The Eye of the Heron
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The Eye of the Heron is a science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that explores themes of nonviolence, colonialism, and social resistance on a distant planet.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Eye of the Heron canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3799283 — 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: The Eye of the Heron Context triple: [Ursula K. Le Guin, notableWork, The Eye of the Heron]
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A.
The Shadow of the Eagle
The Shadow of the Eagle is a 1932 American movie serial featuring John Wayne in an early starring role as a stunt pilot entangled in a mystery involving a skywriting criminal.
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B.
Eyes of the Eagle
"Eyes of the Eagle" is the motto of the United States Air Force's Twenty-Fifth Air Force, reflecting its intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance mission.
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C.
The Home of the Heron
The Home of the Heron is a landscape painting by American artist George Inness, celebrated for its atmospheric, tonalist style and poetic evocation of nature.
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D.
The Tree of Crows
The Tree of Crows is a Romantic-era landscape painting by Caspar David Friedrich, depicting a stark, gnarled tree silhouetted against a dramatic sky to evoke themes of melancholy and mortality.
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E.
The Hawk in the Rain
The Hawk in the Rain is Ted Hughes’s acclaimed debut poetry collection, noted for its powerful, nature-driven imagery and visceral exploration of the natural world.
- 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 Eye of the Heron Target entity description: The Eye of the Heron is a science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that explores themes of nonviolence, colonialism, and social resistance on a distant planet.
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A.
The Shadow of the Eagle
The Shadow of the Eagle is a 1932 American movie serial featuring John Wayne in an early starring role as a stunt pilot entangled in a mystery involving a skywriting criminal.
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B.
Eyes of the Eagle
"Eyes of the Eagle" is the motto of the United States Air Force's Twenty-Fifth Air Force, reflecting its intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance mission.
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C.
The Home of the Heron
The Home of the Heron is a landscape painting by American artist George Inness, celebrated for its atmospheric, tonalist style and poetic evocation of nature.
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D.
The Tree of Crows
The Tree of Crows is a Romantic-era landscape painting by Caspar David Friedrich, depicting a stark, gnarled tree silhouetted against a dramatic sky to evoke themes of melancholy and mortality.
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E.
The Hawk in the Rain
The Hawk in the Rain is Ted Hughes’s acclaimed debut poetry collection, noted for its powerful, nature-driven imagery and visceral exploration of the natural world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Ursula K. Le Guin ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coverArtist | Leo and Diane Dillon ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
alternative social organization
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conflict between colonizers and colonized ⓘ moral choices under oppression ⓘ nonviolent resistance ⓘ |
| exploresSocialIssue |
class division
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gender roles ⓘ political domination ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | 1978 ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm |
e-book
ⓘ
hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFrom |
pacifist philosophy
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political activism of the 1960s and 1970s ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780060125632 ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryMovement |
feminist science fiction
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social science fiction ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | about 208 pages ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience |
adult readers
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young adult readers ⓘ |
| isStandaloneWork | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Lev
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Luz Marina Falco ⓘ Mayor Falco ⓘ |
| mainGroup |
City dwellers
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Shantih Town settlers ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| partOf | Ursula K. Le Guin bibliography ⓘ |
| publisher | Harper & Row ⓘ |
| setIn | fictional planet Victoria ⓘ |
| theme |
authoritarianism
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colonialism ⓘ exile ⓘ nonviolence ⓘ pacifism ⓘ power and oppression ⓘ social resistance ⓘ utopian communities ⓘ |
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Subject: The Eye of the Heron Description of subject: The Eye of the Heron is a science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that explores themes of nonviolence, colonialism, and social resistance on a distant planet.
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