The Well of the World's End
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The Well of the World's End is a traditional English fairy tale about a magical well whose water grants transformative powers or wishes to those who reach it after a perilous journey.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Well of the World's End canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17049589 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Well of the World's End Context triple: [English Fairy Tales, hasPart, The Well of the World's End]
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World's End
World's End is a riverside district in the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, known for its large 1970s housing estate and proximity to the western end of the King's Road.
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B.
World's End
"World's End" is a 1987 historical novel by T.C. Boyle that intertwines generations of families in New York’s Hudson Valley, blending dark humor with themes of history, identity, and legacy.
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C.
World's End
World's End is a fantasy novel that precedes Dragon's Teeth in a series, setting up the overarching storyline and world in which the later book takes place.
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D.
The Name of the World
The Name of the World is a contemplative novel by Denis Johnson that follows a grieving academic struggling to rebuild his life after the loss of his wife and daughter.
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E.
Well of Wyrd
The Well of Wyrd is a sacred spring in Norse mythology associated with fate and the Norns, who shape the destinies of gods and humans.
- 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 Well of the World's End Target entity description: The Well of the World's End is a traditional English fairy tale about a magical well whose water grants transformative powers or wishes to those who reach it after a perilous journey.
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A.
World's End
World's End is a riverside district in the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, known for its large 1970s housing estate and proximity to the western end of the King's Road.
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B.
World's End
"World's End" is a 1987 historical novel by T.C. Boyle that intertwines generations of families in New York’s Hudson Valley, blending dark humor with themes of history, identity, and legacy.
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C.
World's End
World's End is a fantasy novel that precedes Dragon's Teeth in a series, setting up the overarching storyline and world in which the later book takes place.
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D.
The Name of the World
The Name of the World is a contemplative novel by Denis Johnson that follows a grieving academic struggling to rebuild his life after the loss of his wife and daughter.
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E.
Well of Wyrd
The Well of Wyrd is a sacred spring in Norse mythology associated with fate and the Norns, who shape the destinies of gods and humans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
English Fairy Tales