The Three Perils of Man
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The Three Perils of Man is a historical novel by Scottish writer James Hogg that blends Border warfare, folklore, and supernatural elements in a darkly comic exploration of medieval Scotland.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Three Perils of Man canonical | 1 |
| The Three Perils of Woman | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11780658 — 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 Three Perils of Man Context triple: [James Hogg, notableWork, The Three Perils of Man]
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A.
The Hermit
The Hermit is a reflective 18th-century poem by Thomas Parnell that helped popularize the meditative, moralizing strain of early English Romantic verse.
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The Hermit
The Hermit is a Major Arcana tarot card symbolizing introspection, solitude, and the search for inner wisdom and guidance.
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C.
The Hermit
The Hermit is a notable literary work by Georgian writer and national figure Ilia Chavchavadze, reflecting his themes of moral introspection and social justice.
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The Prose of the World
The Prose of the World is a scholarly work by Sara Danius that examines the relationship between literature, perception, and modernity, particularly through the lens of early 20th-century narrative forms.
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The Life of Man
"The Life of Man" is a notable stage play associated with the Moscow Art Theatre, recognized for its exploration of human existence and fate.
- 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 Three Perils of Man Target entity description: The Three Perils of Man is a historical novel by Scottish writer James Hogg that blends Border warfare, folklore, and supernatural elements in a darkly comic exploration of medieval Scotland.
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A.
The Hermit
The Hermit is a reflective 18th-century poem by Thomas Parnell that helped popularize the meditative, moralizing strain of early English Romantic verse.
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B.
The Hermit
The Hermit is a Major Arcana tarot card symbolizing introspection, solitude, and the search for inner wisdom and guidance.
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C.
The Hermit
The Hermit is a notable literary work by Georgian writer and national figure Ilia Chavchavadze, reflecting his themes of moral introspection and social justice.
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D.
The Prose of the World
The Prose of the World is a scholarly work by Sara Danius that examines the relationship between literature, perception, and modernity, particularly through the lens of early 20th-century narrative forms.
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E.
The Life of Man
"The Life of Man" is a notable stage play associated with the Moscow Art Theatre, recognized for its exploration of human existence and fate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| associatedWith | James Hogg’s exploration of Scottish national character ⓘ |
| author | James Hogg ⓘ |
| contains |
comic episodes
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supernatural episodes ⓘ violent episodes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Douglas family
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King Robert II of Scotland ⓘ
linked to:
Robert II of Scotland
|
| genre |
Gothic fiction
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comic novel ⓘ fantasy fiction ⓘ historical fiction ⓘ |
| hasElement |
Border warfare
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folklore ⓘ supernatural elements ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFrom |
Border ballads
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Scottish folklore ⓘ medieval romance ⓘ |
| hasPart |
siege of Roxburgh Castle
ⓘ
linked to:
siege of Roxburgh Castle (1460)
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| hasSubject |
border raiding
ⓘ
feudal politics ⓘ gender roles in medieval society ⓘ magic and witchcraft ⓘ religious belief ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Scottish Romanticism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
chivalry
ⓘ
national identity ⓘ power and authority ⓘ superstition ⓘ warfare ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | multi-strand plot ⓘ |
| narrativeTone | darkly comic ⓘ |
| notableFor |
experimental narrative form
ⓘ
mixing comedy and horror ⓘ use of Scots dialect ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Scottish literature ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Scottish Borders
ⓘ
medieval Scotland ⓘ |
| style | blend of prose romance and folk tale ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 14th century ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Three Perils of Man Description of subject: The Three Perils of Man is a historical novel by Scottish writer James Hogg that blends Border warfare, folklore, and supernatural elements in a darkly comic exploration of medieval Scotland.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Three Perils of Man