Ishmaelia
E598950
Ishmaelia is the fictional East African country in Evelyn Waugh’s satirical novel "Scoop," depicted as a chaotic hotspot of political intrigue and journalistic misadventure.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ishmaelia canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6634961 — 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: Ishmaelia Context triple: [Scoop, settingLocation, Ishmaelia]
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A.
Hawiyah
Hawiyah is an Islamic eschatological term referring to a deep abyss of Hell reserved for those whose evil deeds outweigh their good.
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B.
Tarshiha
Tarshiha is an Arab town in northern Israel, known today as the Arab component of the mixed city of Ma'alot-Tarshiha.
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C.
Jabala
Jabala is a historic coastal city in modern-day Syria that served as a significant urban center during the Crusader-era Principality of Antioch.
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D.
Farshut
Farshut is a town in Upper Egypt known as an agricultural and local commercial center within the Qena region.
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E.
Jabriya
Jabriya is a residential suburb in Kuwait known for its mix of apartment buildings, schools, and local shops within the Hawalli Governorate.
- 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: Ishmaelia Target entity description: Ishmaelia is the fictional East African country in Evelyn Waugh’s satirical novel "Scoop," depicted as a chaotic hotspot of political intrigue and journalistic misadventure.
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A.
Hawiyah
Hawiyah is an Islamic eschatological term referring to a deep abyss of Hell reserved for those whose evil deeds outweigh their good.
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B.
Tarshiha
Tarshiha is an Arab town in northern Israel, known today as the Arab component of the mixed city of Ma'alot-Tarshiha.
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C.
Jabala
Jabala is a historic coastal city in modern-day Syria that served as a significant urban center during the Crusader-era Principality of Antioch.
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D.
Farshut
Farshut is a town in Upper Egypt known as an agricultural and local commercial center within the Qena region.
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E.
Jabriya
Jabriya is a residential suburb in Kuwait known for its mix of apartment buildings, schools, and local shops within the Hawalli Governorate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional African country
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fictional country ⓘ literary setting ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Scoop ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
foreign correspondence
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journalism ⓘ media sensationalism ⓘ political intrigue ⓘ |
| conflictType | civil war ⓘ |
| countryLocation | East Africa ⓘ |
| createdBy | Evelyn Waugh ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
chaotic
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politically unstable ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | not a real country ⓘ |
| inhabitantDescription | portrayed through a colonial-era British perspective ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | various real African and Middle Eastern states (unspecified in text) ⓘ |
| languageContext | primarily depicted through English-speaking outsiders ⓘ |
| mediaRole |
destination for rival newspaper correspondents in Scoop
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linked to:
Scoop
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| narrativeRole | primary setting of the novel Scoop ⓘ |
| politicalSituation |
revolution-prone
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subject to coups and counter-coups ⓘ |
| publicationContext | introduced to readers in the 1938 novel Scoop ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
the absurdities of international politics
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the opportunism of foreign journalists ⓘ |
| timeOfDepiction | interwar period ⓘ |
| usedFor |
satire of British press
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satire of foreign reporting ⓘ |
| workGenreContext |
comic novel
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satire ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ishmaelia Description of subject: Ishmaelia is the fictional East African country in Evelyn Waugh’s satirical novel "Scoop," depicted as a chaotic hotspot of political intrigue and journalistic misadventure.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.