Luka and the Fire of Life
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Luka and the Fire of Life is a fantasy novel by Salman Rushdie that follows a boy’s magical quest to save his dying father, blending myth, adventure, and storytelling.
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| Luka and the Fire of Life canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Luka and the Fire of Life Context triple: [Haroun and the Sea of Stories, hasSequel, Luka and the Fire of Life]
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Lastochka
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Isla de la Luna
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La Diada
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Il fuoco
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- 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: Luka and the Fire of Life Target entity description: Luka and the Fire of Life is a fantasy novel by Salman Rushdie that follows a boy’s magical quest to save his dying father, blending myth, adventure, and storytelling.
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A.
Lastochka
Lastochka is a modern Russian electric multiple-unit passenger train brand used primarily for high-speed suburban and regional services.
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B.
Master of the Children
Master of the Children is the title historically given to the director responsible for training and overseeing the boy choristers of the Chapel Royal in the English royal household.
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C.
Isla de la Luna
Isla de la Luna is a small, culturally significant Bolivian island in Lake Titicaca known for its Inca archaeological ruins and sacred status in Andean mythology.
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D.
La Diada
La Diada is the National Day of Catalonia, commemorating the fall of Barcelona in 1714 and serving as a major annual expression of Catalan identity and political aspirations.
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E.
Il fuoco
"Il fuoco" is a 1900 novel by Italian writer Gabriele D’Annunzio, renowned for its decadent style and its thinly veiled portrayal of his passionate affair with actress Eleonora Duse against the backdrop of fin-de-siècle Venice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fantasy novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Salman Rushdie ⓘ |
| character |
Bear the dog
ⓘ
Dog the bear ⓘ Rashid Khalifa ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | varies by edition ⓘ |
| follows | Haroun and the Sea of Stories ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
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children's literature ⓘ fantasy ⓘ |
| hasIllustrations | no (standard editions) ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
fire as life force
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video-game structure and levels ⓘ |
| hasReception | generally positive critical reviews ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
family bonds
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fantastical journeys ⓘ mortality ⓘ the power of stories ⓘ |
| ISBN | 9780224080801 ⓘ |
| isSequelTo | Haroun and the Sea of Stories ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literarySeries |
Haroun and the Sea of Stories
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surface form:
Haroun and Luka series
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| mainCharacter | Luka ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | magical quest to save Luka's dying father ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableAspect |
blends myth, adventure, and metafictional storytelling
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companion work to Haroun and the Sea of Stories ⓘ |
| pageCount | approx. 224 ⓘ |
| protagonist | Luka ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2010 ⓘ |
| publisher | Jonathan Cape ⓘ |
| setting | a magical, game-like world ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
adults
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younger readers ⓘ |
| theme |
father–son relationship
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imagination ⓘ myth and mythology ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory | contemporary era ⓘ |
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Subject: Luka and the Fire of Life Description of subject: Luka and the Fire of Life is a fantasy novel by Salman Rushdie that follows a boy’s magical quest to save his dying father, blending myth, adventure, and storytelling.
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subject surface form:
Salman Rushdie