plague on Pern
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The plague on Pern is a devastating epidemic in Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern universe that threatens the planet’s human population and drives the desperate search for a cure.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| plague on Pern canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19100459 — 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: plague on Pern Context triple: [Nerilka's Story, centralConflict, plague on Pern]
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A.
Dragonriders of Pern
Dragonriders of Pern is a long-running science fantasy book series by Anne McCaffrey (later continued by her son Todd) that follows telepathically bonded dragonriders defending the planet Pern from a deadly extraterrestrial threat called Thread.
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B.
The Skies of Pern
The Skies of Pern is a science fantasy novel by Anne McCaffrey set in her Dragonriders of Pern universe, continuing the story of dragonriders as they face new social and technological changes on their world.
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C.
The Renegades of Pern
The Renegades of Pern is a science fantasy novel by Anne McCaffrey that explores the lives of outcasts and holdless people on the planet Pern, running parallel to and intersecting with events from earlier Dragonriders of Pern books.
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D.
All the Weyrs of Pern
All the Weyrs of Pern is a science fiction novel by Anne McCaffrey in the Dragonriders of Pern series, focusing on a pivotal technological and social turning point for the dragonriders’ world.
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E.
Southern Continent on Pern
The Southern Continent on Pern is a largely unexplored, warmer landmass in Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern series, known for its ancient ruins, hidden dangers, and role as a frontier for new settlements and discoveries.
- 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: plague on Pern Target entity description: The plague on Pern is a devastating epidemic in Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern universe that threatens the planet’s human population and drives the desperate search for a cure.
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A.
Dragonriders of Pern
Dragonriders of Pern is a long-running science fantasy book series by Anne McCaffrey (later continued by her son Todd) that follows telepathically bonded dragonriders defending the planet Pern from a deadly extraterrestrial threat called Thread.
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B.
The Skies of Pern
The Skies of Pern is a science fantasy novel by Anne McCaffrey set in her Dragonriders of Pern universe, continuing the story of dragonriders as they face new social and technological changes on their world.
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C.
The Renegades of Pern
The Renegades of Pern is a science fantasy novel by Anne McCaffrey that explores the lives of outcasts and holdless people on the planet Pern, running parallel to and intersecting with events from earlier Dragonriders of Pern books.
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D.
All the Weyrs of Pern
All the Weyrs of Pern is a science fiction novel by Anne McCaffrey in the Dragonriders of Pern series, focusing on a pivotal technological and social turning point for the dragonriders’ world.
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E.
Southern Continent on Pern
The Southern Continent on Pern is a largely unexplored, warmer landmass in Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern series, known for its ancient ruins, hidden dangers, and role as a frontier for new settlements and discoveries.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.