Peveril of the Peak
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Peveril of the Peak is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott set in the 17th century, exploring themes of loyalty, political intrigue, and religious conflict in the aftermath of the English Civil War.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Peveril of the Peak canonical | 1 |
| Peveril of the Peak (1869 opera by Arthur Sullivan and H. F. Chorley) | 1 |
| Peveril of the Peak (opera) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1866431 — 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: Peveril of the Peak Context triple: [Sir Walter Scott, notableWork, Peveril of the Peak]
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A.
The Bridle Path
The Bridle Path is a scenic, unpaved trail in New York City's Central Park primarily used for horseback riding and jogging.
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B.
The Wayside
The Wayside is a historic house in Concord, Massachusetts, best known as the former home of authors Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, and Margaret Sidney.
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C.
The Maid of the Oaks
The Maid of the Oaks is an 18th-century comedic play by British general and playwright John Burgoyne, originally written to celebrate a high-society wedding and later adapted for the London stage.
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D.
The Manor
The Manor is a historical novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer that portrays the lives and struggles of Polish Jews amid social and cultural upheaval in 19th-century Poland.
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E.
The Black Windmill
The Black Windmill is a 1974 British spy thriller film directed by Don Siegel and starring Michael Caine as an MI6 agent whose son is kidnapped by arms dealers.
- 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: Peveril of the Peak Target entity description: Peveril of the Peak is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott set in the 17th century, exploring themes of loyalty, political intrigue, and religious conflict in the aftermath of the English Civil War.
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A.
The Bridle Path
The Bridle Path is a scenic, unpaved trail in New York City's Central Park primarily used for horseback riding and jogging.
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B.
The Wayside
The Wayside is a historic house in Concord, Massachusetts, best known as the former home of authors Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, and Margaret Sidney.
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C.
The Maid of the Oaks
The Maid of the Oaks is an 18th-century comedic play by British general and playwright John Burgoyne, originally written to celebrate a high-society wedding and later adapted for the London stage.
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D.
The Manor
The Manor is a historical novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer that portrays the lives and struggles of Polish Jews amid social and cultural upheaval in 19th-century Poland.
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E.
The Black Windmill
The Black Windmill is a 1974 British spy thriller film directed by Don Siegel and starring Michael Caine as an MI6 agent whose son is kidnapped by arms dealers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | historical novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
Peveril of the Peak
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Peveril of the Peak (1869 opera by Arthur Sullivan and H. F. Chorley)
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| author |
Sir Walter Scott
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Sir Walter Scott ⓘ
surface form:
Walter Scott
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| basedOnRealLocation |
Peveril Castle
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surface form:
Peveril Castle in Castleton, Derbyshire
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| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depictsHistoricalFigure |
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
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Titus Oates ⓘ |
| depictsMonarch | Charles II of England ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | three volumes ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
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historical novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Peveril of the Peak
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Peveril of the Peak (opera)
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| hasFictionalCastle | Peveril Castle ⓘ |
| hasTitleFrom | Peveril family seat "the Peak" ⓘ |
| historicalEventReferenced |
Exclusion Crisis
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Popish Plot ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
example of Scott’s later historical romances
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one of the longer Waverley Novels ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Alice Bridgenorth
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Julian Peveril ⓘ Charles II of England ⓘ
surface form:
King Charles II
Major Bridgenorth ⓘ Julian Peveril ⓘ
surface form:
Sir Geoffrey Peveril
Titus Oates ⓘ Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury ⓘ
surface form:
the Earl of Shaftesbury
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| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Waverley Novels ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Edinburgh ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1823 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Archibald Constable
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Constable & Co. ⓘ
surface form:
Constable and Co.
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| setInPeriod |
17th century
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Restoration era ⓘ reign of Charles II of England ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Derbyshire
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Isle of Man (crown dependency) ⓘ
surface form:
Isle of Man
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| theme |
Popish Plot
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anti-Catholic sentiment ⓘ honour ⓘ justice ⓘ loyalty ⓘ national identity ⓘ political intrigue ⓘ religious conflict ⓘ |
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Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Peveril of the Peak (opera)
this entity surface form:
Peveril of the Peak (1869 opera by Arthur Sullivan and H. F. Chorley)