Zoe's Tale
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Zoe's Tale is a science fiction novel by John Scalzi that retells the events of The Last Colony from the perspective of teenager Zoë Boutin-Perry, blending military SF with coming-of-age storytelling.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zoe's Tale canonical | 2 |
| Zoe’s Tale | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9153285 — 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: Zoe's Tale Context triple: [John Scalzi, notableWork, Zoe's Tale]
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A.
Zoe Ever After
Zoe Ever After is an American sitcom starring Brandy Norwood as a newly single mother rebuilding her life and career after divorce.
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B.
Flowers for Zoë
"Flowers for Zoë" is a gentle, melodic song by Lenny Kravitz, written as a tender tribute to his daughter Zoë.
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C.
Zog and the Flying Doctors
Zog and the Flying Doctors is a children's picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler that follows a friendly dragon and his companions as they travel around treating sick creatures in a whimsical fairy-tale world.
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D.
Phoebe in Wonderland
Phoebe in Wonderland is a 2008 independent drama film that follows a young girl struggling with obsessive-compulsive behavior and identity while performing in a school production of Alice in Wonderland.
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E.
The Telling
The Telling is a science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin set in her Hainish universe, exploring themes of cultural suppression, storytelling, and the clash between tradition and authoritarian modernity.
- 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: Zoe's Tale Target entity description: Zoe's Tale is a science fiction novel by John Scalzi that retells the events of The Last Colony from the perspective of teenager Zoë Boutin-Perry, blending military SF with coming-of-age storytelling.
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A.
Zoe Ever After
Zoe Ever After is an American sitcom starring Brandy Norwood as a newly single mother rebuilding her life and career after divorce.
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B.
Flowers for Zoë
"Flowers for Zoë" is a gentle, melodic song by Lenny Kravitz, written as a tender tribute to his daughter Zoë.
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C.
Zog and the Flying Doctors
Zog and the Flying Doctors is a children's picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler that follows a friendly dragon and his companions as they travel around treating sick creatures in a whimsical fairy-tale world.
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D.
Phoebe in Wonderland
Phoebe in Wonderland is a 2008 independent drama film that follows a young girl struggling with obsessive-compulsive behavior and identity while performing in a school production of Alice in Wonderland.
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E.
The Telling
The Telling is a science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin set in her Hainish universe, exploring themes of cultural suppression, storytelling, and the clash between tradition and authoritarian modernity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | John Scalzi ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| coverArtist | John Harris ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Jane Sagan
ⓘ
John Perry ⓘ |
| follows | The Last Colony ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age fiction
ⓘ
military science fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-7653-1697-2 ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistAgeGroup | teenager ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
coming of age
ⓘ
identity ⓘ responsibility ⓘ war ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Zoë Boutin-Perry ⓘ |
| mediaType |
ebook
ⓘ
print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrativeTimeframeRelation | parallel to The Last Colony ⓘ |
| narratorCharacter | Zoë Boutin-Perry ⓘ |
| partOf |
Old Man's War sequence
ⓘ
linked to:
Old Man’s War
|
| publicationYear | 2008 ⓘ |
| publisher | Tor Books ⓘ |
| retellsEventsOf | The Last Colony ⓘ |
| series |
Old Man's War series
ⓘ
linked to:
Old Man’s War
|
| setInUniverse | Old Man's War universe ⓘ |
| targetAudience | young adult readers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Zoe's Tale Description of subject: Zoe's Tale is a science fiction novel by John Scalzi that retells the events of The Last Colony from the perspective of teenager Zoë Boutin-Perry, blending military SF with coming-of-age storytelling.
Referenced by (4)
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