The Locusts Have No King
E541612
The Locusts Have No King is a satirical novel by American writer Dawn Powell that skewers New York’s literary and social circles with her characteristic wit and sharp observation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Locusts Have No King canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5711625 — 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 Locusts Have No King Context triple: [Dawn Powell, notableWork, The Locusts Have No King]
-
A.
The Locusts
"The Locusts" is a short story by Ray Bradbury that depicts the mass colonization of Mars by humans, likening the influx of settlers to a swarm of locusts consuming a new world.
-
B.
The Soul of the White Ant
The Soul of the White Ant is a classic early 20th-century natural history book by Eugène Marais that explores the complex social structure and behavior of termites through a blend of scientific observation and philosophical reflection.
-
C.
People of the Ditch
The People of the Ditch are a persecuted group mentioned in the Qur’an, remembered for being burned alive in trenches of fire for steadfastly upholding their faith.
-
D.
On the Heights of Despair
On the Heights of Despair is a philosophical work by Emil Cioran that presents a series of aphoristic, pessimistic meditations on suffering, nihilism, and the absurdity of existence.
-
E.
The Plague of Doves
The Plague of Doves is a critically acclaimed novel by Louise Erdrich that intertwines multiple generations in a North Dakota town haunted by a historical lynching and the enduring legacy of violence and injustice.
- 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 Locusts Have No King Target entity description: The Locusts Have No King is a satirical novel by American writer Dawn Powell that skewers New York’s literary and social circles with her characteristic wit and sharp observation.
-
A.
The Locusts
"The Locusts" is a short story by Ray Bradbury that depicts the mass colonization of Mars by humans, likening the influx of settlers to a swarm of locusts consuming a new world.
-
B.
The Soul of the White Ant
The Soul of the White Ant is a classic early 20th-century natural history book by Eugène Marais that explores the complex social structure and behavior of termites through a blend of scientific observation and philosophical reflection.
-
C.
People of the Ditch
The People of the Ditch are a persecuted group mentioned in the Qur’an, remembered for being burned alive in trenches of fire for steadfastly upholding their faith.
-
D.
On the Heights of Despair
On the Heights of Despair is a philosophical work by Emil Cioran that presents a series of aphoristic, pessimistic meditations on suffering, nihilism, and the absurdity of existence.
-
E.
The Plague of Doves
The Plague of Doves is a critically acclaimed novel by Louise Erdrich that intertwines multiple generations in a North Dakota town haunted by a historical lynching and the enduring legacy of violence and injustice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
ⓘ
satirical novel ⓘ |
| author | Dawn Powell ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
satire ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
New York society
ⓘ
art versus commerce ⓘ hypocrisy ⓘ literary ambition ⓘ romantic entanglements ⓘ social climbing ⓘ urban life ⓘ vanity in literary circles ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
comic
ⓘ
satirical ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
New York literary circles
ⓘ
New York social circles ⓘ
linked to:
New York high society
|
| notableCharacteristic |
sharp observation
ⓘ
wit ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| targetOfSatire |
New York literary establishment
ⓘ
New York social elite ⓘ |
| tone |
acerbic
ⓘ
ironic ⓘ witty ⓘ |
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 Locusts Have No King Description of subject: The Locusts Have No King is a satirical novel by American writer Dawn Powell that skewers New York’s literary and social circles with her characteristic wit and sharp observation.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.