The Cadfael Chronicles
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The Cadfael Chronicles is a series of historical mystery novels by Ellis Peters, following Brother Cadfael, a Benedictine monk and herbalist in 12th-century England, as he solves crimes amid the political and religious turmoil of the era.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Brother Cadfael series | 16 |
| The Cadfael Chronicles canonical | 10 |
| Cadfael Chronicles | 3 |
| Chronicles of Brother Cadfael | 2 |
| Brother Cadfael novels | 1 |
| Brother Cadfael universe | 1 |
| Cadfael series | 1 |
| Cadfael universe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T462247 — 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: The Cadfael Chronicles Context triple: [Shrewsbury Abbey, featuredIn, The Cadfael Chronicles]
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Brother Cadfael
Brother Cadfael is a fictional 12th-century Benedictine monk and amateur sleuth, created by Ellis Peters, who solves murders and mysteries in and around medieval Shrewsbury.
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The Bishop's Wife
The Bishop's Wife is a 1947 romantic fantasy film starring Cary Grant, Loretta Young, and David Niven, about an angel who comes to Earth to help a troubled bishop and his wife.
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Eight Bells
Eight Bells is a renowned 1886 maritime painting by American artist Winslow Homer, celebrated for its dramatic depiction of sailors taking a celestial reading at sea.
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Harold’s Stones
Harold’s Stones is a prehistoric standing stone alignment near Trellech in Monmouthshire, Wales, thought to date from the Bronze Age and associated with local legend.
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The Monk
The Monk is a seminal 1796 Gothic novel by Matthew Gregory Lewis, renowned for its dark themes of corruption, lust, and the supernatural within a Spanish monastic setting.
- 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 Cadfael Chronicles Target entity description: The Cadfael Chronicles is a series of historical mystery novels by Ellis Peters, following Brother Cadfael, a Benedictine monk and herbalist in 12th-century England, as he solves crimes amid the political and religious turmoil of the era.
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A.
Brother Cadfael
Brother Cadfael is a fictional 12th-century Benedictine monk and amateur sleuth, created by Ellis Peters, who solves murders and mysteries in and around medieval Shrewsbury.
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B.
The Bishop's Wife
The Bishop's Wife is a 1947 romantic fantasy film starring Cary Grant, Loretta Young, and David Niven, about an angel who comes to Earth to help a troubled bishop and his wife.
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C.
Eight Bells
Eight Bells is a renowned 1886 maritime painting by American artist Winslow Homer, celebrated for its dramatic depiction of sailors taking a celestial reading at sea.
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D.
Harold’s Stones
Harold’s Stones is a prehistoric standing stone alignment near Trellech in Monmouthshire, Wales, thought to date from the Bronze Age and associated with local legend.
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E.
The Monk
The Monk is a seminal 1796 Gothic novel by Matthew Gregory Lewis, renowned for its dark themes of corruption, lust, and the supernatural within a Spanish monastic setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Cadfael Chronicles Description of subject: The Cadfael Chronicles is a series of historical mystery novels by Ellis Peters, following Brother Cadfael, a Benedictine monk and herbalist in 12th-century England, as he solves crimes amid the political and religious turmoil of the era.
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