The Wake
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The Wake is the concluding story arc of Neil Gaiman’s comic series The Sandman, focusing on the aftermath of Dream’s death and the gathering of friends and foes to mourn and reflect on his legacy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Wake canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4506413 — 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 Wake Context triple: [The Sandman, notableStoryArc, The Wake]
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A.
The Drowned and the Saved
The Drowned and the Saved is Primo Levi’s final, reflective work of essays examining the moral, psychological, and historical complexities of the Holocaust and its survivors.
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B.
The Rudder
The Rudder is a foundational compendium of Eastern Orthodox canon law and church regulations, widely used as an authoritative guide for ecclesiastical discipline and practice.
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C.
The Sea of Fog
The Sea of Fog is a Romantic-era landscape painting by Caspar David Friedrich that depicts a lone figure standing above a vast, mist-shrouded expanse, symbolizing introspection and the sublime power of nature.
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D.
The Keel Row
The Keel Row is a traditional English folk tune widely used as a military march and associated with various British and Commonwealth regiments.
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E.
The Whale
The Whale is the distinctive, swooping-roof ice hockey arena at Yale University designed by architect Eero Saarinen.
- 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 Wake Target entity description: The Wake is the concluding story arc of Neil Gaiman’s comic series The Sandman, focusing on the aftermath of Dream’s death and the gathering of friends and foes to mourn and reflect on his legacy.
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A.
The Drowned and the Saved
The Drowned and the Saved is Primo Levi’s final, reflective work of essays examining the moral, psychological, and historical complexities of the Holocaust and its survivors.
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B.
The Rudder
The Rudder is a foundational compendium of Eastern Orthodox canon law and church regulations, widely used as an authoritative guide for ecclesiastical discipline and practice.
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C.
The Sea of Fog
The Sea of Fog is a Romantic-era landscape painting by Caspar David Friedrich that depicts a lone figure standing above a vast, mist-shrouded expanse, symbolizing introspection and the sublime power of nature.
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D.
The Keel Row
The Keel Row is a traditional English folk tune widely used as a military march and associated with various British and Commonwealth regiments.
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E.
The Whale
The Whale is the distinctive, swooping-roof ice hockey arena at Yale University designed by architect Eero Saarinen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sandman story arc
ⓘ
comic story arc ⓘ |
| collectedIn |
The Sandman: The Wake trade paperback
ⓘ
linked to:
The Sandman: The Wake
|
| comicSeries |
The Sandman
ⓘ
linked to:
The Sandman (comic book series)
|
| concludes | story of Morpheus as Dream of the Endless ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Neil Gaiman ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Abel
ⓘ
Bast ⓘ Cain ⓘ Daniel Hall ⓘ Death of the Endless ⓘ
linked to:
The Endless
Delirium of the Endless ⓘ
linked to:
The Endless
Desire of the Endless ⓘ
linked to:
The Endless
Despair of the Endless ⓘ
linked to:
The Endless
Destiny of the Endless ⓘ
linked to:
The Endless
Destruction of the Endless ⓘ
linked to:
The Endless
Hob Gadling ⓘ Loki ⓘ Lucien ⓘ Lyta Hall ⓘ Matthew the Raven ⓘ Nuala ⓘ Odin ⓘ Rose Walker ⓘ Susano-o-no-Mikoto ⓘ
linked to:
Takehaya Susanoo no Mikoto
Thor ⓘ |
| follows | The Kindly Ones ⓘ |
| genre |
dark fantasy
ⓘ
fantasy comic ⓘ supernatural fiction ⓘ |
| introduces | Daniel as the new Dream ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dream of the Endless
ⓘ
linked to:
The Endless
Morpheus ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
aftermath of Dream's death
ⓘ
funeral and wake for Dream ⓘ reflection on Dream's legacy ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Sandman
ⓘ
linked to:
The Sandman (comic book series)
|
| positionInSeries | final major story arc of The Sandman ⓘ |
| precedes | Epilogue stories of The Sandman ⓘ |
| publicationFormat | serialized comic issues ⓘ |
| publisher |
DC Comics
ⓘ
Vertigo ⓘ |
| setting |
The Dreaming
ⓘ
various mythological realms ⓘ |
| theme |
change and responsibility
ⓘ
death and rebirth ⓘ memory and legacy ⓘ |
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