The White Dragon
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The White Dragon is a science fiction novel in Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern series, following the coming-of-age of Lord Jaxom and his unique white dragon Ruth as they challenge tradition and uncover Pern’s deeper mysteries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The White Dragon canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4666387 — 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 White Dragon Context triple: [Anne McCaffrey, notableWork, The White Dragon]
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A.
The Dragon
"The Dragon" is a track from Vangelis's 1979 electronic music album "China," blending synthesizer-driven soundscapes with an evocative, atmospheric style.
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B.
The Eyes of the Dragon
The Eyes of the Dragon is a fantasy novel by Stephen King that blends fairy-tale elements with political intrigue in the kingdom of Delain.
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C.
Fallen Dragon
Fallen Dragon is a science fiction novel by Peter F. Hamilton that follows a disillusioned space marine involved in corporate-backed planetary raids who becomes entangled with a mysterious alien entity.
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D.
The Red Dragon
The Red Dragon is the heraldic emblem prominently featured on the national flag of Wales, symbolizing Welsh identity and heritage.
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E.
Here Be Dragons
Here Be Dragons is an immersive media and virtual reality production studio known for creating innovative, story-driven experiences.
- 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 White Dragon Target entity description: The White Dragon is a science fiction novel in Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern series, following the coming-of-age of Lord Jaxom and his unique white dragon Ruth as they challenge tradition and uncover Pern’s deeper mysteries.
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A.
The Dragon
"The Dragon" is a track from Vangelis's 1979 electronic music album "China," blending synthesizer-driven soundscapes with an evocative, atmospheric style.
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B.
The Eyes of the Dragon
The Eyes of the Dragon is a fantasy novel by Stephen King that blends fairy-tale elements with political intrigue in the kingdom of Delain.
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C.
Fallen Dragon
Fallen Dragon is a science fiction novel by Peter F. Hamilton that follows a disillusioned space marine involved in corporate-backed planetary raids who becomes entangled with a mysterious alien entity.
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D.
The Red Dragon
The Red Dragon is the heraldic emblem prominently featured on the national flag of Wales, symbolizing Welsh identity and heritage.
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E.
Here Be Dragons
Here Be Dragons is an immersive media and virtual reality production studio known for creating innovative, story-driven experiences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
ⓘ
science fiction novel ⓘ work of fiction ⓘ |
| author | Anne McCaffrey ⓘ |
| award |
Hugo Award for Best Novel nomination
ⓘ
linked to:
Hugo Award for Best Novel
Locus Award for Best Novel nomination ⓘ |
| centralElement |
alien planet colonization
ⓘ
telepathic dragons ⓘ time travel ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
challenging tradition
ⓘ
coming of age ⓘ individuality ⓘ responsibility and duty ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| coverArtist | Michael Whelan ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
F’lar
ⓘ
linked to:
F'lar
Lessa ⓘ Menolly ⓘ Robinton ⓘ |
| followedBy | Dragonsdawn ⓘ |
| follows | Dragonquest ⓘ |
| genre |
science fantasy
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacterRelationship | Jaxom is Ruth’s rider ⓘ |
| hasDragon | Ruth ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-345-27365-9 ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre |
coming-of-age fiction
ⓘ
planetary romance ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Jaxom
ⓘ
Ruth ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Jaxom’s growth as Lord Holder of Ruatha ⓘ |
| notableFor |
completing the original Dragonriders of Pern trilogy
ⓘ
depicting the only white dragon Ruth ⓘ |
| originalPublicationDate | 1978-06-30 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Dragonriders of Pern ⓘ |
| precededBy | Dragonquest ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Ballantine Books
ⓘ
Del Rey Books ⓘ |
| publisherImprint |
Del Rey
ⓘ
linked to:
Del Rey Books
|
| seriesNumberInDragonridersOfPern | 3 ⓘ |
| setInFictionalWorld | Pern ⓘ |
| settingFeature |
Benden Weyr
ⓘ
linked to:
Weyrs
Ruatha Hold ⓘ Southern Continent on Pern ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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 White Dragon Description of subject: The White Dragon is a science fiction novel in Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern series, following the coming-of-age of Lord Jaxom and his unique white dragon Ruth as they challenge tradition and uncover Pern’s deeper mysteries.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.