Shevek
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Shevek is a brilliant physicist and philosophical anarchist from Ursula K. Le Guin’s novel *The Dispossessed*, whose life and work explore the tensions between freedom, society, and revolutionary change.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shevek canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16035669 — 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: Shevek Context triple: [The Dispossessed, mainCharacter, Shevek]
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A.
Babel-17
Babel-17 is a 1966 science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany that explores the power of language to shape thought and reality through the story of a poet-linguist deciphering an alien code.
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B.
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness is a landmark science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that explores themes of gender, politics, and culture on a distant, ambisexual world.
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C.
Consider Phlebas
Consider Phlebas is a science fiction novel by Iain M. Banks that introduces his acclaimed Culture series, depicting a vast interstellar conflict between a post-scarcity utopian civilization and its enemies.
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D.
The Dosadi Experiment
The Dosadi Experiment is a science fiction novel by Frank Herbert that explores themes of social engineering, oppression, and survival on a harsh, isolated planet.
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E.
The City and the Stars
The City and the Stars is a classic science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of immortality, memory, and the cyclical nature of civilization in a far-future utopian city.
- 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: Shevek Target entity description: Shevek is a brilliant physicist and philosophical anarchist from Ursula K. Le Guin’s novel *The Dispossessed*, whose life and work explore the tensions between freedom, society, and revolutionary change.
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A.
Babel-17
Babel-17 is a 1966 science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany that explores the power of language to shape thought and reality through the story of a poet-linguist deciphering an alien code.
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B.
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness is a landmark science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that explores themes of gender, politics, and culture on a distant, ambisexual world.
-
C.
Consider Phlebas
Consider Phlebas is a science fiction novel by Iain M. Banks that introduces his acclaimed Culture series, depicting a vast interstellar conflict between a post-scarcity utopian civilization and its enemies.
-
D.
The Dosadi Experiment
The Dosadi Experiment is a science fiction novel by Frank Herbert that explores themes of social engineering, oppression, and survival on a harsh, isolated planet.
-
E.
The City and the Stars
The City and the Stars is a classic science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of immortality, memory, and the cyclical nature of civilization in a far-future utopian city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.