Slaves of the Lamp
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Slaves of the Lamp is a story (in two parts) within Rudyard Kipling’s schoolboy collection *Stalky & Co.*, following the mischievous exploits of the students at a British boarding school.
All labels observed (1)
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| Slaves of the Lamp canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11824459 — 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: Slaves of the Lamp Context triple: [Stalky & Co., hasPart, Slaves of the Lamp]
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A.
The Slaves of Solitude
The Slaves of Solitude is a 1947 novel by Patrick Hamilton that portrays the claustrophobic lives and quiet desperation of wartime boarding-house residents in suburban England.
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B.
A-Lad-In His Lamp
A-Lad-In His Lamp is a 1948 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short directed by Robert McKimson, featuring Bugs Bunny in a comedic adventure involving a magic lamp and a genie.
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House of Slaves
The House of Slaves is a historic museum and former slave-holding facility on Gorée Island in Senegal, memorializing the Atlantic slave trade and its human toll.
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D.
Voice of the Unseen
Voice of the Unseen is a phrase denoting a mysterious, often prophetic or hidden source of guidance or knowledge beyond ordinary human perception.
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E.
Book of the Sleeping
Book of the Sleeping is the English rendering of the title of the Sauptika Parva, a section of the Indian epic Mahabharata that narrates the night-time massacre of sleeping warriors.
- 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: Slaves of the Lamp Target entity description: Slaves of the Lamp is a story (in two parts) within Rudyard Kipling’s schoolboy collection *Stalky & Co.*, following the mischievous exploits of the students at a British boarding school.
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A.
The Slaves of Solitude
The Slaves of Solitude is a 1947 novel by Patrick Hamilton that portrays the claustrophobic lives and quiet desperation of wartime boarding-house residents in suburban England.
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B.
A-Lad-In His Lamp
A-Lad-In His Lamp is a 1948 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short directed by Robert McKimson, featuring Bugs Bunny in a comedic adventure involving a magic lamp and a genie.
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C.
House of Slaves
The House of Slaves is a historic museum and former slave-holding facility on Gorée Island in Senegal, memorializing the Atlantic slave trade and its human toll.
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D.
Voice of the Unseen
Voice of the Unseen is a phrase denoting a mysterious, often prophetic or hidden source of guidance or knowledge beyond ordinary human perception.
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E.
Book of the Sleeping
Book of the Sleeping is the English rendering of the title of the Sauptika Parva, a section of the Indian epic Mahabharata that narrates the night-time massacre of sleeping warriors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional work
ⓘ
school story ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| author | Rudyard Kipling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Beetle
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Headmaster ⓘ M‘Turk NERFINISHED ⓘ Stalky NERFINISHED ⓘ schoolmasters ⓘ |
| firstPublicationIn | Stalky & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comic fiction
ⓘ
realist fiction ⓘ school story ⓘ |
| hasFictionalElement |
satire of educational system
ⓘ
schoolboy pranks ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Slaves of the Lamp, Part I
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Slaves of the Lamp, Part II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Slaves of the Lamp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | general readership ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Victorian literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainLocation | United Services College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| partOf | Stalky & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Stalky & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | British boarding school ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| theme |
authority and rebellion
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camaraderie ⓘ discipline in schools ⓘ friendship ⓘ schoolboy mischief ⓘ |
| workByAuthor | Rudyard Kipling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Slaves of the Lamp Description of subject: Slaves of the Lamp is a story (in two parts) within Rudyard Kipling’s schoolboy collection *Stalky & Co.*, following the mischievous exploits of the students at a British boarding school.
Referenced by (1)
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