P2C2E House
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P2C2E House is a whimsical, bureaucratic institution in Salman Rushdie’s novel “Haroun and the Sea of Stories,” responsible for managing the processes that keep the fantastical world of stories running.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| P2C2E House canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6827025 — 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: P2C2E House Context triple: [Moon Kahani, contains, P2C2E House]
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A.
Pico House
Pico House is a historic 19th-century Italianate-style hotel in downtown Los Angeles, built in the 1870s and once considered the city’s most luxurious lodging.
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B.
Picturehouse
Picturehouse is a UK-based chain of boutique cinemas known for screening independent, arthouse, and mainstream films in distinctive, community-focused venues.
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C.
Capșa House
Capșa House is a historic building in central Bucharest, Romania, best known for housing the famous Casa Capșa café and confectionery, a longtime meeting place for writers, politicians, and artists.
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D.
Dragon House
Dragon House is an 18th-century, pagoda-style pavilion in Potsdam’s Sanssouci Park, notable for its chinoiserie architecture and ornamental dragon decorations.
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E.
Sky House
Sky House is a prominent example of Metabolist architecture, showcasing the movement’s experimental, flexible approach to residential design.
- 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: P2C2E House Target entity description: P2C2E House is a whimsical, bureaucratic institution in Salman Rushdie’s novel “Haroun and the Sea of Stories,” responsible for managing the processes that keep the fantastical world of stories running.
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A.
Pico House
Pico House is a historic 19th-century Italianate-style hotel in downtown Los Angeles, built in the 1870s and once considered the city’s most luxurious lodging.
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B.
Picturehouse
Picturehouse is a UK-based chain of boutique cinemas known for screening independent, arthouse, and mainstream films in distinctive, community-focused venues.
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C.
Capșa House
Capșa House is a historic building in central Bucharest, Romania, best known for housing the famous Casa Capșa café and confectionery, a longtime meeting place for writers, politicians, and artists.
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D.
Dragon House
Dragon House is an 18th-century, pagoda-style pavilion in Potsdam’s Sanssouci Park, notable for its chinoiserie architecture and ornamental dragon decorations.
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E.
Sky House
Sky House is a prominent example of Metabolist architecture, showcasing the movement’s experimental, flexible approach to residential design.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bureaucratic institution
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fictional organization ⓘ literary location ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | Processes Too Complicated To Explain House ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Haroun and the Sea of Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
management of imagination
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stories as public infrastructure ⓘ |
| controlsProcess |
distribution of Story Water to storytellers
ⓘ
maintenance of story streams ⓘ |
| controlsResource | Story Water NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfAuthor | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdByAuthor | Salman Rushdie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs | Processes Too Complicated To Explain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employsCharacter |
Butt the Hoopoe
NERFINISHED
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Iff the Water Genie NERFINISHED ⓘ various clerks and officials ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | novel published in 1990 ⓘ |
| genreContext |
children’s fantasy
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postcolonial literature ⓘ |
| governedBy | rules and procedures of Gup bureaucracy ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
adults
ⓘ
children ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
highly bureaucratic
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satirical ⓘ whimsical ⓘ |
| hasFullName | Processes Too Complicated To Explain House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
manages processes that keep the Sea of Stories running
ⓘ
oversees fantastical story machinery ⓘ |
| hasMetaphoricalMeaning |
complex systems that ordinary people cannot understand
ⓘ
opaque state or institutional power ⓘ |
| hasThemeRelation |
commentary on administrative red tape
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satire of government bureaucracy ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalWorld | Kahani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Gup ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
comic representation of complex institutions
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obstacle through paperwork and procedures ⓘ |
| partOf | administrative system of Gup ⓘ |
| usedFor | humorous wordplay on acronyms and bureaucracy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: P2C2E House Description of subject: P2C2E House is a whimsical, bureaucratic institution in Salman Rushdie’s novel “Haroun and the Sea of Stories,” responsible for managing the processes that keep the fantastical world of stories running.
Referenced by (1)
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