A Spark of Light
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A Spark of Light is a contemporary novel by Jodi Picoult that explores a tense hostage situation at a women’s reproductive health clinic while delving into complex moral, legal, and personal questions surrounding abortion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Spark of Light canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6739443 — 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 Spark of Light Context triple: [Jodi Picoult, notableWork, A Spark of Light]
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A.
In Search of the Light
In Search of the Light is a book by psychologist and skeptic Susan Blackmore that explores consciousness, paranormal claims, and the scientific investigation of extraordinary experiences.
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B.
The Light
The Light is a work by author W. Jeffrey, likely a novel or story centered on themes of illumination, revelation, or spiritual insight.
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C.
The Light
The Light is a notable work by the rapper Common, showcasing his introspective lyricism and soulful, jazz-influenced hip-hop style.
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D.
The Light
The Light is a chapter or section within the novel "Like Water for Chocolate," contributing to its blend of magical realism, romance, and culinary symbolism.
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E.
The Spark
The Spark is a section within Chinua Achebe’s novel "Things Fall Apart" that marks a pivotal turning point in the story’s conflict and the protagonist’s fate.
- 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 Spark of Light Target entity description: A Spark of Light is a contemporary novel by Jodi Picoult that explores a tense hostage situation at a women’s reproductive health clinic while delving into complex moral, legal, and personal questions surrounding abortion.
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A.
In Search of the Light
In Search of the Light is a book by psychologist and skeptic Susan Blackmore that explores consciousness, paranormal claims, and the scientific investigation of extraordinary experiences.
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B.
The Light
The Light is a work by author W. Jeffrey, likely a novel or story centered on themes of illumination, revelation, or spiritual insight.
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C.
The Light
The Light is a notable work by the rapper Common, showcasing his introspective lyricism and soulful, jazz-influenced hip-hop style.
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D.
The Light
The Light is a chapter or section within the novel "Like Water for Chocolate," contributing to its blend of magical realism, romance, and culinary symbolism.
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E.
The Spark
The Spark is a section within Chinua Achebe’s novel "Things Fall Apart" that marks a pivotal turning point in the story’s conflict and the protagonist’s fate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Jodi Picoult NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralEvent |
armed clinic shooting
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hostage situation ⓘ |
| character |
Bex
NERFINISHED
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Dr. Louie Ward NERFINISHED ⓘ George Goddard NERFINISHED ⓘ Hugh McElroy NERFINISHED ⓘ Janine NERFINISHED ⓘ Joy NERFINISHED ⓘ Wren McElroy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRole |
Dr. Louie Ward is an abortion provider
NERFINISHED
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George Goddard is the gunman NERFINISHED ⓘ Hugh McElroy is a police hostage negotiator NERFINISHED ⓘ Wren McElroy is Hugh’s teenage daughter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| explores |
ethical dimensions of abortion
ⓘ
father–daughter relationships ⓘ impact of religious beliefs on medical decisions ⓘ legal restrictions on reproductive health care ⓘ personal stories of women seeking abortions ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary fiction
ⓘ
domestic fiction ⓘ social problem novel ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| ISBN | 9780345544988 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
abortion
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family relationships ⓘ gun violence ⓘ law and justice ⓘ morality ⓘ religion and faith ⓘ reproductive rights ⓘ women’s health ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | multiple viewpoints ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | reverse chronological order ⓘ |
| protagonist | Hugh McElroy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| publisher | Ballantine Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Mississippi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
women’s reproductive health clinic ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timeSpanOfEvents | single day ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: A Spark of Light Description of subject: A Spark of Light is a contemporary novel by Jodi Picoult that explores a tense hostage situation at a women’s reproductive health clinic while delving into complex moral, legal, and personal questions surrounding abortion.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.