pirate caught in a tale of romance and high-seas intrigue.
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D.
الركن الأسود
الركن الأسود هو أحد أركان الكعبة المشرفة الذي يضم الحجر الأسود ويُعد موضعًا ذا قدسية خاصة في الشعائر الإسلامية.
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E.
La Máquina
La Máquina is the popular nickname of Mexican football club Cruz Azul, highlighting its reputation as a powerful, relentless team.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British novel
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epistolary novel ⓘ fantasy novel ⓘ novel ⓘ science fiction novel ⓘ |
| adaptedInto |
The Prestige (film)
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linked to:
The Prestige
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| author | Christopher Priest ⓘ |
| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction
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linked to:
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
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| centralTheme |
identity
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illusion versus reality ⓘ obsession ⓘ rivalry ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ stage magic ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Christopher Nolan ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| genre |
epistolary fiction
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fantasy ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| hasElement |
diary entries
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frame narrative ⓘ letters ⓘ multiple viewpoints ⓘ secret identities ⓘ stage illusion The Transported Man ⓘ unreliable narration ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
doubling
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spiritualism ⓘ technological marvels ⓘ twins ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
professional rivalry
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stage illusions ⓘ stage magicians ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryAwardCategory | best novel ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Alfred Borden
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Rupert Angier ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | epistolary ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Nikola Tesla (fictionalized)
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linked to:
Nikola Tesla
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| publicationYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| publisher | Touchstone Books ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Victorian era ⓘ |
| settingPlace | England ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
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: The Prestige (novel) Description of subject: The Prestige (novel) is a 1995 epistolary science fiction and fantasy book by Christopher Priest about two rival stage magicians in Victorian England whose escalating obsession with outdoing each other leads to dark and uncanny consequences.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Prestige (novel)
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subject linked to:
stage illusion The Transported Man
linked to: The Prestige (novel)
linked to: The Prestige (novel)
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linked to: The Prestige (novel)
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linked to: The Prestige (novel)
subject linked to:
John Cutter (character in the novel The Prestige)
linked to: The Prestige (novel)