The Fisher King
E541590
The Fisher King is a novel by British author Anthony Powell that explores themes of love, art, and social change in mid-20th-century London.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Fisher King canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5711528 — 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 Fisher King Context triple: [Anthony Powell, notableWork, The Fisher King]
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A.
The Fisher King
The Fisher King is a 1991 fantasy-comedy-drama film directed by Terry Gilliam that explores themes of guilt, redemption, and myth through the unlikely friendship between a disgraced radio host and a traumatized homeless man.
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B.
Holy Grail
The Holy Grail is a legendary sacred object in Christian and Arthurian tradition, often depicted as the cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper and later sought as a symbol of divine grace and ultimate truth.
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C.
The Keeper of the Grail
The Keeper of the Grail is a musical cue from the Indiana Jones film scores, associated with the mystical guardianship of the Holy Grail.
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D.
The King
"The King" is an English translation of the Arabic divine name "Al-Malik," one of the 99 Names of Allah in Islam, signifying God's absolute sovereignty and dominion over all creation.
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E.
The King
The King is the legendary American professional golfer Arnold Palmer, renowned for his charismatic personality and transformative impact on popularizing the sport.
- 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 Fisher King Target entity description: The Fisher King is a novel by British author Anthony Powell that explores themes of love, art, and social change in mid-20th-century London.
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A.
The Fisher King
The Fisher King is a 1991 fantasy-comedy-drama film directed by Terry Gilliam that explores themes of guilt, redemption, and myth through the unlikely friendship between a disgraced radio host and a traumatized homeless man.
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B.
Holy Grail
The Holy Grail is a legendary sacred object in Christian and Arthurian tradition, often depicted as the cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper and later sought as a symbol of divine grace and ultimate truth.
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C.
The Keeper of the Grail
The Keeper of the Grail is a musical cue from the Indiana Jones film scores, associated with the mystical guardianship of the Holy Grail.
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D.
The King
"The King" is an English translation of the Arabic divine name "Al-Malik," one of the 99 Names of Allah in Islam, signifying God's absolute sovereignty and dominion over all creation.
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E.
The King
The King is the legendary American professional golfer Arnold Palmer, renowned for his charismatic personality and transformative impact on popularizing the sport.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Anthony Powell ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Anthony Powell ⓘ |
| explores |
changing social norms
ⓘ
interpersonal relationships ⓘ role of art in society ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext |
postwar London
ⓘ
linked to:
post-war London
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| hasTheme |
artistic life
ⓘ
postwar British society ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ social transformation ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Fisher King ⓘ |
| isFictional | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | British literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
art
ⓘ
love ⓘ social change ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
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| settingTime | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| writtenIn | 20th 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 Fisher King Description of subject: The Fisher King is a novel by British author Anthony Powell that explores themes of love, art, and social change in mid-20th-century London.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.