The Pearl of Orr's Island
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The Pearl of Orr's Island is a 19th-century novel set in coastal Maine that explores themes of morality, community, and Christian faith through the lives of its seafaring characters.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Pearl of Orr's Island canonical | 2 |
| The Pearl of Orr's Island: A Story of the Coast of Maine | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T53906 — 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 Pearl of Orr's Island Context triple: [Harriet Beecher Stowe, wrote, The Pearl of Orr's Island]
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A.
The Black Pirate
The Black Pirate is a 1926 silent swashbuckler film starring Douglas Fairbanks, renowned for its pioneering use of early two-color Technicolor and acrobatic action sequences.
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B.
Lord of Mann
Lord of Mann is the feudal title held by the British monarch as the head of state of the Isle of Man, reflecting the island’s unique constitutional status.
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C.
Star of the Sea
Star of the Sea is a traditional Marian title that invokes the Virgin Mary as a guiding and protective figure for Christians, especially sailors and travelers.
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D.
Little Grey Lady of the Sea
The Little Grey Lady of the Sea is a poetic nickname for Nantucket, reflecting the island’s foggy, gray appearance as it emerges from the Atlantic Ocean.
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E.
In the Shadow of Man
In the Shadow of Man is Jane Goodall’s influential 1971 book that chronicles her pioneering field research on wild chimpanzees in Tanzania and helped transform our understanding of primate behavior and human evolution.
- 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 Pearl of Orr's Island Target entity description: The Pearl of Orr's Island is a 19th-century novel set in coastal Maine that explores themes of morality, community, and Christian faith through the lives of its seafaring characters.
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A.
The Black Pirate
The Black Pirate is a 1926 silent swashbuckler film starring Douglas Fairbanks, renowned for its pioneering use of early two-color Technicolor and acrobatic action sequences.
-
B.
Lord of Mann
Lord of Mann is the feudal title held by the British monarch as the head of state of the Isle of Man, reflecting the island’s unique constitutional status.
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C.
Star of the Sea
Star of the Sea is a traditional Marian title that invokes the Virgin Mary as a guiding and protective figure for Christians, especially sailors and travelers.
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D.
Little Grey Lady of the Sea
The Little Grey Lady of the Sea is a poetic nickname for Nantucket, reflecting the island’s foggy, gray appearance as it emerges from the Atlantic Ocean.
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E.
In the Shadow of Man
In the Shadow of Man is Jane Goodall’s influential 1971 book that chronicles her pioneering field research on wild chimpanzees in Tanzania and helped transform our understanding of primate behavior and human evolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement |
Realism
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surface form:
American realism
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| associatedWithRegion | Maine literature ⓘ |
| author | Harriet Beecher Stowe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| featuresCharacters | seafaring characters ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian fiction
ⓘ
domestic fiction ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| hasAuthorGender | female ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasMoralFocus | Christian ethics ⓘ |
| hasReligiousOrientation | Christian ⓘ |
| hasSeascapeElement | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| isPartOfAuthorOeuvre | works of Harriet Beecher Stowe ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
family relationships
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village life ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| settingLocation | coastal Maine ⓘ |
| settingRegion | New England ⓘ |
| theme |
Christian faith
ⓘ
community ⓘ morality ⓘ religion ⓘ seafaring life ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Pearl of Orr's Island Description of subject: The Pearl of Orr's Island is a 19th-century novel set in coastal Maine that explores themes of morality, community, and Christian faith through the lives of its seafaring characters.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Harriet Beecher Stowe
subject surface form:
Harriet Beecher Stowe
this entity surface form:
The Pearl of Orr's Island: A Story of the Coast of Maine