The Peacock Spring
E862372
The Peacock Spring is a 1975 coming-of-age novel by Rumer Godden that explores cultural conflict, adolescence, and forbidden love in an Anglo-Indian setting.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Peacock Spring canonical | 4 |
| The Peacock Spring (1996 television film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10419223 — 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 Peacock Spring Context triple: [Rumer Godden, notableWork, The Peacock Spring]
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A.
Fuente de la Primavera
Fuente de la Primavera is a decorative public fountain located within Mexico City’s historic Alameda Central park.
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B.
Land of a Thousand Ponds
Land of a Thousand Ponds is a poetic nickname highlighting Taoyuan City's historic abundance of ponds and irrigation reservoirs in northwestern Taiwan.
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C.
Green Dragon Spring
Green Dragon Spring is a vividly colored hot spring in Yellowstone National Park’s Norris Geyser Basin, known for its striking green waters and geothermal activity.
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D.
Castalian Spring
Castalian Spring is the sacred fountain at Delphi in ancient Greece, where pilgrims and priests ritually purified themselves before consulting the Oracle of Apollo.
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E.
The Water-Lily Pond
The Water-Lily Pond is a famous Impressionist painting by Claude Monet depicting his iconic Japanese-style bridge and water-lily-filled pond in his garden at Giverny.
- 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 Peacock Spring Target entity description: The Peacock Spring is a 1975 coming-of-age novel by Rumer Godden that explores cultural conflict, adolescence, and forbidden love in an Anglo-Indian setting.
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A.
Fuente de la Primavera
Fuente de la Primavera is a decorative public fountain located within Mexico City’s historic Alameda Central park.
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B.
Land of a Thousand Ponds
Land of a Thousand Ponds is a poetic nickname highlighting Taoyuan City's historic abundance of ponds and irrigation reservoirs in northwestern Taiwan.
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C.
Green Dragon Spring
Green Dragon Spring is a vividly colored hot spring in Yellowstone National Park’s Norris Geyser Basin, known for its striking green waters and geothermal activity.
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D.
Castalian Spring
Castalian Spring is the sacred fountain at Delphi in ancient Greece, where pilgrims and priests ritually purified themselves before consulting the Oracle of Apollo.
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E.
The Water-Lily Pond
The Water-Lily Pond is a famous Impressionist painting by Claude Monet depicting his iconic Japanese-style bridge and water-lily-filled pond in his garden at Giverny.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptationCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| adaptationReleaseYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| adaptationType | television film ⓘ |
| author | Rumer Godden ⓘ |
| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| explores |
class differences
ⓘ
cross-cultural relationships ⓘ female adolescence ⓘ racial prejudice ⓘ sexual awakening ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age fiction
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ romantic fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Peacock Spring (1996 television film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Peacock Spring
|
| hasCharacter |
Alix
ⓘ
Hal Gwithiam ⓘ Ravi ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryStyle | realist fiction ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
education and schooling
ⓘ
gardens ⓘ peacocks ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | Una Gwithiam ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
adolescence
ⓘ
colonialism and its legacy ⓘ cultural conflict ⓘ forbidden love ⓘ identity ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre | Rumer Godden novels set in India ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Viking Press
ⓘ
linked to:
The Viking Press
|
| settingContext | Anglo-Indian society ⓘ |
| settingLocation | India ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
adult readers
ⓘ
young adult readers ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | mid-20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Peacock Spring Description of subject: The Peacock Spring is a 1975 coming-of-age novel by Rumer Godden that explores cultural conflict, adolescence, and forbidden love in an Anglo-Indian setting.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Peacock Spring