Oasans
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The Oasans are a gentle, devout alien species in Michel Faber’s novel *The Book of Strange New Things*, known for their deep religious curiosity and enigmatic, otherworldly appearance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Oasans canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19754119 — 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: Oasans Context triple: [The Book of Strange New Things, hasAlienSpecies, Oasans]
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A.
Oas
Oas is a municipality in the province of Albay in the Bicol Region of the Philippines, known for its agricultural economy and rural communities.
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B.
Oroqen
The Oroqen are a small Tungusic-speaking indigenous people of northeastern China, traditionally known as hunters and reindeer herders living in the forests of the Greater and Lesser Khingan Mountains.
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C.
The Tribe
"The Tribe" is a high-energy psytrance track by Israeli duo Vini Vici that became one of their signature festival anthems in the global electronic music scene.
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D.
Orlysiens
Orlysiens are the inhabitants or natives of Orly, a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France.
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E.
Triballi
The Triballi were an ancient Indo-European people who inhabited the central Balkans, often interacting and clashing with neighboring Thracian, Macedonian, and later Roman powers.
- 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: Oasans Target entity description: The Oasans are a gentle, devout alien species in Michel Faber’s novel *The Book of Strange New Things*, known for their deep religious curiosity and enigmatic, otherworldly appearance.
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A.
Oas
Oas is a municipality in the province of Albay in the Bicol Region of the Philippines, known for its agricultural economy and rural communities.
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B.
Oroqen
The Oroqen are a small Tungusic-speaking indigenous people of northeastern China, traditionally known as hunters and reindeer herders living in the forests of the Greater and Lesser Khingan Mountains.
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C.
The Tribe
"The Tribe" is a high-energy psytrance track by Israeli duo Vini Vici that became one of their signature festival anthems in the global electronic music scene.
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D.
Orlysiens
Orlysiens are the inhabitants or natives of Orly, a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France.
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E.
Triballi
The Triballi were an ancient Indo-European people who inhabited the central Balkans, often interacting and clashing with neighboring Thracian, Macedonian, and later Roman powers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.