The Far Side of the World
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The Far Side of the World is a historical naval novel by Patrick O’Brian that follows Captain Jack Aubrey and Dr. Stephen Maturin on a perilous voyage during the Napoleonic Wars.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Far Side of the World canonical | 6 |
| The Far Side of the World (novel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6189569 — 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 Far Side of the World Context triple: [Aubrey–Maturin series, hasBook, The Far Side of the World]
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A.
The Third and Final Continent
The Third and Final Continent is a short story by Jhumpa Lahiri that follows an Indian immigrant’s quiet, introspective journey of adaptation and belonging in America.
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B.
The Ends of the Earth
The Ends of the Earth is a historical work by Alfred W. Crosby that examines how human societies have expanded, migrated, and transformed environments across the globe over time.
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C.
Road to Zanzibar
Road to Zanzibar is a 1941 musical comedy film starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, known as one of the early entries in their popular "Road to..." film series.
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D.
To the Ends of the Earth
"To the Ends of the Earth" is an episode of the BBC nature documentary series Frozen Planet that explores the extreme environments and wildlife found at the polar regions of the Earth.
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E.
The Other Side of Paradise
The Other Side of Paradise is a popular song by British indie rock band Glass Animals, known for its dark, atmospheric production and emotionally charged lyrics.
- 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 Far Side of the World Target entity description: The Far Side of the World is a historical naval novel by Patrick O’Brian that follows Captain Jack Aubrey and Dr. Stephen Maturin on a perilous voyage during the Napoleonic Wars.
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A.
The Third and Final Continent
The Third and Final Continent is a short story by Jhumpa Lahiri that follows an Indian immigrant’s quiet, introspective journey of adaptation and belonging in America.
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B.
The Ends of the Earth
The Ends of the Earth is a historical work by Alfred W. Crosby that examines how human societies have expanded, migrated, and transformed environments across the globe over time.
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C.
Road to Zanzibar
Road to Zanzibar is a 1941 musical comedy film starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, known as one of the early entries in their popular "Road to..." film series.
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D.
To the Ends of the Earth
"To the Ends of the Earth" is an episode of the BBC nature documentary series Frozen Planet that explores the extreme environments and wildlife found at the polar regions of the Earth.
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E.
The Other Side of Paradise
The Other Side of Paradise is a popular song by British indie rock band Glass Animals, known for its dark, atmospheric production and emotionally charged lyrics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nautical novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World ⓘ |
| author |
Patrick O’Brian
ⓘ
linked to:
Patrick O'Brian
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| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Jack Aubrey
ⓘ
Stephen Maturin ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Reverse of the Medal ⓘ |
| follows | HMS Surprise ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
ⓘ
naval fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 400 ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Age of Sail
ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ naval warfare ⓘ sea voyage ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
duty
ⓘ
exploration ⓘ friendship ⓘ war at sea ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryCycleNumber | 10 ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | historical realism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Jack Aubrey
ⓘ
Stephen Maturin ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation |
Atlantic Ocean
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Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| originalPublisherImprint | William Collins, Sons ⓘ |
| partOf | Aubrey–Maturin series ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Letter of Marque ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| publisher | Collins ⓘ |
| series | Aubrey–Maturin series ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| timeSetting | 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 Far Side of the World Description of subject: The Far Side of the World is a historical naval novel by Patrick O’Brian that follows Captain Jack Aubrey and Dr. Stephen Maturin on a perilous voyage during the Napoleonic Wars.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Far Side of the World