A Sparrow Falls
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A Sparrow Falls is a historical adventure novel by Wilbur Smith that continues the saga of the Courtney family against the backdrop of World War I and its aftermath in South Africa.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Sparrow Falls canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3892542 — 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 Sparrow Falls Context triple: [Wilbur Smith, notableWork, A Sparrow Falls]
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A.
The Sanctuary Sparrow
The Sanctuary Sparrow is a historical mystery novel by Ellis Peters featuring the medieval sleuth Brother Cadfael as he investigates a crime entangled with church sanctuary and village intrigue.
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B.
La Distribution des Aigles
La Distribution des Aigles is the original French title of Jacques-Louis David’s neoclassical painting depicting Napoleon ceremonially presenting imperial eagles to his troops.
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C.
The Broken Wing
The Broken Wing is a celebrated collection of poems by Indian poet and freedom fighter Sarojini Naidu, reflecting themes of patriotism, love, and spiritual longing.
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D.
The Eyrie
The Eyrie is a lofty, impregnable castle of House Arryn perched high in the Mountains of the Moon in the world of Westeros from "A Song of Ice and Fire" and "Game of Thrones."
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E.
Blood Red Bird
"Blood Red Bird" is a song by singer-songwriter Smog (Bill Callahan), featured on his 1997 indie folk/lo-fi album *Red Apple Falls*.
- 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 Sparrow Falls Target entity description: A Sparrow Falls is a historical adventure novel by Wilbur Smith that continues the saga of the Courtney family against the backdrop of World War I and its aftermath in South Africa.
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A.
The Sanctuary Sparrow
The Sanctuary Sparrow is a historical mystery novel by Ellis Peters featuring the medieval sleuth Brother Cadfael as he investigates a crime entangled with church sanctuary and village intrigue.
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B.
La Distribution des Aigles
La Distribution des Aigles is the original French title of Jacques-Louis David’s neoclassical painting depicting Napoleon ceremonially presenting imperial eagles to his troops.
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C.
The Broken Wing
The Broken Wing is a celebrated collection of poems by Indian poet and freedom fighter Sarojini Naidu, reflecting themes of patriotism, love, and spiritual longing.
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D.
The Eyrie
The Eyrie is a lofty, impregnable castle of House Arryn perched high in the Mountains of the Moon in the world of Westeros from "A Song of Ice and Fire" and "Game of Thrones."
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E.
Blood Red Bird
"Blood Red Bird" is a song by singer-songwriter Smog (Bill Callahan), featured on his 1997 indie folk/lo-fi album *Red Apple Falls*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
adventure novel
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historical novel ⓘ novel ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| author | Wilbur Smith ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | South Africa ⓘ |
| follows | The Sound of Thunder ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
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historical fiction ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literarySeriesOrder | 3 ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dirk Courtney
ⓘ
Mark Anders ⓘ Sean Courtney ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| partOf |
Courtney series
ⓘ
surface form:
Courtney family saga
|
| precedes | The Burning Shore ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Heinemann publishing group
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surface form:
Heinemann
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| series | Courtney series ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
World War I
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post–World War I era ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Europe
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South Africa ⓘ |
| theme |
family saga
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love and loyalty ⓘ revenge ⓘ war and its aftermath ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Sparrow Falls Description of subject: A Sparrow Falls is a historical adventure novel by Wilbur Smith that continues the saga of the Courtney family against the backdrop of World War I and its aftermath in South Africa.
Referenced by (3)
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