Atuan desert
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The Atuan desert is a desolate, remote region in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea universe, known as the isolated setting of the Tombs of Atuan and the priestess Arha.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Atuan desert canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16035440 — 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: Atuan desert Context triple: [The Tombs of Atuan, featuresLocation, Atuan desert]
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A.
Hisma desert
The Hisma Desert is a rugged desert region in southern Jordan and northwestern Saudi Arabia, known for its dramatic sandstone mountains, red sands, and ancient rock inscriptions.
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B.
Błędów Desert
Błędów Desert is a rare inland sand desert in southern Poland, known for its extensive dunes and unique, almost desert-like landscape.
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C.
Dahna Desert
The Dahna Desert is a vast, arid sand desert in central Saudi Arabia known for its long, narrow belt of reddish dunes linking the Nafud Desert in the north with the Rub' al Khali in the south.
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D.
Muyunkum Desert
The Muyunkum Desert is an arid desert region in southern Kazakhstan characterized by sandy plains and sparse vegetation.
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E.
Bayuda Desert
The Bayuda Desert is an arid, sparsely populated desert region in northern Sudan, bounded by a great bend of the Nile and known for its harsh terrain and historical caravan and military routes.
- 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: Atuan desert Target entity description: The Atuan desert is a desolate, remote region in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea universe, known as the isolated setting of the Tombs of Atuan and the priestess Arha.
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A.
Hisma desert
The Hisma Desert is a rugged desert region in southern Jordan and northwestern Saudi Arabia, known for its dramatic sandstone mountains, red sands, and ancient rock inscriptions.
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B.
Błędów Desert
Błędów Desert is a rare inland sand desert in southern Poland, known for its extensive dunes and unique, almost desert-like landscape.
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C.
Dahna Desert
The Dahna Desert is a vast, arid sand desert in central Saudi Arabia known for its long, narrow belt of reddish dunes linking the Nafud Desert in the north with the Rub' al Khali in the south.
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D.
Muyunkum Desert
The Muyunkum Desert is an arid desert region in southern Kazakhstan characterized by sandy plains and sparse vegetation.
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E.
Bayuda Desert
The Bayuda Desert is an arid, sparsely populated desert region in northern Sudan, bounded by a great bend of the Nile and known for its harsh terrain and historical caravan and military routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.