The Hedley Kow
E1248402
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The Hedley Kow is a mischievous shape-shifting goblin from Northumbrian folklore, best known from its appearance in the collection "English Fairy Tales."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Hedley Kow canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17049608 — 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 Hedley Kow Context triple: [English Fairy Tales, hasPart, The Hedley Kow]
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A.
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
H.M. Pulham, Esq. is a 1941 romantic drama film directed by King Vidor, adapted from John P. Marquand’s novel about a conservative Bostonian reflecting on his past love and life choices.
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B.
The Winslow Boy
The Winslow Boy is a 1946 stage play by Terence Rattigan that dramatizes a real Edwardian-era legal case in which a family sacrifices everything to clear their young son’s name.
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C.
The Lavender Hill Mob
The Lavender Hill Mob is a classic 1951 British Ealing Studios comedy film about a timid bank clerk who masterminds a gold bullion heist.
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D.
The Hoose-Gow
The Hoose-Gow is a 1929 Laurel and Hardy short comedy film known for its prison-escape antics and slapstick humor.
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E.
Scoop
Scoop is a satirical novel by Evelyn Waugh that lampoons sensationalist journalism and foreign correspondence.
- 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 Hedley Kow Target entity description: The Hedley Kow is a mischievous shape-shifting goblin from Northumbrian folklore, best known from its appearance in the collection "English Fairy Tales."
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A.
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
H.M. Pulham, Esq. is a 1941 romantic drama film directed by King Vidor, adapted from John P. Marquand’s novel about a conservative Bostonian reflecting on his past love and life choices.
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B.
The Winslow Boy
The Winslow Boy is a 1946 stage play by Terence Rattigan that dramatizes a real Edwardian-era legal case in which a family sacrifices everything to clear their young son’s name.
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C.
The Lavender Hill Mob
The Lavender Hill Mob is a classic 1951 British Ealing Studios comedy film about a timid bank clerk who masterminds a gold bullion heist.
-
D.
The Hoose-Gow
The Hoose-Gow is a 1929 Laurel and Hardy short comedy film known for its prison-escape antics and slapstick humor.
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E.
Scoop
Scoop is a satirical novel by Evelyn Waugh that lampoons sensationalist journalism and foreign correspondence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
English Fairy Tales