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 | 1 |
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
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comic story arc ⓘ |
| collectedIn | The Sandman: The Wake trade paperback NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| comicSeries | The Sandman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concludes | story of Morpheus as Dream of the Endless ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Neil Gaiman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Abel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bast NERFINISHED ⓘ Cain NERFINISHED ⓘ Daniel Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Death of the Endless NERFINISHED ⓘ Delirium of the Endless NERFINISHED ⓘ Desire of the Endless NERFINISHED ⓘ Despair of the Endless NERFINISHED ⓘ Destiny of the Endless NERFINISHED ⓘ Destruction of the Endless NERFINISHED ⓘ Hob Gadling NERFINISHED ⓘ Loki NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucien NERFINISHED ⓘ Lyta Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Matthew the Raven NERFINISHED ⓘ Nuala NERFINISHED ⓘ Odin NERFINISHED ⓘ Rose Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ Susano-o-no-Mikoto NERFINISHED ⓘ Thor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | The Kindly Ones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
dark fantasy
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fantasy comic ⓘ supernatural fiction ⓘ |
| introduces | Daniel as the new Dream ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dream of the Endless
NERFINISHED
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Morpheus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
aftermath of Dream's death
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funeral and wake for Dream ⓘ reflection on Dream's legacy ⓘ |
| partOf | The Sandman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | final major story arc of The Sandman ⓘ |
| precedes | Epilogue stories of The Sandman ⓘ |
| publicationFormat | serialized comic issues ⓘ |
| publisher |
DC Comics
ⓘ
Vertigo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
The Dreaming
NERFINISHED
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various mythological realms ⓘ |
| theme |
change and responsibility
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death and rebirth ⓘ memory and legacy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Wake Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Sandman