The Doll People
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The Doll People is a children's novel about a family of living porcelain dolls who embark on adventurous quests while hiding their secret life from the humans around them.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Doll People canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23535998 — 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 Doll People Context triple: [Brian Selznick, notableWork, The Doll People]
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A.
The Doll
The Doll is a classic 1890 realist novel by Polish writer Bolesław Prus that portrays Warsaw society and unrequited love amid the social and economic changes of late 19th-century Poland.
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B.
The Painted Doll
The Painted Doll is a sinister, doll-like character from the horror musical film "The Devil’s Carnival," known for her eerie appearance and theatrical, carnival-themed performances.
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C.
The Doll Family
The Doll Family was a famous troupe of German-American dwarf actors and performers who appeared in early 20th-century circuses and Hollywood films, including "Freaks" and "The Wizard of Oz."
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D.
The Dollmaker
The Dollmaker is a dramatic work best known through its acclaimed 1984 television film adaptation starring Jane Fonda as a Kentucky woman struggling to support her family in wartime Detroit.
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E.
The Doll Who Ate His Mother
The Doll Who Ate His Mother is a 1976 horror novel by British writer Ramsey Campbell, known for its bleak urban setting, psychological terror, and early example of his distinctive modern horror style.
- 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 Doll People Target entity description: The Doll People is a children's novel about a family of living porcelain dolls who embark on adventurous quests while hiding their secret life from the humans around them.
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A.
The Doll
The Doll is a classic 1890 realist novel by Polish writer Bolesław Prus that portrays Warsaw society and unrequited love amid the social and economic changes of late 19th-century Poland.
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B.
The Painted Doll
The Painted Doll is a sinister, doll-like character from the horror musical film "The Devil’s Carnival," known for her eerie appearance and theatrical, carnival-themed performances.
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C.
The Doll Family
The Doll Family was a famous troupe of German-American dwarf actors and performers who appeared in early 20th-century circuses and Hollywood films, including "Freaks" and "The Wizard of Oz."
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D.
The Dollmaker
The Dollmaker is a dramatic work best known through its acclaimed 1984 television film adaptation starring Jane Fonda as a Kentucky woman struggling to support her family in wartime Detroit.
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E.
The Doll Who Ate His Mother
The Doll Who Ate His Mother is a 1976 horror novel by British writer Ramsey Campbell, known for its bleak urban setting, psychological terror, and early example of his distinctive modern horror style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.