The Shelter of the World
E629991
"The Shelter of the World" is a short story by Salman Rushdie that blends myth, history, and political allegory in his characteristically imaginative, metafictional style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Shelter of the World canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6919850 — 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 Shelter of the World Context triple: [Salman Rushdie bibliography, includesWork, The Shelter of the World]
-
A.
The Edges of the World
The Edges of the World is a large-scale, immersive installation by Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto that invites viewers to walk through a sensorial environment of organic forms, textiles, and spices.
-
B.
The Center of the World
"The Center of the World" is a 2001 independent erotic drama film directed by Wayne Wang that explores a complex, transactional relationship between a young dot-com millionaire and a stripper during a trip to Las Vegas.
-
C.
The World Over
The World Over is a weekly Catholic news and commentary television program hosted by Raymond Arroyo that covers current events, culture, and issues affecting the Church and the world.
-
D.
A World Between
A World Between is a science fiction novel by Norman Spinrad that explores political manipulation and media control on a distant, idealistic colony world.
-
E.
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.
- 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 Shelter of the World Target entity description: "The Shelter of the World" is a short story by Salman Rushdie that blends myth, history, and political allegory in his characteristically imaginative, metafictional style.
-
A.
The Edges of the World
The Edges of the World is a large-scale, immersive installation by Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto that invites viewers to walk through a sensorial environment of organic forms, textiles, and spices.
-
B.
The Center of the World
"The Center of the World" is a 2001 independent erotic drama film directed by Wayne Wang that explores a complex, transactional relationship between a young dot-com millionaire and a stripper during a trip to Las Vegas.
-
C.
The World Over
The World Over is a weekly Catholic news and commentary television program hosted by Raymond Arroyo that covers current events, culture, and issues affecting the Church and the world.
-
D.
A World Between
A World Between is a science fiction novel by Norman Spinrad that explores political manipulation and media control on a distant, idealistic colony world.
-
E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
short story
ⓘ
work of fiction ⓘ |
| author | Salman Rushdie ⓘ |
| authorNationality |
British
ⓘ
Indian ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
magic realism ⓘ metafiction ⓘ political allegory ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
freedom of expression
ⓘ
identity ⓘ myth-making ⓘ politics ⓘ power ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
postcolonial literature
ⓘ
postmodernism ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
imaginative
ⓘ
metafictional ⓘ |
| partOf | Salman Rushdie bibliography ⓘ |
| usesElement |
history
ⓘ
myth ⓘ political allegory ⓘ |
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 Shelter of the World Description of subject: "The Shelter of the World" is a short story by Salman Rushdie that blends myth, history, and political allegory in his characteristically imaginative, metafictional style.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.