The Devil’s Novice
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The Devil’s Novice is a historical mystery novel in the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters, set in 12th-century Shrewsbury and centered on a young novice whose arrival at the abbey coincides with a sinister disappearance.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Devil’s Novice canonical | 2 |
| The Devil's Novice | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2684109 — 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: The Devil’s Novice Context triple: [Ellis Peters, notableWork, The Devil’s Novice]
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A.
The Devil’s Hand
The Devil’s Hand is a 1961 American horror film about a sinister cult and supernatural forces, notable as one of the genre roles in Linda Christian’s career.
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B.
The Devil and Miss Prym
The Devil and Miss Prym is a philosophical novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that explores the nature of good and evil through the moral dilemmas faced by a small village and a young woman.
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C.
The Devil's Playground
The Devil's Playground is a 1976 Australian drama film, written and directed by Fred Schepisi, that explores the sexual and spiritual tensions within a Catholic boys' seminary in the 1950s.
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D.
Stoning of the Devil
The Stoning of the Devil is an Islamic Hajj ritual in which pilgrims symbolically reject evil by throwing pebbles at three stone pillars representing Satan.
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E.
The Devil Finds Work
The Devil Finds Work is a 1976 book-length essay by James Baldwin that blends memoir, film criticism, and social commentary to examine race, representation, and American cinema.
- 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: The Devil’s Novice Target entity description: The Devil’s Novice is a historical mystery novel in the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters, set in 12th-century Shrewsbury and centered on a young novice whose arrival at the abbey coincides with a sinister disappearance.
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A.
The Devil’s Hand
The Devil’s Hand is a 1961 American horror film about a sinister cult and supernatural forces, notable as one of the genre roles in Linda Christian’s career.
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B.
The Devil and Miss Prym
The Devil and Miss Prym is a philosophical novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that explores the nature of good and evil through the moral dilemmas faced by a small village and a young woman.
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C.
The Devil's Playground
The Devil's Playground is a 1976 Australian drama film, written and directed by Fred Schepisi, that explores the sexual and spiritual tensions within a Catholic boys' seminary in the 1950s.
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D.
Stoning of the Devil
The Stoning of the Devil is an Islamic Hajj ritual in which pilgrims symbolically reject evil by throwing pebbles at three stone pillars representing Satan.
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E.
The Devil Finds Work
The Devil Finds Work is a 1976 book-length essay by James Baldwin that blends memoir, film criticism, and social commentary to examine race, representation, and American cinema.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Brother Cadfael novel
ⓘ
historical mystery novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Ellis Peters ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Abbot Radulfus
ⓘ
Brother Cadfael ⓘ Hugh Beringar ⓘ Prior Robert ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
The Virgin in the Ice
ⓘ
surface form:
Virgin in the Ice
|
| genre |
Crime fiction
ⓘ
Historical mystery ⓘ |
| hasMediaType | Print ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Brother Cadfael ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | Third-person narrative ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Cadfael Chronicles
ⓘ
surface form:
Brother Cadfael series
|
| plotFocus |
arrival of a young novice at the abbey
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sinister disappearance of a local man ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Saint Peter’s Fair
ⓘ
surface form:
St Peter’s Fair
|
| protagonist | Brother Cadfael ⓘ |
| publisher |
Macmillan Publishers
ⓘ
surface form:
Macmillan
|
| series | Brother Cadfael ⓘ |
| settingCountry | England ⓘ |
| settingInstitution |
Shrewsbury Abbey
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surface form:
Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Shrewsbury
|
| settingLocation | Shrewsbury ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 12th century ⓘ |
| theme |
justice
ⓘ
redemption ⓘ truth and deception ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: The Devil’s Novice Description of subject: The Devil’s Novice is a historical mystery novel in the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters, set in 12th-century Shrewsbury and centered on a young novice whose arrival at the abbey coincides with a sinister disappearance.
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this entity surface form:
The Devil's Novice