The Snow Queen
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The Snow Queen is a novel by Michael Cunningham that intertwines the lives of two brothers in contemporary New York as they grapple with love, illness, and spiritual longing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Snow Queen canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10091675 — 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 Snow Queen Context triple: [Michael Cunningham, notableWork, The Snow Queen]
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A.
The Snow Queen
The Snow Queen is an 1844 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a powerful, cold-hearted queen and the perilous journey of a young girl to rescue her friend from the queen’s icy realm.
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B.
Snow Queen
"Snow Queen" is a lesser-known 1976 pop song by Elton John and Kiki Dee, released as the B-side to their hit duet "Don't Go Breaking My Heart."
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C.
Das Fischermädchen
Das Fischermädchen is a German art song by Franz Schubert, set to a poem by Heinrich Heine and included in the posthumous song collection "Schwanengesang."
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D.
the Winter Queen
The Winter Queen is the nickname of Elizabeth of Bohemia, the English-born queen consort of Bohemia whose brief reign and subsequent exile made her a notable figure in early 17th-century European politics and the Thirty Years' War.
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E.
The Snow Maiden
The Snow Maiden is an opera by Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov based on a Slavic fairy tale about a magical girl made of snow who longs for human love.
- 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 Snow Queen Target entity description: The Snow Queen is a novel by Michael Cunningham that intertwines the lives of two brothers in contemporary New York as they grapple with love, illness, and spiritual longing.
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A.
The Snow Queen
The Snow Queen is an 1844 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a powerful, cold-hearted queen and the perilous journey of a young girl to rescue her friend from the queen’s icy realm.
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B.
Snow Queen
"Snow Queen" is a lesser-known 1976 pop song by Elton John and Kiki Dee, released as the B-side to their hit duet "Don't Go Breaking My Heart."
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C.
Das Fischermädchen
Das Fischermädchen is a German art song by Franz Schubert, set to a poem by Heinrich Heine and included in the posthumous song collection "Schwanengesang."
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D.
the Winter Queen
The Winter Queen is the nickname of Elizabeth of Bohemia, the English-born queen consort of Bohemia whose brief reign and subsequent exile made her a notable figure in early 17th-century European politics and the Thirty Years' War.
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E.
The Snow Maiden
The Snow Maiden is an opera by Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov based on a Slavic fairy tale about a magical girl made of snow who longs for human love.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Michael Cunningham ⓘ |
| authorOf | The Snow Queen ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| explores |
addiction
ⓘ
artistic ambition ⓘ faith and doubt ⓘ queer identity ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary fiction
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Michael Cunningham ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audiobook
ⓘ
ebook ⓘ hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
character-driven narrative
ⓘ
lyrical prose ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Barrett Meeks
ⓘ
Tyler Meeks ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | intertwined lives of two brothers ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation |
musician
ⓘ
writer ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux ⓘ |
| settingLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | early 21st century ⓘ |
| theme |
family relationships
ⓘ
illness ⓘ love ⓘ mortality ⓘ spiritual longing ⓘ |
| titleInspiredBy |
The Snow Queen (fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Snow Queen
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Snow Queen Description of subject: The Snow Queen is a novel by Michael Cunningham that intertwines the lives of two brothers in contemporary New York as they grapple with love, illness, and spiritual longing.
Referenced by (4)
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