The Grey King
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The Grey King is a fantasy novel in Susan Cooper’s "The Dark Is Rising" sequence, blending Arthurian legend with a modern battle between Light and Dark in the Welsh countryside.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Grey King canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13324347 — 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 Grey King Context triple: [Susan Cooper, notableWork, The Grey King]
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A.
The Red King
The Red King is a dream-bound monarch in Lewis Carroll’s "Through the Looking-Glass," whose slumber raises the paradoxical question of whether he is dreaming the story’s characters or being dreamed by them.
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B.
The Magician King
The Magician King is a fantasy novel by Lev Grossman that continues the story of Quentin Coldwater and his friends in the magical world of Fillory, blending dark, character-driven drama with genre-savvy adventure.
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C.
Fallen Monarch
Fallen Monarch is a famous downed giant sequoia in Yosemite National Park’s Mariposa Grove, notable for its massive trunk and long-preserved, naturally fallen form.
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D.
The Gray One
The Gray One is a cynical, streetwise housecat who serves as one of the central feline protagonists in the animated TV series "HouseBroken."
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E.
Winter King
Winter King is the derisive nickname given to Frederick V, Elector Palatine, who briefly reigned as the Protestant King of Bohemia during the early stages of the Thirty Years' War.
- 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 Grey King Target entity description: The Grey King is a fantasy novel in Susan Cooper’s "The Dark Is Rising" sequence, blending Arthurian legend with a modern battle between Light and Dark in the Welsh countryside.
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A.
The Red King
The Red King is a dream-bound monarch in Lewis Carroll’s "Through the Looking-Glass," whose slumber raises the paradoxical question of whether he is dreaming the story’s characters or being dreamed by them.
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B.
The Magician King
The Magician King is a fantasy novel by Lev Grossman that continues the story of Quentin Coldwater and his friends in the magical world of Fillory, blending dark, character-driven drama with genre-savvy adventure.
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C.
Fallen Monarch
Fallen Monarch is a famous downed giant sequoia in Yosemite National Park’s Mariposa Grove, notable for its massive trunk and long-preserved, naturally fallen form.
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D.
The Gray One
The Gray One is a cynical, streetwise housecat who serves as one of the central feline protagonists in the animated TV series "HouseBroken."
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E.
Winter King
Winter King is the derisive nickname given to Frederick V, Elector Palatine, who briefly reigned as the Protestant King of Bohemia during the early stages of the Thirty Years' War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fantasy novel
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novel ⓘ work of fiction ⓘ |
| author | Susan Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Newbery Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| basedOnElement | Arthurian legend NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConflict | battle between Light and Dark ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Bran Davies
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Merriman Lyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresSupernaturalFaction |
the Dark
GENERATED
ⓘ
the Light GENERATED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Silver on the Tree NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ young adult fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose narrative ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFrom |
British folklore
ⓘ
Welsh folklore ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
ancient powers awakening
ⓘ
prophecy ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
destiny
ⓘ
good versus evil ⓘ heritage and identity ⓘ myth in the modern world ⓘ |
| incorporatesMythology |
Arthurian mythology
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Celtic mythology ⓘ |
| intendedMarket | English-language market ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century British children's literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacterRole | Will Stanton is an Old One of the Light NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | integration of Welsh landscape and legend ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | The Dark Is Rising Sequence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Greenwitch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Will Stanton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Atheneum Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesNumberInSequence | fourth book in The Dark Is Rising Sequence ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingRegion | Welsh countryside ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
children
ⓘ
young adults ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Grey King Description of subject: The Grey King is a fantasy novel in Susan Cooper’s "The Dark Is Rising" sequence, blending Arthurian legend with a modern battle between Light and Dark in the Welsh countryside.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.