A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard
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A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard is a collection of short stories by Paul Bowles that explores themes of alienation, cultural dislocation, and existential unease, often set in North African locales.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10135590 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard Context triple: [Paul Bowles, notableWork, A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard]
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A.
She-camel of Salih
The She-camel of Salih is a miraculous camel in Islamic tradition, sent by God as a sign to the ancient tribe of Thamud in response to their demand for a divine proof of the prophet Salih’s message.
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B.
The Black Camel
The Black Camel is a 1931 mystery film in the Charlie Chan series, notable for starring Warner Oland as the famous detective.
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C.
How the Camel Got His Hump
"How the Camel Got His Hump" is a classic Rudyard Kipling short story from his "Just So Stories" collection that whimsically explains, in a myth-like fashion, how the camel acquired its distinctive hump.
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D.
The Camel Book
The Camel Book is the informal name for the classic O’Reilly Media reference manual on the Perl programming language, co-authored by Larry Wall and known for its camel cover.
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E.
White Dove of the Desert
The White Dove of the Desert is a historic Spanish Catholic mission church near Tucson, Arizona, renowned for its striking white façade and richly decorated interior.
- 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: A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard Target entity description: A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard is a collection of short stories by Paul Bowles that explores themes of alienation, cultural dislocation, and existential unease, often set in North African locales.
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A.
She-camel of Salih
The She-camel of Salih is a miraculous camel in Islamic tradition, sent by God as a sign to the ancient tribe of Thamud in response to their demand for a divine proof of the prophet Salih’s message.
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B.
The Black Camel
The Black Camel is a 1931 mystery film in the Charlie Chan series, notable for starring Warner Oland as the famous detective.
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C.
How the Camel Got His Hump
"How the Camel Got His Hump" is a classic Rudyard Kipling short story from his "Just So Stories" collection that whimsically explains, in a myth-like fashion, how the camel acquired its distinctive hump.
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D.
The Camel Book
The Camel Book is the informal name for the classic O’Reilly Media reference manual on the Perl programming language, co-authored by Larry Wall and known for its camel cover.
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E.
White Dove of the Desert
The White Dove of the Desert is a historic Spanish Catholic mission church near Tucson, Arizona, renowned for its striking white façade and richly decorated interior.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
short story collection ⓘ |
| author | Paul Bowles ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| exploresConcept |
fatalism
ⓘ
incommunicability ⓘ otherness ⓘ power imbalance in cross-cultural relations ⓘ |
| exploresPerspectiveOf |
Western expatriates
ⓘ
local North African characters ⓘ |
| genre | short stories ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | contemporary short fiction about travel and exile ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryMovement | postwar literature ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
atmospheric description
ⓘ
detached narrative voice ⓘ spare prose ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Westerners in North Africa
ⓘ
cross-cultural encounters ⓘ cultural misunderstanding ⓘ displacement ⓘ drug use ⓘ existentialism ⓘ marginalized characters ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ psychological tension ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| isPartOfAuthorOeuvre | Paul Bowles bibliography ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | fiction ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
alienation
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cultural dislocation ⓘ existential unease ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | third-person narration ⓘ |
| setting |
Morocco
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North Africa ⓘ |
| sharesSettingWith | The Sheltering Sky ⓘ |
| sharesThemesWith | The Sheltering Sky ⓘ |
| tone |
bleak
ⓘ
dispassionate ⓘ uneasy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard Description of subject: A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard is a collection of short stories by Paul Bowles that explores themes of alienation, cultural dislocation, and existential unease, often set in North African locales.
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