Shadows on the Rock
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Shadows on the Rock is a historical novel by Willa Cather set in 17th-century Quebec, exploring themes of faith, community, and cultural identity in the French colonial world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shadows on the Rock canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T803933 — 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: Shadows on the Rock Context triple: [Willa Cather, notableWork, Shadows on the Rock]
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A.
The Mountain Shadow
The Mountain Shadow is a novel by Gregory David Roberts that continues the adventures of Lin, an Australian fugitive navigating the criminal underworld and spiritual quests in India, serving as the sequel to Shantaram.
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B.
Beyond the Pale
Beyond the Pale is a popular stand-up comedy special by Jim Gaffigan, best known for its clean humor and iconic routines about food, laziness, and everyday life.
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C.
The Ravine
The Ravine is a secluded, woodland gorge in Central Park featuring winding paths, a stream, and rustic bridges that evoke a natural forest landscape.
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D.
In the Shadow of Man
In the Shadow of Man is Jane Goodall’s influential 1971 book that chronicles her pioneering field research on wild chimpanzees in Tanzania and helped transform our understanding of primate behavior and human evolution.
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E.
Shadows and Light
"Shadows and Light" is a 1980 live album and concert film by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, capturing jazz-infused performances with an all-star band.
- 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: Shadows on the Rock Target entity description: Shadows on the Rock is a historical novel by Willa Cather set in 17th-century Quebec, exploring themes of faith, community, and cultural identity in the French colonial world.
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A.
The Mountain Shadow
The Mountain Shadow is a novel by Gregory David Roberts that continues the adventures of Lin, an Australian fugitive navigating the criminal underworld and spiritual quests in India, serving as the sequel to Shantaram.
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B.
Beyond the Pale
Beyond the Pale is a popular stand-up comedy special by Jim Gaffigan, best known for its clean humor and iconic routines about food, laziness, and everyday life.
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C.
The Ravine
The Ravine is a secluded, woodland gorge in Central Park featuring winding paths, a stream, and rustic bridges that evoke a natural forest landscape.
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D.
In the Shadow of Man
In the Shadow of Man is Jane Goodall’s influential 1971 book that chronicles her pioneering field research on wild chimpanzees in Tanzania and helped transform our understanding of primate behavior and human evolution.
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E.
Shadows and Light
"Shadows and Light" is a 1980 live album and concert film by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, capturing jazz-infused performances with an all-star band.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| author | Willa Cather ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depicts |
Catholic religious practices in New France
ⓘ
daily life in 17th-century Quebec ⓘ |
| genre |
Catholic novel
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | French colonial Catholic culture ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasFormat | print ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalContext | French colonization of Canada ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryStyle | lyrical prose ⓘ |
| hasOriginalTitle | Shadows on the Rock self-link ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 300 ⓘ |
| hasSettingRegion | North America ⓘ |
| hasStructure | chapters ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Catholicism in North America
ⓘ
French Canadian ⓘ
surface form:
French Canadians
colonial society ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| isFictionalWork | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American regionalism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Cécile Auclair
ⓘ
Euclide Auclair ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| partOf | Willa Cather’s later novels ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1931 ⓘ |
| publisherLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| setInPlace |
New France
ⓘ
Quebec City ⓘ |
| setInTimePeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| settingType | French colonial world ⓘ |
| theme |
French colonialism
ⓘ
community ⓘ cultural identity ⓘ exile and belonging ⓘ faith ⓘ family relationships ⓘ religion ⓘ |
| timeOfAction | late 1600s ⓘ |
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Subject: Shadows on the Rock Description of subject: Shadows on the Rock is a historical novel by Willa Cather set in 17th-century Quebec, exploring themes of faith, community, and cultural identity in the French colonial world.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Wilella Cather