A Kestrel for a Knave
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A Kestrel for a Knave is Barry Hines’s 1968 coming-of-age novel about a working-class Yorkshire boy whose bond with a kestrel offers brief escape from his bleak social circumstances.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Kestrel for a Knave canonical | 6 |
| novel A Kestrel for a Knave | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10917400 — 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: A Kestrel for a Knave Context triple: [Kes, basedOn, A Kestrel for a Knave]
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A.
The Time of the Cuckoo
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B.
Mochras
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C.
The Mudlark
The Mudlark is a 1950 British historical drama film about a street urchin who sneaks into Windsor Castle to meet Queen Victoria, prompting a political and emotional reckoning at court.
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D.
The Subtle Knife
The Subtle Knife is the second novel in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, introducing a dimension-cutting knife and expanding the series’ multiverse and theological themes.
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E.
The Keeper of the Grail
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- 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: A Kestrel for a Knave Target entity description: A Kestrel for a Knave is Barry Hines’s 1968 coming-of-age novel about a working-class Yorkshire boy whose bond with a kestrel offers brief escape from his bleak social circumstances.
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A.
The Time of the Cuckoo
The Time of the Cuckoo is a romantic stage play by Arthur Laurents about a lonely American woman who finds unexpected love while vacationing in Venice.
-
B.
Mochras
Mochras, also known as Shell Island, is a tidal island off the coast of Gwynedd in northwest Wales, noted for its rich marine life, extensive sandy beaches, and popular camping site.
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C.
The Mudlark
The Mudlark is a 1950 British historical drama film about a street urchin who sneaks into Windsor Castle to meet Queen Victoria, prompting a political and emotional reckoning at court.
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D.
The Subtle Knife
The Subtle Knife is the second novel in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, introducing a dimension-cutting knife and expanding the series’ multiverse and theological themes.
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E.
The Keeper of the Grail
The Keeper of the Grail is a musical cue from the Indiana Jones film scores, associated with the mystical guardianship of the Holy Grail.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coming-of-age novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptedInto | Kes ⓘ |
| alsoReadBy | secondary school students ⓘ |
| author | Barry Hines ⓘ |
| centralRelationship | Billy Casper and a kestrel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Ken Loach ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationTitle | Kes ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
adolescence
ⓘ
education system in England ⓘ social inequality ⓘ working-class life ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age fiction
ⓘ
social realism ⓘ |
| hasAnimalCharacter | Kes the kestrel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Headmaster Gryce
ⓘ
Jud Casper ⓘ Mr. Farthing ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
falconry
ⓘ
family dysfunction ⓘ school bullying ⓘ working-class childhood ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | British social realism ⓘ |
| literaryStatus | modern British classic ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Billy Casper ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
portrayal of working-class Yorkshire dialect
ⓘ
use in British school curricula ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| protagonist | Billy Casper ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| publisher | Michael Joseph ⓘ |
| settingCountry | England ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Yorkshire ⓘ |
| symbol | kestrel ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
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escape from bleak social circumstances ⓘ failure of the education system ⓘ loss of innocence ⓘ working-class struggle ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 1960s ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo | medieval term for a kestrel for a knave ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Kestrel for a Knave Description of subject: A Kestrel for a Knave is Barry Hines’s 1968 coming-of-age novel about a working-class Yorkshire boy whose bond with a kestrel offers brief escape from his bleak social circumstances.
Referenced by (7)
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