The Virgin in the Ice
E287466
The Virgin in the Ice is a historical mystery novel in Ellis Peters’ Brother Cadfael series, set in 12th-century England during civil war and featuring the monk-sleuth investigating the disappearance of a noblewoman.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Virgin in the Ice canonical | 5 |
| Virgin in the Ice | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2684107 — 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: The Virgin in the Ice Context triple: [Ellis Peters, notableWork, The Virgin in the Ice]
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A Princess of Thule
A Princess of Thule is an 1873 romantic novel by Scottish author William Black, set in the Hebrides and known for its vivid depictions of island life and sentimental Victorian storytelling.
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B.
Death of the Virgin
Death of the Virgin is a renowned Baroque painting by Caravaggio depicting the Virgin Mary's death with stark realism and dramatic chiaroscuro, notable for its emotional intensity and controversial naturalism.
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C.
The Girl in the White Ship
"The Girl in the White Ship" is a novel by British author Peter Townsend, best known for its maritime setting and psychological exploration of its central female protagonist.
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D.
The Cross of Snow
The Cross of Snow is a sonnet by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that mournfully commemorates his wife Frances Appleton and reflects on enduring grief through the metaphor of a snow-filled mountain ravine.
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E.
The Lady of the Shroud
The Lady of the Shroud is a lesser-known Gothic novel by Bram Stoker that blends elements of supernatural mystery, romance, and political intrigue in a Balkan setting.
- 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 Virgin in the Ice Target entity description: The Virgin in the Ice is a historical mystery novel in Ellis Peters’ Brother Cadfael series, set in 12th-century England during civil war and featuring the monk-sleuth investigating the disappearance of a noblewoman.
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A.
A Princess of Thule
A Princess of Thule is an 1873 romantic novel by Scottish author William Black, set in the Hebrides and known for its vivid depictions of island life and sentimental Victorian storytelling.
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B.
Death of the Virgin
Death of the Virgin is a renowned Baroque painting by Caravaggio depicting the Virgin Mary's death with stark realism and dramatic chiaroscuro, notable for its emotional intensity and controversial naturalism.
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C.
The Girl in the White Ship
"The Girl in the White Ship" is a novel by British author Peter Townsend, best known for its maritime setting and psychological exploration of its central female protagonist.
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D.
The Cross of Snow
The Cross of Snow is a sonnet by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that mournfully commemorates his wife Frances Appleton and reflects on enduring grief through the metaphor of a snow-filled mountain ravine.
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E.
The Lady of the Shroud
The Lady of the Shroud is a lesser-known Gothic novel by Bram Stoker that blends elements of supernatural mystery, romance, and political intrigue in a Balkan setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Virgin in the Ice Description of subject: The Virgin in the Ice is a historical mystery novel in Ellis Peters’ Brother Cadfael series, set in 12th-century England during civil war and featuring the monk-sleuth investigating the disappearance of a noblewoman.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Virgin in the Ice