The Blue Lotus
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The Blue Lotus is a classic Tintin comic adventure by Hergé, set largely in 1930s China and noted for its more mature storytelling and detailed, respectful depiction of Chinese culture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Blue Lotus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7697087 — 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: The Blue Lotus Context triple: [The Adventures of Tintin, hasAlbum, The Blue Lotus]
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A.
Field of Reeds
The Field of Reeds is the ancient Egyptian paradise, a blissful afterlife realm where righteous souls enjoyed an idealized version of life on earth.
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B.
Lord of Heliopolis
Lord of Heliopolis is an epithet of the ancient Egyptian creator god Atum, emphasizing his role as the chief deity and divine ruler of the city of Heliopolis.
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C.
The Message of the Sphinx
The Message of the Sphinx is a controversial alternative-history book that argues Egypt’s Great Sphinx and pyramids are far older than mainstream archaeology accepts and encode advanced astronomical knowledge.
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D.
The Red Priest
The Red Priest is the famous Italian Baroque composer and virtuoso violinist Antonio Vivaldi, renowned for works such as "The Four Seasons."
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E.
The Silver Lotus
The Silver Lotus is a historical novel by Thom Steinbeck that intertwines a cross-cultural love story with themes of adventure, identity, and the meeting of Eastern and Western worlds.
- 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 Blue Lotus Target entity description: The Blue Lotus is a classic Tintin comic adventure by Hergé, set largely in 1930s China and noted for its more mature storytelling and detailed, respectful depiction of Chinese culture.
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A.
Field of Reeds
The Field of Reeds is the ancient Egyptian paradise, a blissful afterlife realm where righteous souls enjoyed an idealized version of life on earth.
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B.
Lord of Heliopolis
Lord of Heliopolis is an epithet of the ancient Egyptian creator god Atum, emphasizing his role as the chief deity and divine ruler of the city of Heliopolis.
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C.
The Message of the Sphinx
The Message of the Sphinx is a controversial alternative-history book that argues Egypt’s Great Sphinx and pyramids are far older than mainstream archaeology accepts and encode advanced astronomical knowledge.
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D.
The Red Priest
The Red Priest is the famous Italian Baroque composer and virtuoso violinist Antonio Vivaldi, renowned for works such as "The Four Seasons."
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E.
The Silver Lotus
The Silver Lotus is a historical novel by Thom Steinbeck that intertwines a cross-cultural love story with themes of adventure, identity, and the meeting of Eastern and Western worlds.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Belgian comic
ⓘ
Tintin adventure ⓘ comic album ⓘ |
| artStyle | ligne claire ⓘ |
| colorEditionYear | 1946 ⓘ |
| considered | turning point in Tintin series ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Hergé NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly acclaimed ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Chang Chong-Chen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mitsuhirato NERFINISHED ⓘ Rastapopoulos NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomson and Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ Wang Chen-Yee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | newspaper serial ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium | Le Petit Vingtième NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Cigars of the Pharaoh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure comic
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political comic ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtBy | Hergé NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | The Blue Lotus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
black-and-white serial
ⓘ
color album ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 62 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Chang Chong-jen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Snowy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tintin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of Japanese imperialism
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critique of Western colonialism ⓘ detailed depiction of Chinese culture ⓘ more mature storytelling ⓘ respectful portrayal of Chinese characters ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | Casterman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Le Lotus bleu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Franco-Belgian comics tradition ⓘ |
| precedes | The Broken Ear NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYearAlbum | 1936 ⓘ |
| series | The Adventures of Tintin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
China
NERFINISHED
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Japanese-occupied Manchuria NERFINISHED ⓘ Shanghai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1930s ⓘ |
| targetAudience | children and young adults ⓘ |
| theme |
anti-racism
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drug trafficking ⓘ friendship ⓘ international politics ⓘ |
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