"Castle Dangerous" (1831 novel)
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"Castle Dangerous" is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, set in 14th-century Scotland and centered on feudal conflict and romance around the besieged Douglas Castle.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| "Castle Dangerous" (1831 novel) canonical | 1 |
| novel "Castle Dangerous" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11637079 — 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: "Castle Dangerous" (1831 novel) Context triple: [Castle Dangerous, linkedWork, "Castle Dangerous" (1831 novel)]
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A.
Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams
Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams is a 1794 novel by William Godwin that combines political critique with a suspenseful narrative about persecution, power, and social injustice in late 18th-century England.
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B.
The Italian by Ann Radcliffe
*The Italian* by Ann Radcliffe is a classic 1797 Gothic novel that follows a young nobleman and his beloved as they confront sinister religious intrigue, imprisonment, and dark family secrets in Italy.
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C.
"The Castle of the King"
"The Castle of the King" is a short story by Bram Stoker, included in his 1881 fantasy collection "Under the Sunset."
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D.
The Castle
The Castle is a historic government building in Jamestown that serves as a key administrative and architectural landmark of the area.
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E.
The Castle
The Castle is a surreal, unfinished novel by Franz Kafka that follows a land surveyor’s futile attempts to gain access to a mysterious, bureaucratic authority that governs a remote village.
- 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: "Castle Dangerous" (1831 novel) Target entity description: "Castle Dangerous" is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, set in 14th-century Scotland and centered on feudal conflict and romance around the besieged Douglas Castle.
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A.
Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams
Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams is a 1794 novel by William Godwin that combines political critique with a suspenseful narrative about persecution, power, and social injustice in late 18th-century England.
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B.
The Italian by Ann Radcliffe
*The Italian* by Ann Radcliffe is a classic 1797 Gothic novel that follows a young nobleman and his beloved as they confront sinister religious intrigue, imprisonment, and dark family secrets in Italy.
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C.
"The Castle of the King"
"The Castle of the King" is a short story by Bram Stoker, included in his 1881 fantasy collection "Under the Sunset."
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D.
The Castle
The Castle is a historic government building in Jamestown that serves as a key administrative and architectural landmark of the area.
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E.
The Castle
The Castle is a surreal, unfinished novel by Franz Kafka that follows a land surveyor’s futile attempts to gain access to a mysterious, bureaucratic authority that governs a remote village.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical novel
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literary work ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Tales of My Landlord, Fourth Series: Castle Dangerous
ⓘ
linked to:
Tales of My Landlord
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| author |
Sir Walter Scott
ⓘ
Walter Scott ⓘ
linked to:
Sir Walter Scott
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| centralConflict |
clash between Scottish patriots and English forces
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siege of Douglas Castle ⓘ |
| containsElement |
battle scenes
ⓘ
disguised identities ⓘ star-crossed lovers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
English garrison
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Scottish nobles ⓘ Sir James Douglas ⓘ |
| firstPublishedAs | three-volume novel ⓘ |
| focusesOn | struggle for control of Douglas Castle ⓘ |
| followsWork | Count Robert of Paris ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
ⓘ
romance ⓘ war fiction ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverse |
Waverley Novels universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Waverley universe
|
| hasFrameNarrator |
Jedediah Cleishbotham
ⓘ
Peter Pattieson ⓘ |
| hasMedium | print ⓘ |
| historicalBackground |
Wars of Scottish Independence
ⓘ
linked to:
First War of Scottish Independence
|
| isAmong | Waverley Novels ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
chivalry
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feudal conflict ⓘ loyalty ⓘ national identity ⓘ romantic love ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of Walter Scott's last novels
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depiction of medieval Scottish chivalry ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Tales of My Landlord ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
Edinburgh
ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
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| positionInSeries | second novel in the fourth series of Tales of My Landlord ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1831 ⓘ |
| publisher | Robert Cadell ⓘ |
| seriesNumber | fourth series ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 14th century ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Douglas Castle
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Scotland ⓘ |
| timeOfAction | early 1300s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: "Castle Dangerous" (1831 novel) Description of subject: "Castle Dangerous" is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, set in 14th-century Scotland and centered on feudal conflict and romance around the besieged Douglas Castle.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: "Castle Dangerous" (1831 novel)