Water Music
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Water Music is a darkly comic historical novel by T.C. Boyle that intertwines the exploits of Scottish explorer Mungo Park with the misadventures of a London thief in late 18th-century Africa and England.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Water Music canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10091734 — 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: Water Music Context triple: [T.C. Boyle, notableWork, Water Music]
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A.
Water Music
Water Music is a celebrated orchestral suite by Baroque composer George Frideric Handel, originally written for a royal outdoor performance on the River Thames.
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B.
Water Concerto
Water Concerto is a contemporary percussion concerto by Chinese composer Tan Dun that features innovative use of water as a primary musical instrument and sound source.
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C.
River Theme
"River Theme" is an instrumental track from Bob Dylan’s soundtrack album for the 1973 Western film *Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid*, noted for its reflective, atmospheric mood.
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D.
Old Town Bridge
Old Town Bridge is a historic wooden bridge in Trondheim, Norway, famed for its distinctive red portal arches and picturesque views over the Nidelva River and the old town.
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E.
Lake Symphony
Lake Symphony is a large choreographed musical fountain and man-made lake located at the Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) Park in Malaysia.
- 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: Water Music Target entity description: Water Music is a darkly comic historical novel by T.C. Boyle that intertwines the exploits of Scottish explorer Mungo Park with the misadventures of a London thief in late 18th-century Africa and England.
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A.
Water Music
Water Music is a celebrated orchestral suite by Baroque composer George Frideric Handel, originally written for a royal outdoor performance on the River Thames.
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B.
Water Concerto
Water Concerto is a contemporary percussion concerto by Chinese composer Tan Dun that features innovative use of water as a primary musical instrument and sound source.
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C.
River Theme
"River Theme" is an instrumental track from Bob Dylan’s soundtrack album for the 1973 Western film *Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid*, noted for its reflective, atmospheric mood.
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D.
Old Town Bridge
Old Town Bridge is a historic wooden bridge in Trondheim, Norway, famed for its distinctive red portal arches and picturesque views over the Nidelva River and the old town.
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E.
Lake Symphony
Lake Symphony is a large choreographed musical fountain and man-made lake located at the Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) Park in Malaysia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author |
T. C. Boyle
ⓘ
linked to:
T.C. Boyle
Thomas Coraghessan Boyle ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Mungo Park
ⓘ
Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| debutWorkOf |
T. C. Boyle
ⓘ
linked to:
T.C. Boyle
|
| genre |
dark comedy
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ picaresque novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Mungo Park
ⓘ
Ned Rise ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
colonialism
ⓘ
exploration ⓘ satire of imperialism ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| hasTone |
darkly comic
ⓘ
satirical ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Mungo Park
ⓘ
Ned Rise ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
multiple viewpoints
ⓘ
nonlinear ⓘ |
| notableFor | darkly comic treatment of historical exploration ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Atlantic Monthly Press
ⓘ
linked to:
The Atlantic Monthly Press
|
| settingPeriod | late 18th century ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Africa
ⓘ
England ⓘ London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| timeInFiction | 18th century ⓘ |
| title | Water Music ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Water Music Description of subject: Water Music is a darkly comic historical novel by T.C. Boyle that intertwines the exploits of Scottish explorer Mungo Park with the misadventures of a London thief in late 18th-century Africa and England.
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