The Buried Giant
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The Buried Giant is a 2015 fantasy novel by Kazuo Ishiguro that explores memory, loss, and collective forgetting through the journey of an elderly couple in a mythic post-Arthurian Britain.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Buried Giant canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4946402 — 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 Buried Giant Context triple: [Kazuo Ishiguro, notableWork, The Buried Giant]
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A.
Warlight
Warlight is a postwar coming-of-age novel by Michael Ondaatje that follows two siblings uncovering the mysterious past of their parents in 1940s and 1950s London.
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B.
The Lowland
The Lowland is a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores the intertwined lives of two brothers from Calcutta against the backdrop of political upheaval and family tragedy.
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C.
The Ferryman
The Ferryman is a critically acclaimed stage play by Jez Butterworth, set in 1980s Northern Ireland during The Troubles, that explores family, loyalty, and political violence.
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D.
Waterland
Waterland is a rural municipality in the Dutch province of North Holland, known for its historic villages, waterways, and traditional polder landscapes just north of Amsterdam.
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E.
The Water Diviner
The Water Diviner is a 2014 historical drama film directed by and starring Russell Crowe, following an Australian farmer who travels to Turkey after World War I to search for his missing sons.
- 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 Buried Giant Target entity description: The Buried Giant is a 2015 fantasy novel by Kazuo Ishiguro that explores memory, loss, and collective forgetting through the journey of an elderly couple in a mythic post-Arthurian Britain.
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A.
Warlight
Warlight is a postwar coming-of-age novel by Michael Ondaatje that follows two siblings uncovering the mysterious past of their parents in 1940s and 1950s London.
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B.
The Lowland
The Lowland is a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores the intertwined lives of two brothers from Calcutta against the backdrop of political upheaval and family tragedy.
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C.
The Ferryman
The Ferryman is a critically acclaimed stage play by Jez Butterworth, set in 1980s Northern Ireland during The Troubles, that explores family, loyalty, and political violence.
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D.
Waterland
Waterland is a rural municipality in the Dutch province of North Holland, known for its historic villages, waterways, and traditional polder landscapes just north of Amsterdam.
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E.
The Water Diviner
The Water Diviner is a 2014 historical drama film directed by and starring Russell Crowe, following an Australian farmer who travels to Turkey after World War I to search for his missing sons.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fantasy novel
ⓘ
literary work ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Kazuo Ishiguro ⓘ |
| authorOtherWorks |
Never Let Me Go
ⓘ
The Remains of the Day ⓘ |
| awardNomination |
2015 Kitschies Red Tentacle Award
ⓘ
linked to:
Kitschies Red Tentacle Award
2015 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel ⓘ 2016 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature ⓘ
linked to:
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
|
| containsMotif |
amnesia
ⓘ
myth and legend ⓘ quest ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | mixed to positive reviews ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| genre |
allegorical fiction
ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ literary fantasy ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Edwin
ⓘ
Sir Gawain ⓘ
linked to:
Gawain
Wistan ⓘ |
| hasElement |
dragon
ⓘ
mythical creatures ⓘ ogres ⓘ |
| hasISBN |
978-0-307-27103-7
ⓘ
978-0-571-31413-1 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
meditative
ⓘ
slow-paced ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Axl
ⓘ
Beatrice ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of Arthurian legend and fantasy
ⓘ
exploration of collective forgetting ⓘ |
| pageCount | 317 ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2015 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Alfred A. Knopf
ⓘ
Faber and Faber ⓘ |
| setInCountry |
Britain
ⓘ
linked to:
Great Britain
|
| setInPeriod | post-Arthurian Britain ⓘ |
| theme |
aging
ⓘ
collective memory ⓘ forgetting ⓘ loss ⓘ marriage ⓘ memory ⓘ national trauma ⓘ violence ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Buried Giant Description of subject: The Buried Giant is a 2015 fantasy novel by Kazuo Ishiguro that explores memory, loss, and collective forgetting through the journey of an elderly couple in a mythic post-Arthurian Britain.
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