Tongues of Serpents
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Tongues of Serpents is a historical fantasy novel in Naomi Novik’s Temeraire series, following dragon captain William Laurence’s exile and adventures in colonial Australia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tongues of Serpents canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4666545 — 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: Tongues of Serpents Context triple: [Naomi Novik, notableWork, Tongues of Serpents]
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A.
Serpent’s Mouth
Serpent’s Mouth is a narrow strait between Trinidad and Venezuela that forms the southern entrance to the Gulf of Paria from the Atlantic Ocean.
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B.
Tongue of the Unseen
Tongue of the Unseen is an honorific epithet for the Persian poet Hafez, highlighting his mystical eloquence and ability to give voice to hidden spiritual truths.
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C.
Gothic Serpent
Gothic Serpent was the codename for the 1993 U.S. special operations mission in Mogadishu, Somalia, that led to the Battle of Mogadishu depicted in "Black Hawk Down."
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D.
World Serpent
The World Serpent is a colossal sea serpent from Norse mythology that encircles the earth and is fated to battle Thor during Ragnarök.
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E.
Dragon's Teeth
"Dragon's Teeth" is a 1942 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel by Upton Sinclair that continues his Lanny Budd series, depicting the rise of Nazism in Europe.
- 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: Tongues of Serpents Target entity description: Tongues of Serpents is a historical fantasy novel in Naomi Novik’s Temeraire series, following dragon captain William Laurence’s exile and adventures in colonial Australia.
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A.
Serpent’s Mouth
Serpent’s Mouth is a narrow strait between Trinidad and Venezuela that forms the southern entrance to the Gulf of Paria from the Atlantic Ocean.
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B.
Tongue of the Unseen
Tongue of the Unseen is an honorific epithet for the Persian poet Hafez, highlighting his mystical eloquence and ability to give voice to hidden spiritual truths.
-
C.
Gothic Serpent
Gothic Serpent was the codename for the 1993 U.S. special operations mission in Mogadishu, Somalia, that led to the Battle of Mogadishu depicted in "Black Hawk Down."
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D.
World Serpent
The World Serpent is a colossal sea serpent from Norse mythology that encircles the earth and is fated to battle Thor during Ragnarök.
-
E.
Dragon's Teeth
"Dragon's Teeth" is a 1942 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel by Upton Sinclair that continues his Lanny Budd series, depicting the rise of Nazism in Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fantasy novel
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historical fantasy novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Naomi Novik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | alternate history of the Napoleonic era ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresElement |
Aerial Corps
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
dragons ⓘ |
| followedBy | Crucible of Gold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Victory of Eagles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
alternate history
ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ historical fantasy ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Granby
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iskierka NERFINISHED ⓘ Tharkay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtist | Dominick Saponaro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-345-50190-3 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Temeraire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Laurence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| pageCount | 288 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Temeraire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotElement |
colonial politics in New South Wales
ⓘ
discovery of feral dragon eggs ⓘ exile of William Laurence ⓘ voyage to Australia ⓘ |
| precededBy | Victory of Eagles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2010 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Del Rey Books
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Voyager Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesCreator | Naomi Novik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesNumber | 6 ⓘ |
| setting |
Australia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tongues of Serpents Description of subject: Tongues of Serpents is a historical fantasy novel in Naomi Novik’s Temeraire series, following dragon captain William Laurence’s exile and adventures in colonial Australia.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.