Warlight
E244911
Warlight is a postwar coming-of-age novel by Michael Ondaatje that follows two siblings uncovering the mysterious past of their parents in 1940s and 1950s London.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Warlight canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2216584 — 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: Warlight Context triple: [Michael Ondaatje, wrote, Warlight]
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A.
Tower of Glass
Tower of Glass is a 1970 science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg that explores themes of artificial intelligence, class hierarchy, and the ethics of creating sentient beings.
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B.
The Light
The Light is a notable work by the rapper Common, showcasing his introspective lyricism and soulful, jazz-influenced hip-hop style.
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C.
The Warden
The Warden is an 1855 novel by Anthony Trollope that inaugurates his Chronicles of Barsetshire series, focusing on church politics, moral conflict, and social reform in a fictional English cathedral town.
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D.
City of Thieves
City of Thieves is a historical novel by David Benioff that follows two young men on a darkly comic and harrowing quest across besieged Leningrad during World War II.
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E.
The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch is a famous 1654 trompe-l'œil painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Carel Fabritius, depicting a life-sized goldfinch chained to its perch.
- 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: Warlight Target entity description: Warlight is a postwar coming-of-age novel by Michael Ondaatje that follows two siblings uncovering the mysterious past of their parents in 1940s and 1950s London.
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A.
Tower of Glass
Tower of Glass is a 1970 science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg that explores themes of artificial intelligence, class hierarchy, and the ethics of creating sentient beings.
-
B.
The Light
The Light is a notable work by the rapper Common, showcasing his introspective lyricism and soulful, jazz-influenced hip-hop style.
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C.
The Warden
The Warden is an 1855 novel by Anthony Trollope that inaugurates his Chronicles of Barsetshire series, focusing on church politics, moral conflict, and social reform in a fictional English cathedral town.
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D.
City of Thieves
City of Thieves is a historical novel by David Benioff that follows two young men on a darkly comic and harrowing quest across besieged Leningrad during World War II.
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E.
The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch is a famous 1654 trompe-l'œil painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Carel Fabritius, depicting a life-sized goldfinch chained to its perch.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Michael Ondaatje ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Sri Lankan-born Canadian ⓘ |
| awardNomination |
Booker Prize
ⓘ
surface form:
Man Booker Prize longlist
|
| centralTheme |
family secrets
ⓘ
identity ⓘ memory ⓘ postwar trauma ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Chip Kidd ⓘ |
| followedBy | None Known ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age novel
ⓘ
historical novel ⓘ postwar fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacterRole |
Nathaniel as narrator
ⓘ
Rachel as sister ⓘ parents as secretive figures ⓘ |
| hasForm | novel in prose ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
disappearance
ⓘ
light and darkness ⓘ surveillance ⓘ war and its aftermath ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
World War II aftermath
ⓘ
espionage ⓘ parent-child relationships ⓘ |
| isbn | 978-1-5247-3310-5 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacters |
Nathaniel
ⓘ
Rachel ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| originalPublicationDate | 2018-05-08 ⓘ |
| pages | 304 ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
New York City
ⓘ
Toronto ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Cat’s Table ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Alfred A. Knopf
ⓘ
Jonathan Cape ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| settingTimePeriod |
1940s
ⓘ
1950s ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Warlight Description of subject: Warlight is a postwar coming-of-age novel by Michael Ondaatje that follows two siblings uncovering the mysterious past of their parents in 1940s and 1950s London.
Referenced by (1)
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