Black Powder War
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Black Powder War is a historical fantasy novel by Naomi Novik, part of her Temeraire series that blends Napoleonic-era warfare with an alternate history of dragon-mounted aerial combat.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Black Powder War canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4666542 — 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: Black Powder War Context triple: [Naomi Novik, notableWork, Black Powder War]
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A.
Second Creek War
The Second Creek War was an 1836 conflict in Alabama and Georgia between the United States and the Creek (Muscogee) people, arising from tensions over land cessions and forced removal.
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B.
Wakarusa War
The Wakarusa War was an 1855 armed standoff between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces near Lawrence, Kansas, that exemplified the violent tensions of the Bleeding Kansas era preceding the American Civil War.
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C.
Aroostook War
The Aroostook War was a bloodless 19th-century border dispute between the United States and British North America over the Maine–New Brunswick boundary that was ultimately resolved through diplomacy.
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D.
Winnebago War
The Winnebago War was a brief 1827 conflict between the United States and the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) people in the Upper Mississippi region, sparked by tensions over land cessions and American expansion.
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E.
Hualapai War
The Hualapai War was a mid-19th-century conflict between the Hualapai people and the United States in what is now Arizona, driven largely by tensions over land, resources, and encroaching settlement.
- 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: Black Powder War Target entity description: Black Powder War is a historical fantasy novel by Naomi Novik, part of her Temeraire series that blends Napoleonic-era warfare with an alternate history of dragon-mounted aerial combat.
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A.
Second Creek War
The Second Creek War was an 1836 conflict in Alabama and Georgia between the United States and the Creek (Muscogee) people, arising from tensions over land cessions and forced removal.
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B.
Wakarusa War
The Wakarusa War was an 1855 armed standoff between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces near Lawrence, Kansas, that exemplified the violent tensions of the Bleeding Kansas era preceding the American Civil War.
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C.
Aroostook War
The Aroostook War was a bloodless 19th-century border dispute between the United States and British North America over the Maine–New Brunswick boundary that was ultimately resolved through diplomacy.
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D.
Winnebago War
The Winnebago War was a brief 1827 conflict between the United States and the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) people in the Upper Mississippi region, sparked by tensions over land cessions and American expansion.
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E.
Hualapai War
The Hualapai War was a mid-19th-century conflict between the Hualapai people and the United States in what is now Arizona, driven largely by tensions over land, resources, and encroaching settlement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Black Powder War Description of subject: Black Powder War is a historical fantasy novel by Naomi Novik, part of her Temeraire series that blends Napoleonic-era warfare with an alternate history of dragon-mounted aerial combat.
Referenced by (6)
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