The Tale of Samuel Whiskers
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The Tale of Samuel Whiskers is a children's story by Beatrix Potter featuring Tom Kitten's misadventures with a pair of scheming rats in an English farmhouse.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Tale of Samuel Whiskers canonical | 3 |
| The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1049128 — 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 Tale of Samuel Whiskers Context triple: [Beatrix Potter, notableWork, The Tale of Samuel Whiskers]
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A.
The Tale of Tom Kitten
The Tale of Tom Kitten is a classic children’s picture book by Beatrix Potter about a mischievous kitten whose antics disrupt his mother’s attempts to keep him neat and tidy.
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B.
The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse
The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse is a classic children's picture book featuring a tidy little wood-mouse and her encounters with various woodland creatures, written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
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C.
The Tale of Two Bad Mice
The Tale of Two Bad Mice is a classic children's picture book by Beatrix Potter about two mischievous mice who wreak havoc in a doll's house, blending gentle humor with moral lessons.
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D.
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny is a classic children's picture book by Beatrix Potter that continues the adventures of Peter Rabbit and his cousin Benjamin in Mr. McGregor's garden.
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E.
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats is a whimsical collection of light verse about anthropomorphic cats by T. S. Eliot, best known today as the basis for the musical "Cats."
- 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 Tale of Samuel Whiskers Target entity description: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers is a children's story by Beatrix Potter featuring Tom Kitten's misadventures with a pair of scheming rats in an English farmhouse.
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A.
The Tale of Tom Kitten
The Tale of Tom Kitten is a classic children’s picture book by Beatrix Potter about a mischievous kitten whose antics disrupt his mother’s attempts to keep him neat and tidy.
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B.
The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse
The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse is a classic children's picture book featuring a tidy little wood-mouse and her encounters with various woodland creatures, written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
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C.
The Tale of Two Bad Mice
The Tale of Two Bad Mice is a classic children's picture book by Beatrix Potter about two mischievous mice who wreak havoc in a doll's house, blending gentle humor with moral lessons.
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D.
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny is a classic children's picture book by Beatrix Potter that continues the adventures of Peter Rabbit and his cousin Benjamin in Mr. McGregor's garden.
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E.
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats is a whimsical collection of light verse about anthropomorphic cats by T. S. Eliot, best known today as the basis for the musical "Cats."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
children's book
ⓘ
short story ⓘ work of fiction ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Roly-Poly Pudding ⓘ |
| antagonist |
Anna Maria
ⓘ
Samuel Whiskers ⓘ |
| author | Beatrix Potter ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresAnimal |
cat
ⓘ
rat ⓘ |
| genre |
animal fiction
ⓘ
children's literature ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Anna Maria
ⓘ
Samuel Whiskers ⓘ
surface form:
Mr. Samuel Whiskers
Tabitha Twitchit ⓘ
surface form:
Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit
Samuel Whiskers ⓘ Tom Kitten ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverse |
Beatrix Potter's little books
ⓘ
surface form:
Beatrix Potter's Lake District world
|
| hasFormat | illustrated storybook ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationsBy | Beatrix Potter ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationStyle | watercolour ⓘ |
| hasParentCharacter |
Tabitha Twitchit
ⓘ
surface form:
Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit
|
| hasPublisher | Frederick Warne & Co. ⓘ |
| includesMotif |
domestic life
ⓘ
talking animals ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Anna Maria
ⓘ
Samuel Whiskers ⓘ Tom Kitten ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
Tom Kitten
ⓘ
surface form:
Tom Kitten's misadventures
|
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Peter Rabbit series
ⓘ
surface form:
Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit universe
|
| plotElement |
Tom Kitten
ⓘ
surface form:
Tom Kitten is captured by rats
scheming rats plan to cook Tom Kitten ⓘ |
| protagonist | Tom Kitten ⓘ |
| setting |
English farmhouse
ⓘ
rural England ⓘ |
| targetAudience | children ⓘ |
| theme |
danger
ⓘ
family ⓘ mischief ⓘ |
| workType | illustrated children's tale ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers Description of subject: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers is a children's story by Beatrix Potter featuring Tom Kitten's misadventures with a pair of scheming rats in an English farmhouse.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding