City of the Beasts
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City of the Beasts is a young adult fantasy adventure novel by Isabel Allende that follows a boy’s mystical journey into the Amazon rainforest, blending magical realism with environmental and indigenous themes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| City of the Beasts canonical | 2 |
| La ciudad de las bestias | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T872411 — 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: City of the Beasts Context triple: [Isabel Allende, notableWork, City of the Beasts]
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A.
Fierce Creatures
Fierce Creatures is a 1997 British comedy film, conceived as a spiritual successor to A Fish Called Wanda, featuring John Cleese and other members of that ensemble in a farcical story about a struggling zoo.
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B.
The Trail of the Beast
The Trail of the Beast is a lesser-known adventure and mystery work by early 20th-century writer Achmed Abdullah, reflecting his characteristic blend of exotic settings and suspenseful plotting.
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C.
The City of the Plains
The City of the Plains is the motto of Abilene, Kansas, a historic Midwestern community known for its cattle town heritage and wide-open prairie landscape.
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D.
La Distribution des Aigles
La Distribution des Aigles is the original French title of Jacques-Louis David’s neoclassical painting depicting Napoleon ceremonially presenting imperial eagles to his troops.
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E.
The Fire
The Fire is a Major League Soccer club based in Chicago, Illinois, known formally as Chicago Fire FC.
- 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: City of the Beasts Target entity description: City of the Beasts is a young adult fantasy adventure novel by Isabel Allende that follows a boy’s mystical journey into the Amazon rainforest, blending magical realism with environmental and indigenous themes.
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A.
Fierce Creatures
Fierce Creatures is a 1997 British comedy film, conceived as a spiritual successor to A Fish Called Wanda, featuring John Cleese and other members of that ensemble in a farcical story about a struggling zoo.
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B.
The Trail of the Beast
The Trail of the Beast is a lesser-known adventure and mystery work by early 20th-century writer Achmed Abdullah, reflecting his characteristic blend of exotic settings and suspenseful plotting.
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C.
The City of the Plains
The City of the Plains is the motto of Abilene, Kansas, a historic Midwestern community known for its cattle town heritage and wide-open prairie landscape.
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D.
La Distribution des Aigles
La Distribution des Aigles is the original French title of Jacques-Louis David’s neoclassical painting depicting Napoleon ceremonially presenting imperial eagles to his troops.
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E.
The Fire
The Fire is a Major League Soccer club based in Chicago, Illinois, known formally as Chicago Fire FC.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
adventure novel
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fantasy novel ⓘ novel ⓘ young adult novel ⓘ |
| author | Isabel Allende ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Chile ⓘ |
| featuresGroup | indigenous Amazonian tribe ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDecade | 2000s ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Forest of the Pygmies
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Kingdom of the Golden Dragon ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
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fantasy ⓘ magical realism ⓘ young adult literature ⓘ |
| hasAdaptationType | audiobook ⓘ |
| hasElement |
mythical creatures
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shamanism ⓘ visionary experiences ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
human–nature relationship
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initiation ⓘ quest ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistAgeGroup | teenager ⓘ |
| intendedMarket | international ⓘ |
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | magical realism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Alexander Cold
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Kate Cold ⓘ Nadia Santos ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blending magical realism with environmental themes
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portrayal of Amazonian indigenous cultures ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
City of the Beasts
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
La ciudad de las bestias
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| partOfSeries | Eagle and Jaguar trilogy ⓘ |
| publisher | HarperCollins ⓘ |
| seriesOrder | 1 ⓘ |
| setting |
Amazon rainforest
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Brazil ⓘ |
| targetAudience | young adults ⓘ |
| theme |
coming of age
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cultural encounter ⓘ environmentalism ⓘ indigenous rights ⓘ respect for nature ⓘ spiritual journey ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: City of the Beasts Description of subject: City of the Beasts is a young adult fantasy adventure novel by Isabel Allende that follows a boy’s mystical journey into the Amazon rainforest, blending magical realism with environmental and indigenous themes.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
La ciudad de las bestias