The Merchants' War
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The Merchants' War is a science fiction novel by Charles Stross set in his "Merchant Princes" universe, exploring parallel worlds, political intrigue, and interdimensional trade.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Merchants' War canonical | 1 |
| The Traders' War | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7060097 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Merchants' War Context triple: [Charles Stross, notableWork, The Merchants' War]
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A.
Lord of Trade
The Lord of Trade was a British government office responsible for overseeing colonial and commercial affairs, particularly through the Board of Trade, during the 17th to 19th centuries.
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B.
The Knights of Prosperity
The Knights of Prosperity is a short-lived ABC television sitcom about a group of ordinary New Yorkers who form a hapless gang to rob celebrities.
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C.
The Fortune of War
The Fortune of War is a historical naval novel by Patrick O’Brian, following Captain Jack Aubrey and physician-spy Stephen Maturin through sea battles and espionage during the Napoleonic Wars.
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D.
The Merchant Princes
The Merchant Princes is a science fiction story by Frederik Pohl that explores themes of commerce, power, and human ambition in a futuristic setting.
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E.
The Conquering Power
The Conquering Power is a 1921 American silent romantic drama film directed by Rex Ingram and starring Rudolph Valentino and Alice Terry, adapted from Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Eugénie Grandet."
- 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: The Merchants' War Target entity description: The Merchants' War is a science fiction novel by Charles Stross set in his "Merchant Princes" universe, exploring parallel worlds, political intrigue, and interdimensional trade.
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A.
Lord of Trade
The Lord of Trade was a British government office responsible for overseeing colonial and commercial affairs, particularly through the Board of Trade, during the 17th to 19th centuries.
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B.
The Knights of Prosperity
The Knights of Prosperity is a short-lived ABC television sitcom about a group of ordinary New Yorkers who form a hapless gang to rob celebrities.
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C.
The Fortune of War
The Fortune of War is a historical naval novel by Patrick O’Brian, following Captain Jack Aubrey and physician-spy Stephen Maturin through sea battles and espionage during the Napoleonic Wars.
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D.
The Merchant Princes
The Merchant Princes is a science fiction story by Frederik Pohl that explores themes of commerce, power, and human ambition in a futuristic setting.
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E.
The Conquering Power
The Conquering Power is a 1921 American silent romantic drama film directed by Rex Ingram and starring Rudolph Valentino and Alice Terry, adapted from Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Eugénie Grandet."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Charles Stross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
clan-based power structures
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economic exploitation across worlds ⓘ espionage between parallel timelines ⓘ technology disparities between worlds ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
interdimensional trade
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interdimensional travel ⓘ parallel worlds ⓘ political intrigue ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Revolution Business NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | The Clan Corporate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
ebook
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print ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistAffiliation | the Clan (world-walking family) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
alternate Earths
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contemporary United States NERFINISHED ⓘ feudal alternate world ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literarySeriesPosition | middle book of original Merchant Princes sequence ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Miriam Beckstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | The Merchant Princes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Tor Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesNumberInTheMerchantPrinces | 4 ⓘ |
| setInFictionalUniverse | Merchant Princes universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workInSeriesBy | Charles Stross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Merchants' War Description of subject: The Merchants' War is a science fiction novel by Charles Stross set in his "Merchant Princes" universe, exploring parallel worlds, political intrigue, and interdimensional trade.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Traders' War