First Across the Roof of the World
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First Across the Roof of the World is an adventure and mountaineering book by Peter Hillary recounting a pioneering journey across the high Himalaya.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| First Across the Roof of the World canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8730191 — 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: First Across the Roof of the World Context triple: [Peter Hillary, hasWritten, First Across the Roof of the World]
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A.
A Line in the Himalayas
A Line in the Himalayas is a land art piece by Richard Long created by walking and marking a straight line across a Himalayan landscape, exemplifying his practice of using simple gestures in remote natural settings.
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B.
Seven Years in Tibet
Seven Years in Tibet is a 1997 biographical war drama film starring Brad Pitt that chronicles Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer’s transformative years in Tibet and friendship with the young Dalai Lama.
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C.
Roof of the World
Roof of the World is a famous epithet for the high-altitude Tibetan Plateau, one of the most elevated and expansive regions on Earth.
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D.
Mountain of Light
Mountain of Light is the English meaning of the Arabic name "Jabal al-Nour," a mountain near Mecca revered in Islam as the site of the Prophet Muhammad’s first revelation.
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E.
High Road to China
High Road to China is a 1983 adventure-romance film set in the 1920s, following a wealthy heiress and a rugged pilot on a perilous aerial journey to find her missing father.
- 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: First Across the Roof of the World Target entity description: First Across the Roof of the World is an adventure and mountaineering book by Peter Hillary recounting a pioneering journey across the high Himalaya.
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A.
A Line in the Himalayas
A Line in the Himalayas is a land art piece by Richard Long created by walking and marking a straight line across a Himalayan landscape, exemplifying his practice of using simple gestures in remote natural settings.
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B.
Seven Years in Tibet
Seven Years in Tibet is a 1997 biographical war drama film starring Brad Pitt that chronicles Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer’s transformative years in Tibet and friendship with the young Dalai Lama.
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C.
Roof of the World
Roof of the World is a famous epithet for the high-altitude Tibetan Plateau, one of the most elevated and expansive regions on Earth.
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D.
Mountain of Light
Mountain of Light is the English meaning of the Arabic name "Jabal al-Nour," a mountain near Mecca revered in Islam as the site of the Prophet Muhammad’s first revelation.
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E.
High Road to China
High Road to China is a 1983 adventure-romance film set in the 1920s, following a wealthy heiress and a rugged pilot on a perilous aerial journey to find her missing father.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
adventure book
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book ⓘ mountaineering book ⓘ |
| aboutActivity |
high-altitude travel
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mountaineering ⓘ |
| aboutPlace |
Asia
ⓘ
Himalaya ⓘ
linked to:
Himalayas
|
| author | Peter Hillary ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | New Zealand ⓘ |
| featuresPerson | Peter Hillary ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure literature
ⓘ
mountaineering literature ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | New Zealander ⓘ |
| hasCreator | Peter Hillary ⓘ |
| hasTitle | First Across the Roof of the World ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
expedition account
ⓘ
travel narrative ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Himalayas
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high-altitude trekking ⓘ mountaineering expeditions ⓘ pioneering journey across the high Himalaya ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person account ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: First Across the Roof of the World Description of subject: First Across the Roof of the World is an adventure and mountaineering book by Peter Hillary recounting a pioneering journey across the high Himalaya.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.