The Spider's House
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The Spider's House is a 1955 novel by American writer Paul Bowles that explores political unrest and cultural tensions in colonial-era Morocco.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Spider's House canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10135566 — 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 Spider's House Context triple: [Paul Bowles, notableWork, The Spider's House]
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A.
The Spider
"The Spider" is a lesser-known work associated with American actress Barbara Billingsley, who is best remembered for her role as June Cleaver on the classic TV series "Leave It to Beaver."
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B.
The Spider
The Spider is the English title of the 29th chapter (Surah Al-Ankabut) of the Qur’an, which addresses themes of faith, trials, and the fragility of relying on anything other than God.
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C.
The Spider’s Web
The Spider’s Web is a well-known rock climbing cliff in New York’s Adirondack Mountains, offering steep, high-quality routes above Chapel Pond.
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D.
The Smiling Spider
The Smiling Spider is a famous Symbolist charcoal drawing by Odilon Redon depicting a fantastical, grinning arachnid that exemplifies his eerie, dreamlike imagery.
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E.
The Path to the Nest of Spiders
The Path to the Nest of Spiders is Italo Calvino’s debut novel, a neorealist coming-of-age story set among Italian partisans during World War II, told from the perspective of a young boy.
- 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 Spider's House Target entity description: The Spider's House is a 1955 novel by American writer Paul Bowles that explores political unrest and cultural tensions in colonial-era Morocco.
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A.
The Spider
The Spider is the English title of the 29th chapter (Surah Al-Ankabut) of the Qur’an, which addresses themes of faith, trials, and the fragility of relying on anything other than God.
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B.
The Spider
"The Spider" is a lesser-known work associated with American actress Barbara Billingsley, who is best remembered for her role as June Cleaver on the classic TV series "Leave It to Beaver."
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C.
The Spider’s Web
The Spider’s Web is a well-known rock climbing cliff in New York’s Adirondack Mountains, offering steep, high-quality routes above Chapel Pond.
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D.
The Smiling Spider
The Smiling Spider is a famous Symbolist charcoal drawing by Odilon Redon depicting a fantastical, grinning arachnid that exemplifies his eerie, dreamlike imagery.
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E.
The Path to the Nest of Spiders
The Path to the Nest of Spiders is Italo Calvino’s debut novel, a neorealist coming-of-age story set among Italian partisans during World War II, told from the perspective of a young boy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Paul Bowles ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| exploresTheme |
Moroccan nationalism
ⓘ
colonialism ⓘ cross-cultural misunderstanding ⓘ cultural tensions ⓘ political unrest ⓘ |
| followsInCareer |
Let It Come Down
ⓘ
The Sheltering Sky ⓘ |
| genre |
historical novel
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ political novel ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780060975992 ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
American writer
ⓘ
Moroccan nationalist ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasNotableAspect |
critical view of French colonial rule in Morocco
ⓘ
detailed depiction of Moroccan culture ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | 406 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
modernist literature
ⓘ
postcolonial literature ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorBibliography | works of Paul Bowles ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1955 ⓘ |
| publisher | Random House ⓘ |
| setInCity | Fez ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Morocco ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | colonial-era Morocco ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: The Spider's House Description of subject: The Spider's House is a 1955 novel by American writer Paul Bowles that explores political unrest and cultural tensions in colonial-era Morocco.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.