A Whistling Woman
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A Whistling Woman is a 2002 novel by A. S. Byatt that concludes her Frederica Quartet, exploring intellectual life, politics, and personal freedom in 1960s England.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Whistling Woman canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3880776 — 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: A Whistling Woman Context triple: [A. S. Byatt, notableWork, A Whistling Woman]
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A.
Whistling in the Dark
Whistling in the Dark is a reflective, often humorous collection of theological meditations and essays by American writer and minister Frederick Buechner.
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B.
The Small Woman
The Small Woman is a 1957 biographical book by Alan Burgess that recounts the life and missionary work of British evangelist Gladys Aylward in China.
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C.
The White Old Maid
"The White Old Maid" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne, notable for its Gothic atmosphere and themes of guilt and lifelong penance.
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D.
"The Whistle"
"The Whistle" is a segment or episode within the animated film "Birth of a Prince."
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E.
The Lady in White
The Lady in White is a 1988 supernatural mystery-horror film in which Lukas Haas stars as a young boy who witnesses a ghostly apparition and uncovers a long-buried murder.
- 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: A Whistling Woman Target entity description: A Whistling Woman is a 2002 novel by A. S. Byatt that concludes her Frederica Quartet, exploring intellectual life, politics, and personal freedom in 1960s England.
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A.
Whistling in the Dark
Whistling in the Dark is a reflective, often humorous collection of theological meditations and essays by American writer and minister Frederick Buechner.
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B.
The Small Woman
The Small Woman is a 1957 biographical book by Alan Burgess that recounts the life and missionary work of British evangelist Gladys Aylward in China.
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C.
The White Old Maid
"The White Old Maid" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne, notable for its Gothic atmosphere and themes of guilt and lifelong penance.
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D.
"The Whistle"
"The Whistle" is a segment or episode within the animated film "Birth of a Prince."
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E.
The Lady in White
The Lady in White is a 1988 supernatural mystery-horror film in which Lukas Haas stars as a young boy who witnesses a ghostly apparition and uncovers a long-buried murder.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | A. S. Byatt ⓘ |
| concludes | Frederica Quartet ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
academic life
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family relationships ⓘ feminism ⓘ intellectual life ⓘ personal freedom ⓘ politics ⓘ science and religion ⓘ utopian communities ⓘ |
| follows | Babel Tower ⓘ |
| genre |
campus novel
ⓘ
historical novel ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter | Frederica Potter ⓘ |
| hasForm | novel in series ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780701169902 ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryStyle |
intertextual
ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ realist ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistOccupation |
academic
ⓘ
television presenter ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
counterculture of the 1960s
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higher education ⓘ intellectual debates ⓘ radical politics ⓘ religious cults ⓘ scientific research communities ⓘ women’s roles in society ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| isPartOf | A. S. Byatt bibliography ⓘ |
| languageStyle | complex prose ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | contemporary British literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Frederica Potter ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Frederica Quartet ⓘ |
| prequel | Babel Tower ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2002 ⓘ |
| publisher | Chatto & Windus ⓘ |
| seriesPosition | 4 ⓘ |
| settingPlace | England ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1960s ⓘ |
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Subject: A Whistling Woman Description of subject: A Whistling Woman is a 2002 novel by A. S. Byatt that concludes her Frederica Quartet, exploring intellectual life, politics, and personal freedom in 1960s England.
Referenced by (5)
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subject surface form:
A. S. Byatt