Arrow of God
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Arrow of God is a classic novel by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe that explores the clash between traditional Igbo society and British colonial rule through the story of a powerful village priest.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arrow of God canonical | 2 |
| Arrows of God (adaptation) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5797247 — 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: Arrow of God Context triple: [Chinua Achebe, notableWork, Arrow of God]
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A.
Things Fall Apart
Things Fall Apart is Chinua Achebe’s landmark 1958 novel that portrays pre-colonial Igbo society and the disruptive impact of British colonialism in Nigeria.
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B.
Things Fall Apart
"Things Fall Apart" is a critically acclaimed 1999 hip-hop album by The Roots known for its socially conscious lyrics, live-instrumentation sound, and significant influence on alternative rap.
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C.
Love Medicine
Love Medicine is a critically acclaimed novel by Louise Erdrich that interweaves the lives of several Ojibwe families on a North Dakota reservation, often cited as a landmark work of the Native American Renaissance.
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D.
The River Between
The River Between is a novel by Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that explores the cultural and religious tensions in a Gikuyu community during the early period of British colonial rule.
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E.
Sula
Sula is a coastal municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway, known for its fishing industry, maritime heritage, and scenic island landscapes.
- 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: Arrow of God Target entity description: Arrow of God is a classic novel by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe that explores the clash between traditional Igbo society and British colonial rule through the story of a powerful village priest.
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A.
Things Fall Apart
Things Fall Apart is Chinua Achebe’s landmark 1958 novel that portrays pre-colonial Igbo society and the disruptive impact of British colonialism in Nigeria.
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B.
Things Fall Apart
"Things Fall Apart" is a critically acclaimed 1999 hip-hop album by The Roots known for its socially conscious lyrics, live-instrumentation sound, and significant influence on alternative rap.
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C.
Love Medicine
Love Medicine is a critically acclaimed novel by Louise Erdrich that interweaves the lives of several Ojibwe families on a North Dakota reservation, often cited as a landmark work of the Native American Renaissance.
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D.
The River Between
The River Between is a novel by Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that explores the cultural and religious tensions in a Gikuyu community during the early period of British colonial rule.
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E.
Sula
Sula is a coastal municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway, known for its fishing industry, maritime heritage, and scenic island landscapes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptationStatus | studied widely in African and postcolonial literature courses ⓘ |
| author | Chinua Achebe ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
conflict between Ezeulu and colonial administration
ⓘ
conflict between traditional authority and Christian missionaries ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Captain Winterbottom
ⓘ
Nwaka ⓘ Obika ⓘ Oduche ⓘ |
| containsDeity | Ulu ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Nigeria ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly acclaimed by literary critics ⓘ |
| depicts |
Igbo customs and rituals
ⓘ
impact of colonial policies on local governance ⓘ |
| exploresCommunity | Umuaro ⓘ |
| follows | No Longer at Ease ⓘ |
| genre |
African literature
ⓘ
historical novel ⓘ postcolonial literature ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780435902970 ⓘ |
| languageStyle | incorporates Igbo proverbs and idioms ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | African modernism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | considered one of Chinua Achebe's major works ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Ezeulu ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
African Writers Series
ⓘ
linked to:
African Writers Series (as founding editor)
|
| precedes | A Man of the People ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | chief priest ⓘ |
| protagonistRole | priest of the god Ulu ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Heinemann
ⓘ
linked to:
Heinemann publishing group
|
| setInRegion | southeastern Nigeria ⓘ |
| setInTimePeriod | 1920s ⓘ |
| setting |
Igbo society
ⓘ
colonial Nigeria ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
British colonial rule
ⓘ
change and tradition ⓘ clash between traditional religion and Christianity ⓘ cultural conflict ⓘ power and authority ⓘ |
| trilogyRelation | often grouped with Things Fall Apart and No Longer at Ease ⓘ |
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: Arrow of God Description of subject: Arrow of God is a classic novel by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe that explores the clash between traditional Igbo society and British colonial rule through the story of a powerful village priest.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Arrow of God