The Blade Itself
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The Blade Itself is a grimdark fantasy novel by Joe Abercrombie that launches the First Law trilogy, known for its morally ambiguous characters, dark humor, and subversion of genre tropes.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Blade Itself canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15500906 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Blade Itself Context triple: [Joe Abercrombie, notableWork, The Blade Itself]
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A.
Edge of the Blade
"Edge of the Blade" is a song by the American rock band Journey, known for its hard-driving guitar riffs and powerful vocals, featured on their 1983 album "Frontiers."
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B.
The Silver Blade
The Silver Blade is a young adult historical fantasy novel by Sally Gardner set during the French Revolution, blending romance, adventure, and elements of the supernatural.
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C.
The Scarlet Blade
The Scarlet Blade is a 1963 British historical adventure film set during the English Civil War, known for its swashbuckling action and cast including Jennifer Jayne and Oliver Reed.
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D.
The Blinding Knife
The Blinding Knife is the second novel in Brent Weeks’ Lightbringer fantasy series, continuing the story of a color-based magic system and complex political and religious conflicts.
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E.
Dragonblade
Dragonblade is Genji's iconic energy-infused katana in Overwatch, unleashed as his ultimate ability to deliver swift, devastating melee strikes.
- 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 Blade Itself Target entity description: The Blade Itself is a grimdark fantasy novel by Joe Abercrombie that launches the First Law trilogy, known for its morally ambiguous characters, dark humor, and subversion of genre tropes.
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A.
Edge of the Blade
"Edge of the Blade" is a song by the American rock band Journey, known for its hard-driving guitar riffs and powerful vocals, featured on their 1983 album "Frontiers."
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B.
The Silver Blade
The Silver Blade is a young adult historical fantasy novel by Sally Gardner set during the French Revolution, blending romance, adventure, and elements of the supernatural.
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C.
The Scarlet Blade
The Scarlet Blade is a 1963 British historical adventure film set during the English Civil War, known for its swashbuckling action and cast including Jennifer Jayne and Oliver Reed.
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D.
The Blinding Knife
The Blinding Knife is the second novel in Brent Weeks’ Lightbringer fantasy series, continuing the story of a color-based magic system and complex political and religious conflicts.
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E.
Dragonblade
Dragonblade is Genji's iconic energy-infused katana in Overwatch, unleashed as his ultimate ability to deliver swift, devastating melee strikes.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.