The Journey of August King
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The Journey of August King is a historical novel by American author John Ehle that follows a North Carolina farmer who risks everything to help a runaway enslaved girl in the early 19th century.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Journey of August King canonical | 8 |
| The Journey of August King (film adaptation) | 1 |
| The Journey of August King (film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4826192 — 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 Journey of August King Context triple: [John Ehle, notableWork, The Journey of August King]
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A.
Books of Kings
The Books of Kings are historical and theological narratives in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that recount the reigns of Israel’s and Judah’s monarchs, the role of prophets, and the spiritual decline leading to exile.
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B.
The Warrior King
The Warrior King is the epithet of Charles XII of Sweden, a militaristic early 18th-century monarch famed for his bold campaigns during the Great Northern War.
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C.
The King’s Arrival
"The King’s Arrival" is a dramatic orchestral piece by composer Ramin Djawadi from the Game of Thrones television soundtrack, known for underscoring the regal and imposing entrance of King Robert Baratheon to Winterfell.
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D.
Pillar of the Kingdom
Pillar of the Kingdom is the official motto of Chulalongkorn University, reflecting its role as a leading institution supporting the nation’s development and prosperity.
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E.
The Vagabond King
The Vagabond King is a 1925 operetta, later adapted into films, that romanticizes the life of French poet François Villon through a blend of lyrical music and swashbuckling drama.
- 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 Journey of August King Target entity description: The Journey of August King is a historical novel by American author John Ehle that follows a North Carolina farmer who risks everything to help a runaway enslaved girl in the early 19th century.
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A.
Books of Kings
The Books of Kings are historical and theological narratives in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that recount the reigns of Israel’s and Judah’s monarchs, the role of prophets, and the spiritual decline leading to exile.
-
B.
The Warrior King
The Warrior King is the epithet of Charles XII of Sweden, a militaristic early 18th-century monarch famed for his bold campaigns during the Great Northern War.
-
C.
The King’s Arrival
"The King’s Arrival" is a dramatic orchestral piece by composer Ramin Djawadi from the Game of Thrones television soundtrack, known for underscoring the regal and imposing entrance of King Robert Baratheon to Winterfell.
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D.
Pillar of the Kingdom
Pillar of the Kingdom is the official motto of Chulalongkorn University, reflecting its role as a leading institution supporting the nation’s development and prosperity.
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E.
The Vagabond King
The Vagabond King is a 1925 operetta, later adapted into films, that romanticizes the life of French poet François Villon through a blend of lyrical music and swashbuckling drama.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film adaptation
ⓘ
historical novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | John Ehle ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Journey of August King ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
freedom
ⓘ
moral courage ⓘ slavery ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| genre | historical fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Journey of August King (film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Journey of August King
|
| hasCharacter | runaway enslaved girl ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | August King ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A North Carolina farmer risks everything to help a runaway enslaved girl. ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | farmer ⓘ |
| settingLocation | North Carolina ⓘ |
| settingTime | early 19th century ⓘ |
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 Journey of August King Description of subject: The Journey of August King is a historical novel by American author John Ehle that follows a North Carolina farmer who risks everything to help a runaway enslaved girl in the early 19th century.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Journey of August King
subject linked to:
The Journey of August King
subject linked to:
John
subject linked to:
John
linked to: The Journey of August King