The Amber Spyglass
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The Amber Spyglass is the third and final novel in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, concluding the epic fantasy story of Lyra and Will across multiple worlds.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Amber Spyglass canonical | 18 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3786820 — 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 Amber Spyglass Context triple: [His Dark Materials, adaptationOf, The Amber Spyglass]
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A.
Tides of Light
Tides of Light is a hard science fiction novel by Gregory Benford, part of his Galactic Center series exploring humanity’s struggle against powerful machine intelligences in a distant future.
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B.
The Well at the World’s End
The Well at the World’s End is a late-19th-century fantasy novel by William Morris that follows a young prince’s quest to find a magical well granting strength and long life, and is considered a foundational work of modern fantasy literature.
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C.
The Golden Compass
The Golden Compass is a 2007 fantasy adventure film adaptation of Philip Pullman’s novel "Northern Lights," set in a parallel universe where a young girl embarks on a perilous journey involving armored bears, witches, and a mysterious substance called Dust.
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D.
Tower of Glass
Tower of Glass is a 1970 science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg that explores themes of artificial intelligence, class hierarchy, and the ethics of creating sentient beings.
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E.
World's End
World's End is a riverside district in the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, known for its large 1970s housing estate and proximity to the western end of the King's Road.
- 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 Amber Spyglass Target entity description: The Amber Spyglass is the third and final novel in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, concluding the epic fantasy story of Lyra and Will across multiple worlds.
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A.
Tides of Light
Tides of Light is a hard science fiction novel by Gregory Benford, part of his Galactic Center series exploring humanity’s struggle against powerful machine intelligences in a distant future.
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B.
The Well at the World’s End
The Well at the World’s End is a late-19th-century fantasy novel by William Morris that follows a young prince’s quest to find a magical well granting strength and long life, and is considered a foundational work of modern fantasy literature.
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C.
The Golden Compass
The Golden Compass is a 2007 fantasy adventure film adaptation of Philip Pullman’s novel "Northern Lights," set in a parallel universe where a young girl embarks on a perilous journey involving armored bears, witches, and a mysterious substance called Dust.
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D.
Tower of Glass
Tower of Glass is a 1970 science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg that explores themes of artificial intelligence, class hierarchy, and the ethics of creating sentient beings.
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E.
World's End
World's End is a riverside district in the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, known for its large 1970s housing estate and proximity to the western end of the King's Road.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British novel
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fantasy novel ⓘ novel ⓘ young adult novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
His Dark Materials (television series)
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linked to:
His Dark Materials
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| author | Philip Pullman ⓘ |
| award |
Carnegie Medal (shared recognition via trilogy)
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linked to:
Carnegie Medal
Whitbread Book of the Year ⓘ Whitbread Novel Award ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
coming of age
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death and the afterlife ⓘ free will ⓘ love and sacrifice ⓘ religion and authority ⓘ |
| character |
Iorek Byrnison
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Lee Scoresby ⓘ Lord Asriel ⓘ Mary Malone ⓘ Mrs Coulter ⓘ Serafina Pekkala ⓘ |
| containsElement |
Authority character
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Metatron character ⓘ Mulefa species ⓘ Republic of Heaven concept ⓘ amber spyglass device ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| follows | The Subtle Knife ⓘ |
| genre |
epic fantasy
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fantasy ⓘ speculative fiction ⓘ young adult fiction ⓘ |
| hasSequelWork |
The Book of Dust trilogy (related universe)
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linked to:
The Book of Dust
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| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Lyra Belacqua
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Will Parry ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeFeature | multiple worlds ⓘ |
| notableAs | first children’s book to win Whitbread Book of the Year ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 550 pages ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | His Dark Materials ⓘ |
| positionInSeries |
final novel
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third novel ⓘ |
| precedes |
The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage
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linked to:
The Book of Dust
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| publicationYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Alfred A. Knopf
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David Fickling Books ⓘ Scholastic ⓘ
linked to:
Scholastic Corporation
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| seriesNumber | 3 ⓘ |
| setting |
multiple parallel universes
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world of the dead ⓘ |
| televisionSeasonAdaptation |
His Dark Materials season 3
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linked to:
His Dark Materials
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Amber Spyglass Description of subject: The Amber Spyglass is the third and final novel in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, concluding the epic fantasy story of Lyra and Will across multiple worlds.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.