The Sending of Eight
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"The Sending of Eight" is a chapter from Terry Pratchett’s comic fantasy novel *The Colour of Magic*, following the misadventures of the inept wizard Rincewind and the tourist Twoflower on Discworld.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Sending of Eight canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6796129 — 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 Sending of Eight Context triple: [The Colour of Magic, hasPart, The Sending of Eight]
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A.
The Emissary
The Emissary is a dystopian novel by Yoko Tawada that imagines a post-disaster Japan where aging and youth are inverted, exploring themes of language, isolation, and resilience.
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B.
The Emissaries
The Emissaries is the English title of Surah Al-Mursalat, a chapter of the Qur’an that emphasizes divine judgment, the fate of deniers, and the certainty of the Day of Resurrection.
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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.
Faith of the Seven
Faith of the Seven is the dominant polytheistic religion in the world of Game of Thrones, centered on worship of seven aspects of a single deity and closely tied to the politics and culture of Westeros.
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E.
The Saints of Salvation
The Saints of Salvation is a science fiction novel by Peter F. Hamilton that concludes his Salvation Sequence space opera trilogy, featuring humanity’s struggle against a powerful alien threat.
- 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 Sending of Eight Target entity description: "The Sending of Eight" is a chapter from Terry Pratchett’s comic fantasy novel *The Colour of Magic*, following the misadventures of the inept wizard Rincewind and the tourist Twoflower on Discworld.
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A.
The Emissary
The Emissary is a dystopian novel by Yoko Tawada that imagines a post-disaster Japan where aging and youth are inverted, exploring themes of language, isolation, and resilience.
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B.
The Emissaries
The Emissaries is the English title of Surah Al-Mursalat, a chapter of the Qur’an that emphasizes divine judgment, the fate of deniers, and the certainty of the Day of Resurrection.
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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.
Faith of the Seven
Faith of the Seven is the dominant polytheistic religion in the world of Game of Thrones, centered on worship of seven aspects of a single deity and closely tied to the politics and culture of Westeros.
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E.
The Saints of Salvation
The Saints of Salvation is a science fiction novel by Peter F. Hamilton that concludes his Salvation Sequence space opera trilogy, featuring humanity’s struggle against a powerful alien threat.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel chapter ⓘ |
| author | Terry Pratchett ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
magic
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misadventure ⓘ parody of fantasy tropes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | The Luggage ⓘ |
| featuresElement |
comic danger
ⓘ
inept wizardry ⓘ tourism on Discworld ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Colour of Magic ⓘ |
| followsChapter |
The Colour of Magic (previous chapter)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Colour of Magic
|
| followsCharacter |
Rincewind
ⓘ
Twoflower ⓘ |
| genre | comic fantasy ⓘ |
| hasHumorStyle |
parody
ⓘ
satire ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainProtagonist |
Rincewind
ⓘ
Twoflower ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | episode in Rincewind and Twoflower’s journey ⓘ |
| partOf | The Colour of Magic ⓘ |
| precedesChapter |
The Colour of Magic (next chapter)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Colour of Magic
|
| series | Discworld ⓘ |
| setIn | Ankh-Morpork ⓘ |
| setInFictionalUniverse | Discworld ⓘ |
| setOn | Discworld ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| workInSeriesNumber | chapter of first Discworld novel ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Sending of Eight Description of subject: "The Sending of Eight" is a chapter from Terry Pratchett’s comic fantasy novel *The Colour of Magic*, following the misadventures of the inept wizard Rincewind and the tourist Twoflower on Discworld.
Referenced by (1)
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