Monsoon
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Monsoon is a historical adventure novel by Wilbur Smith that follows the exploits of the Courtney family amid seafaring, warfare, and trade in the 17th-century Indian Ocean.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Monsoon canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3892554 — 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: Monsoon Context triple: [Wilbur Smith, notableWork, Monsoon]
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A.
Monsoon
Monsoon is a 2019 British drama film starring Henry Golding as a man returning to Vietnam to rediscover his roots after growing up in the UK.
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B.
Southwest monsoon
The Southwest monsoon is a seasonal wind and rainfall system that brings warm, moisture-laden air from the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea to South Asia, producing the region’s primary rainy season.
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C.
Northeast monsoon
The Northeast monsoon is a seasonal wind and rainfall pattern that brings cooler, dry or sometimes heavy rain-bearing air from the Asian continent toward the Indian Ocean, significantly affecting weather in South and Southeast Asia.
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D.
Asian monsoon system
The Asian monsoon system is a large-scale seasonal wind and rainfall pattern over Asia that drives dramatic wet–dry climate cycles and strongly influences weather, agriculture, and water resources across the region.
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E.
Indian Monsoon Current
The Indian Monsoon Current is a seasonally reversing ocean current in the northern Indian Ocean driven by the South Asian monsoon winds, significantly influencing regional climate and marine circulation.
- 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: Monsoon Target entity description: Monsoon is a historical adventure novel by Wilbur Smith that follows the exploits of the Courtney family amid seafaring, warfare, and trade in the 17th-century Indian Ocean.
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A.
Monsoon
Monsoon is a 2019 British drama film starring Henry Golding as a man returning to Vietnam to rediscover his roots after growing up in the UK.
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B.
Southwest monsoon
The Southwest monsoon is a seasonal wind and rainfall system that brings warm, moisture-laden air from the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea to South Asia, producing the region’s primary rainy season.
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C.
Northeast monsoon
The Northeast monsoon is a seasonal wind and rainfall pattern that brings cooler, dry or sometimes heavy rain-bearing air from the Asian continent toward the Indian Ocean, significantly affecting weather in South and Southeast Asia.
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D.
Asian monsoon system
The Asian monsoon system is a large-scale seasonal wind and rainfall pattern over Asia that drives dramatic wet–dry climate cycles and strongly influences weather, agriculture, and water resources across the region.
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E.
Indian Monsoon Current
The Indian Monsoon Current is a seasonally reversing ocean current in the northern Indian Ocean driven by the South Asian monsoon winds, significantly influencing regional climate and marine circulation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
adventure novel
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historical novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Wilbur Smith ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
colonial expansion
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family saga ⓘ seafaring ⓘ trade ⓘ warfare ⓘ |
| followsCharacters | Courtney family ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ nautical fiction ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Blue Horizon ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literarySeriesOrder |
Courtney series
ⓘ
surface form:
Courtney series (chronological prequel sequence)
|
| mainCharacter |
Dorian Courtney
ⓘ
Sean Courtney ⓘ
surface form:
Guy Courtney
Hal Courtney ⓘ Tom Courtney ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
naval warfare
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piracy ⓘ slave trade ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Courtney series ⓘ |
| publisher |
Macmillan Publishers
ⓘ
surface form:
Macmillan
|
| settingPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| settingRegion |
Arabian Peninsula
ⓘ
East Africa ⓘ Indian Ocean ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| workType | standalone novel within a series ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Monsoon Description of subject: Monsoon is a historical adventure novel by Wilbur Smith that follows the exploits of the Courtney family amid seafaring, warfare, and trade in the 17th-century Indian Ocean.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.