Gup army
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The Gup army is a fictional military force from China Miéville’s novel "The Scar," known for its colorful, talkative soldiers and its role in the fantastical conflicts of the floating pirate city of Armada.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gup army canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6826924 — 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: Gup army Context triple: [Blabbermouth, associatedWith, Gup army]
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Turanian army
The Turanian army is the military force of the Turanian realm, often depicted as the traditional enemy of Iran in Persian epic literature such as the Shahnameh.
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Anders Army
Anders Army was a Polish military formation created in the Soviet Union during World War II, composed largely of released Polish prisoners of war and civilians, which later fought alongside the Western Allies.
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C.
Lashkar
Lashkar is a historic suburb of Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, India, known as a former princely capital and an important administrative and commercial center.
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D.
Muscovite army
The Muscovite army was the military force of the Grand Duchy (and later Tsardom) of Moscow, which formed the core of the early Russian state before its transformation into the Imperial Russian Army.
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E.
Mysorean forces
Mysorean forces were the military troops of the Kingdom of Mysore, commanded by leaders such as Hyder Ali, that fought against the British East India Company and its allies in the late 18th century.
- 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: Gup army Target entity description: The Gup army is a fictional military force from China Miéville’s novel "The Scar," known for its colorful, talkative soldiers and its role in the fantastical conflicts of the floating pirate city of Armada.
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A.
Turanian army
The Turanian army is the military force of the Turanian realm, often depicted as the traditional enemy of Iran in Persian epic literature such as the Shahnameh.
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B.
Anders Army
Anders Army was a Polish military formation created in the Soviet Union during World War II, composed largely of released Polish prisoners of war and civilians, which later fought alongside the Western Allies.
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C.
Lashkar
Lashkar is a historic suburb of Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, India, known as a former princely capital and an important administrative and commercial center.
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D.
Muscovite army
The Muscovite army was the military force of the Grand Duchy (and later Tsardom) of Moscow, which formed the core of the early Russian state before its transformation into the Imperial Russian Army.
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E.
Mysorean forces
Mysorean forces were the military troops of the Kingdom of Mysore, commanded by leaders such as Hyder Ali, that fought against the British East India Company and its allies in the late 18th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | fictional military organization ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Bas-Lag series
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Scar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Armada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginInFiction | Gup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | China Miéville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs |
colorful
ⓘ
talkative ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Scar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy
ⓘ
weird fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
brightly dressed soldiers
ⓘ
loquacious soldiers ⓘ |
| hasFictionalFunction |
comic relief elements
ⓘ
military ally in the plot of The Scar ⓘ |
| involvedIn | conflicts around the floating city of Armada ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeUniverse | Bas-Lag NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatesInFictionalLocation | Armada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Gup polity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherOfWork | Macmillan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Iron Council
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Perdido Street Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInWork | military force of Gup in The Scar ⓘ |
| settingPeriodInFiction | secondary-world industrial-fantasy era ⓘ |
| typeOfConflict | naval warfare ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gup army Description of subject: The Gup army is a fictional military force from China Miéville’s novel "The Scar," known for its colorful, talkative soldiers and its role in the fantastical conflicts of the floating pirate city of Armada.
Referenced by (1)
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