Railsea
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Railsea is a 2012 young adult science fiction novel by China Miéville that reimagines Moby-Dick in a post-apocalyptic world of endless railroads and monstrous subterranean creatures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Railsea canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4861745 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Railsea Context triple: [China Miéville, notableWork, Railsea]
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An tIúr
An tIúr is the Irish name for Newry, a city in Northern Ireland near the border with the Republic of Ireland.
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Eir
Eir is a Norse goddess associated with the Aesir, renowned as a divine healer and patron of medicine.
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Osraige
Osraige was an early medieval Irish kingdom located in what is now mainly County Kilkenny and parts of County Laois.
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Setanta Ireland
Setanta Ireland was an Irish subscription sports television channel that broadcast a range of domestic and international sporting events to viewers in Ireland.
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Fingal
Fingal is a county in eastern Ireland, north of Dublin, known for its coastal towns, historical sites, and rapidly growing suburban communities.
- 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: Railsea Target entity description: Railsea is a 2012 young adult science fiction novel by China Miéville that reimagines Moby-Dick in a post-apocalyptic world of endless railroads and monstrous subterranean creatures.
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A.
An tIúr
An tIúr is the Irish name for Newry, a city in Northern Ireland near the border with the Republic of Ireland.
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B.
Eir
Eir is a Norse goddess associated with the Aesir, renowned as a divine healer and patron of medicine.
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C.
Osraige
Osraige was an early medieval Irish kingdom located in what is now mainly County Kilkenny and parts of County Laois.
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D.
Setanta Ireland
Setanta Ireland was an Irish subscription sports television channel that broadcast a range of domestic and international sporting events to viewers in Ireland.
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E.
Fingal
Fingal is a county in eastern Ireland, north of Dublin, known for its coastal towns, historical sites, and rapidly growing suburban communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ young adult novel ⓘ |
| author | China Miéville ⓘ |
| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| basedOn | Moby-Dick ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
giant animals
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salvage and scavenging ⓘ trains ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Shane Rebenschied ⓘ |
| features | monstrous subterranean creatures ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
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science fiction ⓘ young adult fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-345-52452-2 ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | approximately 448 pages ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre |
post-apocalyptic fiction
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speculative fiction ⓘ weird fiction ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
environmental degradation
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exploration ⓘ industrialization ⓘ myth-making ⓘ obsession ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Moby-Dick ⓘ |
| intendedMarket | English-language market ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | weird fiction elements ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Sham Yes ap Soorap ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
inventive rail-based world-building
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reimagining of Moby-Dick ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | Pan Macmillan ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | China Miéville bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2012 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Del Rey Books
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Pan Macmillan ⓘ |
| setting |
post-apocalyptic world
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world of endless railroads ⓘ |
| targetAudience | young adults ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Railsea Description of subject: Railsea is a 2012 young adult science fiction novel by China Miéville that reimagines Moby-Dick in a post-apocalyptic world of endless railroads and monstrous subterranean creatures.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Miéville