Bast
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Bast is a mysterious, charismatic student and storyteller who serves as Kvothe’s close companion and a central figure in Patrick Rothfuss’s fantasy series "The Kingkiller Chronicle."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bast canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17883746 — 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: Bast Context triple: [The Wake, featuresCharacter, Bast]
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A.
Bast
Bast is a feline-headed goddess from ancient Egyptian mythology, often associated with protection, warfare, and later domesticity and fertility.
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B.
Per-Bast
Per-Bast was the ancient Egyptian city dedicated to the cat goddess Bastet, later known by the Greeks as Bubastis.
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C.
Kebechet
Kebechet is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with purification and cooling water, particularly in the context of mummification and the afterlife.
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D.
Ramarren
Ramarren is the protagonist of Ursula K. Le Guin’s science fiction novel "City of Illusions," an amnesiac wanderer whose quest to recover his identity reveals profound truths about his world and himself.
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E.
Shapash
Shapash is the Phoenician sun goddess, often depicted as a powerful celestial deity associated with light, justice, and guidance among the 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: Bast Target entity description: Bast is a mysterious, charismatic student and storyteller who serves as Kvothe’s close companion and a central figure in Patrick Rothfuss’s fantasy series "The Kingkiller Chronicle."
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A.
Bast
Bast is a feline-headed goddess from ancient Egyptian mythology, often associated with protection, warfare, and later domesticity and fertility.
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B.
Per-Bast
Per-Bast was the ancient Egyptian city dedicated to the cat goddess Bastet, later known by the Greeks as Bubastis.
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C.
Kebechet
Kebechet is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with purification and cooling water, particularly in the context of mummification and the afterlife.
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D.
Ramarren
Ramarren is the protagonist of Ursula K. Le Guin’s science fiction novel "City of Illusions," an amnesiac wanderer whose quest to recover his identity reveals profound truths about his world and himself.
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E.
Shapash
Shapash is the Phoenician sun goddess, often depicted as a powerful celestial deity associated with light, justice, and guidance among the 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.