Night Watch
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Night Watch is a Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett that follows Sam Vimes as he is sent back in time to relive a pivotal revolution in Ankh-Morpork and confront his own past.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Night Watch canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6796078 — 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: Night Watch Context triple: [Discworld, notableWorkInSeries, Night Watch]
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A.
Nightwatch
Nightwatch is a 1994 Danish horror-thriller film about a law student who takes a night watchman job at a morgue and becomes entangled in a series of gruesome murders.
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B.
In the Night
"In the Night" is a dark, synth-driven R&B/pop song by The Weeknd that explores themes of trauma and survival, released as a single from his album *Beauty Behind the Madness*.
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C.
Midnight Caller
Midnight Caller is an American late-1980s crime drama television series centered on a former police detective who becomes a radio talk-show host tackling crime and social issues on the air.
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D.
Night Creatures
"Night Creatures" is a late abstract expressionist painting by American artist Lee Krasner, reflecting her dynamic, gestural style and exploration of psychological intensity.
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E.
Creatures of the Night
Creatures of the Night is a 1982 hard rock/heavy metal studio album by the American band Kiss, known for its heavier sound and status as a fan-favorite in their catalog.
- 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: Night Watch Target entity description: Night Watch is a Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett that follows Sam Vimes as he is sent back in time to relive a pivotal revolution in Ankh-Morpork and confront his own past.
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A.
Nightwatch
Nightwatch is a 1994 Danish horror-thriller film about a law student who takes a night watchman job at a morgue and becomes entangled in a series of gruesome murders.
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B.
In the Night
"In the Night" is a dark, synth-driven R&B/pop song by The Weeknd that explores themes of trauma and survival, released as a single from his album *Beauty Behind the Madness*.
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C.
Midnight Caller
Midnight Caller is an American late-1980s crime drama television series centered on a former police detective who becomes a radio talk-show host tackling crime and social issues on the air.
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D.
Night Creatures
"Night Creatures" is a late abstract expressionist painting by American artist Lee Krasner, reflecting her dynamic, gestural style and exploration of psychological intensity.
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E.
Creatures of the Night
Creatures of the Night is a 1982 hard rock/heavy metal studio album by the American band Kiss, known for its heavier sound and status as a fan-favorite in their catalog.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Discworld novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Terry Pratchett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| award | Prometheus Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| chronologyWithinSubseries | sixth City Watch novel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Carcer Dun
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Colon NERFINISHED ⓘ John Keel NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Havelock Vetinari NERFINISHED ⓘ Lu-Tze NERFINISHED ⓘ Nobby Nobbs NERFINISHED ⓘ Reg Shoe NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosie Palm NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Vimes NERFINISHED ⓘ Young Sam Vimes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Wee Free Men NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | The Last Hero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comic fantasy
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fantasy novel ⓘ |
| hasAntagonist | Carcer Dun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtist | Paul Kidby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 0-385-60323-8 ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
time loops
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watchmen and policing ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Sam Vimes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | time travel ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| partOf | Discworld series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotElement |
Sam Vimes travels back in time
NERFINISHED
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Vimes mentors his younger self ⓘ revolution in Ankh-Morpork NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Sam Vimes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Doubleday
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Transworld Publishers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Discworld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Ankh-Morpork
NERFINISHED
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Discworld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subseries | City Watch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
law and order
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memory and identity ⓘ political upheaval ⓘ responsibility ⓘ revolution ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Night Watch Description of subject: Night Watch is a Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett that follows Sam Vimes as he is sent back in time to relive a pivotal revolution in Ankh-Morpork and confront his own past.
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