Trustee from the Toolroom
E791970
"Trustee from the Toolroom" is a 1960 novel by Nevil Shute that follows a modest English model engineer whose quiet life is upended when he undertakes a global journey to recover a hidden legacy for his orphaned niece.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Trustee from the Toolroom canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9328930 — 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: Trustee from the Toolroom Context triple: [Nevil Shute, notableWork, Trustee from the Toolroom]
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A.
Knight Key
Knight Key is a small island in the Middle Florida Keys that forms part of the community of Marathon in Monroe County, Florida.
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B.
Doorman
Doorman is a Dutch surname most notably associated with Karel Doorman, a Royal Netherlands Navy officer and World War II admiral.
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C.
Talbo
Talbo is the surname of Dolly Talbo, a character whose last name identifies her within her fictional or narrative family lineage.
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D.
Stubentor
Stubentor is a historic former city gate site in Vienna’s Innere Stadt, now known as a central U-Bahn station and landmark.
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E.
Steward
Steward is a surname of English origin historically associated with the occupational title for someone who managed a household or estate.
- 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: Trustee from the Toolroom Target entity description: "Trustee from the Toolroom" is a 1960 novel by Nevil Shute that follows a modest English model engineer whose quiet life is upended when he undertakes a global journey to recover a hidden legacy for his orphaned niece.
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A.
Knight Key
Knight Key is a small island in the Middle Florida Keys that forms part of the community of Marathon in Monroe County, Florida.
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B.
Doorman
Doorman is a Dutch surname most notably associated with Karel Doorman, a Royal Netherlands Navy officer and World War II admiral.
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C.
Talbo
Talbo is the surname of Dolly Talbo, a character whose last name identifies her within her fictional or narrative family lineage.
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D.
Stubentor
Stubentor is a historic former city gate site in Vienna’s Innere Stadt, now known as a central U-Bahn station and landmark.
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E.
Steward
Steward is a surname of English origin historically associated with the occupational title for someone who managed a household or estate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Nevil Shute ⓘ |
| centralConflict | recovering a hidden legacy for an orphaned niece ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
ⓘ
novel ⓘ realist fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter | Keith Stewart ⓘ |
| hasCharacterRole | Keith Stewart is the protagonist ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-345-31424-4 ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasMedium | print ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
hidden treasure
ⓘ
precision engineering ⓘ sea voyage ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 300 ⓘ |
| hasReputation | cult favorite among engineers and model makers ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
craftsmanship
ⓘ
family loyalty ⓘ integrity ⓘ ordinary heroism ⓘ responsibility ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Keith Stewart ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre | late works of Nevil Shute ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A modest English model engineer travels across the world to recover a hidden legacy for his orphaned niece. ⓘ |
| protagonistNationality | English ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | model engineer ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1960 ⓘ |
| publisher | William Heinemann ⓘ |
| setting |
England
ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| timePeriodOfSetting | mid-20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Trustee from the Toolroom Description of subject: "Trustee from the Toolroom" is a 1960 novel by Nevil Shute that follows a modest English model engineer whose quiet life is upended when he undertakes a global journey to recover a hidden legacy for his orphaned niece.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.