The Diviners
E451752
The Diviners is a landmark Canadian novel by Margaret Laurence that explores identity, memory, and women's lives in a small prairie town, and is widely regarded as one of the most important works in Canadian literature.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Diviners canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4545534 — 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 Diviners Context triple: [Canadian literature canon, includesWork, The Diviners]
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A.
The Black Sleep
The Black Sleep is a 1956 American horror film featuring a mad surgeon who experiments on human brains, notable for its cast of classic horror stars.
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B.
All Souls
All Souls is a Christian feast day commemorating the faithful departed, particularly observed in Western churches on November 2.
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C.
Book of Dreams
"Book of Dreams" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1992 album *Lucky Town*, known for its intimate, romantic lyrics and reflective tone.
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D.
Spirit of the Dead Watching
Spirit of the Dead Watching is a 1892 Symbolist painting by Paul Gauguin depicting a young Tahitian girl lying fearfully on her bed while a mysterious, ghostly figure looms in the background.
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E.
The Telling
The Telling is a science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin set in her Hainish universe, exploring themes of cultural suppression, storytelling, and the clash between tradition and authoritarian modernity.
- 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 Diviners Target entity description: The Diviners is a landmark Canadian novel by Margaret Laurence that explores identity, memory, and women's lives in a small prairie town, and is widely regarded as one of the most important works in Canadian literature.
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A.
The Black Sleep
The Black Sleep is a 1956 American horror film featuring a mad surgeon who experiments on human brains, notable for its cast of classic horror stars.
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B.
All Souls
All Souls is a Christian feast day commemorating the faithful departed, particularly observed in Western churches on November 2.
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C.
Book of Dreams
"Book of Dreams" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1992 album *Lucky Town*, known for its intimate, romantic lyrics and reflective tone.
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D.
Spirit of the Dead Watching
Spirit of the Dead Watching is a 1892 Symbolist painting by Paul Gauguin depicting a young Tahitian girl lying fearfully on her bed while a mysterious, ghostly figure looms in the background.
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E.
The Telling
The Telling is a science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin set in her Hainish universe, exploring themes of cultural suppression, storytelling, and the clash between tradition and authoritarian modernity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptationCountry | Canada ⓘ |
| adaptationYear | 1993 television film adaptation ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | television film ⓘ |
| author | Margaret Laurence ⓘ |
| awarded | Governor General's Award for Fiction ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1974 Governor General's Award for Fiction ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
Canadian prairie life
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feminism ⓘ identity ⓘ memory ⓘ self-discovery ⓘ storytelling ⓘ women's lives ⓘ |
| follows | A Bird in the House ⓘ |
| genre |
Canadian literature
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literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Christie Logan
ⓘ
Jules Tonnerre ⓘ Morag Gunn ⓘ Pique Gunn ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780771099781 ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
memory and storytelling
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water ⓘ |
| includedIn | Canadian literature curricula ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Canadian modernism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | one of the most important works in Canadian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Morag Gunn ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalPublicationLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 400 pages ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Manawaka cycle ⓘ |
| precedes | none (final novel in the Manawaka cycle) ⓘ |
| protagonist | Morag Gunn ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| publisher |
McClelland & Stewart
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linked to:
McClelland and Stewart
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| recognizedAs |
classic of Canadian literature
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landmark Canadian novel ⓘ |
| setting |
Canadian Prairies
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linked to:
Plains of Canada
Manawaka ⓘ Manitoba ⓘ |
| structure | non-linear narrative ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
a woman's life in a small prairie town
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artist's development ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Diviners Description of subject: The Diviners is a landmark Canadian novel by Margaret Laurence that explores identity, memory, and women's lives in a small prairie town, and is widely regarded as one of the most important works in Canadian literature.
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