Manawaka cycle
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The Manawaka cycle is a series of interconnected novels by Canadian author Margaret Laurence that explore the lives and inner worlds of residents in the fictional prairie town of Manawaka.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Manawaka cycle canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18488496 — 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: Manawaka cycle Context triple: [The Diviners, partOfSeries, Manawaka cycle]
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A.
Nowawes
Nowawes was a former independent town near Potsdam in Germany, historically known as a settlement for Bohemian weavers and later incorporated into the city of Potsdam.
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B.
Teiwa
Teiwa is a Papuan language spoken on Pantar Island in eastern Indonesia, known for its complex verb morphology and membership in the Alor–Pantar language family.
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C.
Mahana
Mahana is a New Zealand drama film directed by Lee Tamahori, adapted from Witi Ihimaera’s novel "Bulibasha" and centered on rival Māori sheep-shearing families in the 1960s.
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D.
Sikaiana
Sikaiana is a small, remote Polynesian atoll in the Solomon Islands whose people and culture are part of the Polynesian outlier communities in Melanesia.
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E.
Uruk cycle
The Uruk cycle is a collection of Sumerian myths centered on the city of Uruk and its legendary rulers, including Enmerkar and Lugalbanda, that explore themes of kingship, rivalry, and divine favor in early Mesopotamian literature.
- 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: Manawaka cycle Target entity description: The Manawaka cycle is a series of interconnected novels by Canadian author Margaret Laurence that explore the lives and inner worlds of residents in the fictional prairie town of Manawaka.
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A.
Nowawes
Nowawes was a former independent town near Potsdam in Germany, historically known as a settlement for Bohemian weavers and later incorporated into the city of Potsdam.
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B.
Teiwa
Teiwa is a Papuan language spoken on Pantar Island in eastern Indonesia, known for its complex verb morphology and membership in the Alor–Pantar language family.
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C.
Mahana
Mahana is a New Zealand drama film directed by Lee Tamahori, adapted from Witi Ihimaera’s novel "Bulibasha" and centered on rival Māori sheep-shearing families in the 1960s.
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D.
Sikaiana
Sikaiana is a small, remote Polynesian atoll in the Solomon Islands whose people and culture are part of the Polynesian outlier communities in Melanesia.
-
E.
Uruk cycle
The Uruk cycle is a collection of Sumerian myths centered on the city of Uruk and its legendary rulers, including Enmerkar and Lugalbanda, that explore themes of kingship, rivalry, and divine favor in early Mesopotamian literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.