The Education of Little Tree
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The Education of Little Tree is a 1997 film adaptation of Forrest Carter’s novel, telling the story of a young boy of Cherokee descent raised by his grandparents in the Appalachian Mountains during the Great Depression.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Education of Little Tree canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17901660 — 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 Education of Little Tree Context triple: [Beth Brickell, notableWork, The Education of Little Tree]
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A.
The Light in the Forest
The Light in the Forest is a 1958 Disney adventure film, based on Conrad Richter’s novel, about a white youth raised by Native Americans who struggles with his forced return to colonial society.
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B.
The Learning Tree
The Learning Tree is a semi-autobiographical novel by Gordon Parks that portrays an African American boy’s coming-of-age in 1920s Kansas amid racism and moral conflict.
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C.
Penrod
Penrod is a humorous 1914 novel by Booth Tarkington that follows the mischievous adventures of a young Midwestern boy and is considered a classic of American children's literature.
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D.
Little House in the Big Woods
Little House in the Big Woods is a classic semi-autobiographical children's novel that recounts Laura Ingalls Wilder's pioneer childhood in 19th-century rural Wisconsin.
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E.
Little Turtle's War
Little Turtle's War was a late 18th-century conflict between a confederation of Native American tribes and the United States over control of the Northwest Territory, named after the Miami war chief Little Turtle who led many of the Native forces.
- 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 Education of Little Tree Target entity description: The Education of Little Tree is a 1997 film adaptation of Forrest Carter’s novel, telling the story of a young boy of Cherokee descent raised by his grandparents in the Appalachian Mountains during the Great Depression.
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A.
The Light in the Forest
The Light in the Forest is a 1958 Disney adventure film, based on Conrad Richter’s novel, about a white youth raised by Native Americans who struggles with his forced return to colonial society.
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B.
The Learning Tree
The Learning Tree is a semi-autobiographical novel by Gordon Parks that portrays an African American boy’s coming-of-age in 1920s Kansas amid racism and moral conflict.
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C.
Penrod
Penrod is a humorous 1914 novel by Booth Tarkington that follows the mischievous adventures of a young Midwestern boy and is considered a classic of American children's literature.
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D.
Little House in the Big Woods
Little House in the Big Woods is a classic semi-autobiographical children's novel that recounts Laura Ingalls Wilder's pioneer childhood in 19th-century rural Wisconsin.
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E.
Little Turtle's War
Little Turtle's War was a late 18th-century conflict between a confederation of Native American tribes and the United States over control of the Northwest Territory, named after the Miami war chief Little Turtle who led many of the Native forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.