St James's Library
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St James's Library is the fictional royal library setting in Jonathan Swift's satirical work "The Battle of the Books," where classical and modern authors' works are imagined to wage war.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| St James's Library canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7703471 — 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: St James's Library Context triple: [The Battle of the Books, setInLocation, St James's Library]
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A.
King James Library
King James Library is a historic academic library associated with the University of St Andrews’ St Mary’s College in Scotland.
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B.
Hallward Library
Hallward Library is the main academic library of the University of Nottingham, known for its extensive humanities and social sciences collections and central role in campus study life.
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C.
Jerwood Library
Jerwood Library is a modern academic library building at Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge, providing study spaces and collections for its students and scholars.
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D.
Pepys Library
Pepys Library is a historic library in Cambridge renowned for housing the personal collection and famous diary manuscripts of 17th-century English naval administrator Samuel Pepys.
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E.
Paley Library
Paley Library was the former main academic library of Temple University in Philadelphia, serving as a central hub for research and study before being succeeded by Charles Library.
- 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: St James's Library Target entity description: St James's Library is the fictional royal library setting in Jonathan Swift's satirical work "The Battle of the Books," where classical and modern authors' works are imagined to wage war.
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A.
King James Library
King James Library is a historic academic library associated with the University of St Andrews’ St Mary’s College in Scotland.
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B.
Hallward Library
Hallward Library is the main academic library of the University of Nottingham, known for its extensive humanities and social sciences collections and central role in campus study life.
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C.
Jerwood Library
Jerwood Library is a modern academic library building at Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge, providing study spaces and collections for its students and scholars.
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D.
Pepys Library
Pepys Library is a historic library in Cambridge renowned for housing the personal collection and famous diary manuscripts of 17th-century English naval administrator Samuel Pepys.
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E.
Paley Library
Paley Library was the former main academic library of Temple University in Philadelphia, serving as a central hub for research and study before being succeeded by Charles Library.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional library
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fictional location ⓘ literary setting ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | satire ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
ancients versus moderns debate
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intellectual conflict ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ |
| containsEntityType |
books
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classical authors' works ⓘ modern authors' works ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| createdBy | Jonathan Swift ⓘ |
| describedAs | royal library ⓘ |
| firstPublicationOfWork | 1704 ⓘ |
| hasFunctionInNarrative | arena for allegorical battle of books ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | third-person satirical narration ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
division between ancient and modern works
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shelves of books that come alive to fight ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | prose satire ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | real royal libraries in England ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedInWork | The Battle of the Books ⓘ |
| mediumOfOrigin | printed book ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | personification of books as combatants ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalUniverse | the satirical world of The Battle of the Books ⓘ |
| relatedToHistoricalDebate | Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns ⓘ |
| roleInWork | primary setting of the conflict between ancient and modern authors ⓘ |
| settingType | indoor royal collection of books ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
repository of human knowledge
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royal or institutional authority over learning ⓘ |
| timeOfCreationOfWork | late 17th century ⓘ |
| usedFor | allegorical representation of literary quarrels ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: St James's Library Description of subject: St James's Library is the fictional royal library setting in Jonathan Swift's satirical work "The Battle of the Books," where classical and modern authors' works are imagined to wage war.
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