the poem "The Old Gumbie Cat"
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"The Old Gumbie Cat" is a whimsical T. S. Eliot poem from *Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats* that portrays a seemingly idle house cat who secretly organizes and improves the lives of mice and cockroaches at night.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| the poem "The Old Gumbie Cat" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19995484 — 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 poem "The Old Gumbie Cat" Context triple: [Jennyanydots, basedOn, the poem "The Old Gumbie Cat"]
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A.
Ode to the Cat
Ode to the Cat is a poem by Pablo Neruda that lyrically celebrates the mystery, independence, and everyday grace of a cat.
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B.
The Siamese Cat Song
"The Siamese Cat Song" is a controversial, racially stereotyped musical number from Disney's 1955 animated film "Lady and the Tramp," performed by the mischievous twin Siamese cats.
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C.
"Cat's Squirrel"
"Cat's Squirrel" is a blues-rock instrumental standard popularized in the 1960s and frequently associated with early electric blues and rock guitar performances.
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D.
"Denslow’s Humpty Dumpty"
"Denslow’s Humpty Dumpty" is a 1903 illustrated children's book by W. W. Denslow that presents a whimsical, character-driven expansion of the classic Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme.
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The Cat
The Cat is a 1964 soul-jazz album by organist Jimmy Smith, renowned for its big-band arrangements by Lalo Schifrin and its prominent use in film and television soundtracks.
- 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 poem "The Old Gumbie Cat" Target entity description: "The Old Gumbie Cat" is a whimsical T. S. Eliot poem from *Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats* that portrays a seemingly idle house cat who secretly organizes and improves the lives of mice and cockroaches at night.
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A.
Ode to the Cat
Ode to the Cat is a poem by Pablo Neruda that lyrically celebrates the mystery, independence, and everyday grace of a cat.
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B.
The Siamese Cat Song
"The Siamese Cat Song" is a controversial, racially stereotyped musical number from Disney's 1955 animated film "Lady and the Tramp," performed by the mischievous twin Siamese cats.
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C.
"Cat's Squirrel"
"Cat's Squirrel" is a blues-rock instrumental standard popularized in the 1960s and frequently associated with early electric blues and rock guitar performances.
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D.
"Denslow’s Humpty Dumpty"
"Denslow’s Humpty Dumpty" is a 1903 illustrated children's book by W. W. Denslow that presents a whimsical, character-driven expansion of the classic Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme.
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E.
The Cat
The Cat is the suave jewel thief alter ego of John Robie in Alfred Hitchcock’s film "To Catch a Thief."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.