The Reign of Wizardry
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The Reign of Wizardry is a classic 1940 fantasy novel by Jack Williamson that reimagines the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur in a sorcery-dominated ancient Crete.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Reign of Wizardry canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9438087 — 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 Reign of Wizardry Context triple: [Jack Williamson, notableWork, The Reign of Wizardry]
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A.
The Sorcerers
The Sorcerers is a work associated with American intelligence officer and author E. Howard Hunt, reflecting his career in espionage-themed and politically charged writing.
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B.
Magician Lord
Magician Lord is a side-scrolling action-platformer arcade game known for its challenging gameplay, fantasy setting, and status as an early showcase title for SNK’s Neo Geo system.
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C.
The Magic
The Magic is a self-help book by Rhonda Byrne that expands on the themes of The Secret by focusing on the transformative power of gratitude.
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D.
The Wizard
The Wizard is the famous nickname of Hall of Fame shortstop Ozzie Smith, renowned for his exceptional defensive skills and acrobatic plays in Major League Baseball.
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E.
The Wizard
The Wizard is the enigmatic and ultimately humbug ruler of the Emerald City in L. Frank Baum’s classic tale "The Wizard of Oz."
- 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 Reign of Wizardry Target entity description: The Reign of Wizardry is a classic 1940 fantasy novel by Jack Williamson that reimagines the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur in a sorcery-dominated ancient Crete.
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A.
The Sorcerers
The Sorcerers is a work associated with American intelligence officer and author E. Howard Hunt, reflecting his career in espionage-themed and politically charged writing.
-
B.
Magician Lord
Magician Lord is a side-scrolling action-platformer arcade game known for its challenging gameplay, fantasy setting, and status as an early showcase title for SNK’s Neo Geo system.
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C.
The Magic
The Magic is a self-help book by Rhonda Byrne that expands on the themes of The Secret by focusing on the transformative power of gratitude.
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D.
The Wizard
The Wizard is the enigmatic and ultimately humbug ruler of the Emerald City in L. Frank Baum’s classic tale "The Wizard of Oz."
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E.
The Wizard
The Wizard is the famous nickname of Hall of Fame shortstop Ozzie Smith, renowned for his exceptional defensive skills and acrobatic plays in Major League Baseball.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | fantasy novel ⓘ |
| author | Jack Williamson ⓘ |
| basedOn |
myth of Theseus and the Minotaur
ⓘ
linked to:
myths of Theseus
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuresCreature | Minotaur ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy
ⓘ
mythic fantasy ⓘ |
| hasElement |
heroic quest
ⓘ
labyrinth ⓘ magic ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFrom | classical mythology ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Theseus ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalBasis | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | pulp fantasy ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| notableFor | reimagining the Theseus and Minotaur myth in a sorcery-dominated Crete ⓘ |
| originalPublicationMedium | Unknown ⓘ |
| publisher | Unknown ⓘ |
| setting |
ancient Crete
ⓘ
linked to:
Crete
|
| theme | sorcery ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting |
Mythic Bronze Age
ⓘ
linked to:
Heroic Age
|
| workOf | Jack Williamson ⓘ |
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 Reign of Wizardry Description of subject: The Reign of Wizardry is a classic 1940 fantasy novel by Jack Williamson that reimagines the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur in a sorcery-dominated ancient Crete.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.