The Gates of Ivory
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The Gates of Ivory is a 1991 novel by British author Margaret Drabble that blends personal narrative with political and philosophical themes, following a writer’s journey to Southeast Asia amid reflections on art, history, and moral responsibility.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Gates of Ivory canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16504631 — 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 Gates of Ivory Context triple: [Margaret Drabble, notableWork, The Gates of Ivory]
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A.
Gates of Horn and Ivory
The Gates of Horn and Ivory are symbolic portals in Greek mythology that distinguish between true prophetic dreams and deceptive or false ones.
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B.
Gate of Stone
Gate of Stone is one of the fortified entrances to the hidden Elven city of Gondolin in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium.
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C.
Empire of Ivory
Empire of Ivory is a historical fantasy novel in Naomi Novik’s Temeraire series, blending Napoleonic-era warfare with an alternate world where dragons serve as sentient aerial combatants.
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D.
The Golden Threshold
The Golden Threshold is a celebrated early 20th-century poetry collection by Indian poet Sarojini Naidu, noted for its lyrical style and evocation of Indian life and landscapes.
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E.
City of Forty Gates
The "City of Forty Gates" is a poetic epithet for the ancient Egyptian city of Ani (Thebes), evoking its grandeur, numerous monumental entrances, and significance as a major religious and political center.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Gates of Ivory Target entity description: The Gates of Ivory is a 1991 novel by British author Margaret Drabble that blends personal narrative with political and philosophical themes, following a writer’s journey to Southeast Asia amid reflections on art, history, and moral responsibility.
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A.
Gates of Horn and Ivory
The Gates of Horn and Ivory are symbolic portals in Greek mythology that distinguish between true prophetic dreams and deceptive or false ones.
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B.
Gate of Stone
Gate of Stone is one of the fortified entrances to the hidden Elven city of Gondolin in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium.
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C.
Empire of Ivory
Empire of Ivory is a historical fantasy novel in Naomi Novik’s Temeraire series, blending Napoleonic-era warfare with an alternate world where dragons serve as sentient aerial combatants.
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D.
The Golden Threshold
The Golden Threshold is a celebrated early 20th-century poetry collection by Indian poet Sarojini Naidu, noted for its lyrical style and evocation of Indian life and landscapes.
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E.
City of Forty Gates
The "City of Forty Gates" is a poetic epithet for the ancient Egyptian city of Ani (Thebes), evoking its grandeur, numerous monumental entrances, and significance as a major religious and political center.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.