The Shadow and the Peak
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The Shadow and the Peak is a mid-20th-century novel by British author Richard Mason, known as a psychological drama set against an exotic backdrop.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Shadow and the Peak canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13294321 — 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 Shadow and the Peak Context triple: [Richard Mason, wrote, The Shadow and the Peak]
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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.
The Shadow in the North
The Shadow in the North is a Victorian-era mystery novel by Philip Pullman featuring young detectives Sally Lockhart and Frederick Garland as they uncover a sinister industrial conspiracy.
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C.
Peak of the Snows
Peak of the Snows is the English meaning of the Spanish name "Pico de las Nieves," referring to a mountain summit historically associated with snow cover.
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D.
Shadows on the Rock
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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E.
Accursed Mountains
The Accursed Mountains are a rugged, remote mountain range in the western Balkans, known for their dramatic peaks, deep valleys, and rich biodiversity spanning Albania, Kosovo, and Montenegro.
- 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 Shadow and the Peak Target entity description: The Shadow and the Peak is a mid-20th-century novel by British author Richard Mason, known as a psychological drama set against an exotic backdrop.
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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.
The Shadow in the North
The Shadow in the North is a Victorian-era mystery novel by Philip Pullman featuring young detectives Sally Lockhart and Frederick Garland as they uncover a sinister industrial conspiracy.
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C.
Peak of the Snows
Peak of the Snows is the English meaning of the Spanish name "Pico de las Nieves," referring to a mountain summit historically associated with snow cover.
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D.
Shadows on the Rock
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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E.
Accursed Mountains
The Accursed Mountains are a rugged, remote mountain range in the western Balkans, known for their dramatic peaks, deep valleys, and rich biodiversity spanning Albania, Kosovo, and Montenegro.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (14)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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person ⓘ |
| author | Richard Mason NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creatorOccupation | novelist ⓘ |
| genre | psychological drama ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Richard Mason NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | British ⓘ |
| hasOriginalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | mid-20th century literature ⓘ |
| occupation | novelist ⓘ |
| settingDescription | exotic backdrop ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Shadow and the Peak Description of subject: The Shadow and the Peak is a mid-20th-century novel by British author Richard Mason, known as a psychological drama set against an exotic backdrop.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.