The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead
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"The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" is a song originally by XTC that was later covered by Crash Test Dummies, telling a satirical, allegorical story about a virtuous figure persecuted by corrupt authorities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14327503 — 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: The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead Context triple: [Crash Test Dummies, single, The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead]
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A.
The Custody of the Pumpkin
"The Custody of the Pumpkin" is a humorous short story by P. G. Wodehouse featuring Lord Emsworth’s obsessive concern over a prized pumpkin at Blandings Castle.
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B.
The Gashlycrumb Tinies
The Gashlycrumb Tinies is a darkly comic, alphabet-based picture book by Edward Gorey that depicts the morbidly humorous deaths of 26 children, each corresponding to a letter.
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C.
The Ghostly Trio
The Ghostly Trio are a group of mischievous but ultimately good-hearted ghost characters who frequently appear alongside Casper the Friendly Ghost in Harvey Comics stories.
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D.
The Boggart
The Boggart is a children's fantasy novel by Susan Cooper about a mischievous Scottish spirit that accidentally becomes part of a modern Canadian family's life.
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E.
Pumpkin King
Pumpkin King is the fearsome yet beloved Halloween persona of Jack Skellington, the skeletal ruler and master of scares in Tim Burton’s film "The Nightmare Before Christmas."
- 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 Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead Target entity description: "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" is a song originally by XTC that was later covered by Crash Test Dummies, telling a satirical, allegorical story about a virtuous figure persecuted by corrupt authorities.
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A.
The Custody of the Pumpkin
"The Custody of the Pumpkin" is a humorous short story by P. G. Wodehouse featuring Lord Emsworth’s obsessive concern over a prized pumpkin at Blandings Castle.
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B.
The Gashlycrumb Tinies
The Gashlycrumb Tinies is a darkly comic, alphabet-based picture book by Edward Gorey that depicts the morbidly humorous deaths of 26 children, each corresponding to a letter.
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C.
The Ghostly Trio
The Ghostly Trio are a group of mischievous but ultimately good-hearted ghost characters who frequently appear alongside Casper the Friendly Ghost in Harvey Comics stories.
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D.
The Boggart
The Boggart is a children's fantasy novel by Susan Cooper about a mischievous Scottish spirit that accidentally becomes part of a modern Canadian family's life.
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E.
Pumpkin King
Pumpkin King is the fearsome yet beloved Halloween persona of Jack Skellington, the skeletal ruler and master of scares in Tim Burton’s film "The Nightmare Before Christmas."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.