Heartstone
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Heartstone is a historical crime novel by C.J. Sansom featuring Tudor-era lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake as he investigates a mystery against the backdrop of Henry VIII’s England and the 1545 French invasion threat.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Heartstone canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3906502 — 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: Heartstone Context triple: [C.J. Sansom, notableWork, Heartstone]
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A.
The Hearthstone
The Hearthstone is a lesser-known domestic-themed work by American author and abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe, best known for writing Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
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B.
Hearthstone
Hearthstone is a popular free-to-play digital collectible card game set in the Warcraft universe, developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment.
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C.
Thorns
Thorns is the commonly used shorthand name for Portland Thorns FC, a professional women's soccer team based in Portland, Oregon.
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D.
Thorns
Thorns is a science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg that explores themes of identity, trauma, and media exploitation in a dystopian future.
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E.
Firelands
Firelands is a historic region in north-central Ohio originally settled as compensation lands for Connecticut residents whose homes were burned during the American Revolutionary War.
- 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: Heartstone Target entity description: Heartstone is a historical crime novel by C.J. Sansom featuring Tudor-era lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake as he investigates a mystery against the backdrop of Henry VIII’s England and the 1545 French invasion threat.
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A.
The Hearthstone
The Hearthstone is a lesser-known domestic-themed work by American author and abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe, best known for writing Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
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B.
Hearthstone
Hearthstone is a popular free-to-play digital collectible card game set in the Warcraft universe, developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment.
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C.
Thorns
Thorns is the commonly used shorthand name for Portland Thorns FC, a professional women's soccer team based in Portland, Oregon.
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D.
Thorns
Thorns is a science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg that explores themes of identity, trauma, and media exploitation in a dystopian future.
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E.
Firelands
Firelands is a historic region in north-central Ohio originally settled as compensation lands for Connecticut residents whose homes were burned during the American Revolutionary War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical crime novel
ⓘ
historical mystery novel ⓘ |
| author |
C.J. Sansom
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surface form:
C. J. Sansom
|
| centralTheme |
legal investigation
ⓘ
social injustice in Tudor England ⓘ war and invasion anxiety ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Jack Barak
ⓘ
Henry VIII of England ⓘ
surface form:
King Henry VIII
Matthew Shardlake ⓘ Tamasin Barak ⓘ |
| followedBy | Lamentation ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ |
| historicalFigureDepicted | Henry VIII of England ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
character-driven mystery
ⓘ
historically detailed ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableElement |
detailed depiction of Tudor legal system
ⓘ
naval preparations against France ⓘ |
| originalPublisher |
Macmillan Publishers
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surface form:
Macmillan
|
| partOfSeries |
Shardlake series
ⓘ
surface form:
Matthew Shardlake series
|
| precededBy | Revelation ⓘ |
| protagonistName | Matthew Shardlake ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | lawyer ⓘ |
| protagonistRole | detective ⓘ |
| publicationDecade | 2010s ⓘ |
| publisher |
Macmillan Publishers
ⓘ
surface form:
Macmillan
|
| seriesOrder | fifth novel in the Matthew Shardlake series ⓘ |
| setDuringEvent |
1545 French invasion threat
ⓘ
Italian Wars ⓘ |
| setInLocation |
England
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
Portsmouth ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Tudor England ⓘ |
| setInYear | 1545 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Heartstone Description of subject: Heartstone is a historical crime novel by C.J. Sansom featuring Tudor-era lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake as he investigates a mystery against the backdrop of Henry VIII’s England and the 1545 French invasion threat.
Referenced by (9)
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