The Bolds
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The Bolds is a humorous children's book series about a family of hyenas living undercover as humans in suburban England.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Bolds canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2267974 — 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 Bolds Context triple: [Julian Clary, wrote, The Bolds]
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A.
The Hollars
The Hollars is a 2016 American comedy-drama film directed by and starring John Krasinski, following a struggling graphic novelist who returns to his dysfunctional family after his mother falls ill.
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B.
The Irons
The Irons is a popular nickname for West Ham United Football Club, a professional football team based in East London that competes in the English football league system.
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C.
The Micks
The Micks is an informal nickname for the Irish Guards, a regiment of the British Army with strong Irish heritage and traditions.
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D.
The Buddies
The Buddies is the traditional nickname of Scottish football club St Mirren F.C., based in Paisley.
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E.
The Smeezingtons
The Smeezingtons were a songwriting and production team, best known for crafting pop and R&B hits with Bruno Mars and other major artists in the late 2000s and early 2010s.
- 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 Bolds Target entity description: The Bolds is a humorous children's book series about a family of hyenas living undercover as humans in suburban England.
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A.
The Hollars
The Hollars is a 2016 American comedy-drama film directed by and starring John Krasinski, following a struggling graphic novelist who returns to his dysfunctional family after his mother falls ill.
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B.
The Irons
The Irons is a popular nickname for West Ham United Football Club, a professional football team based in East London that competes in the English football league system.
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C.
The Micks
The Micks is an informal nickname for the Irish Guards, a regiment of the British Army with strong Irish heritage and traditions.
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D.
The Buddies
The Buddies is the traditional nickname of Scottish football club St Mirren F.C., based in Paisley.
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E.
The Smeezingtons
The Smeezingtons were a songwriting and production team, best known for crafting pop and R&B hits with Bruno Mars and other major artists in the late 2000s and early 2010s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
children's book series
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humorous fiction series ⓘ |
| author | Julian Clary ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
animals living undercover as humans
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family life ⓘ identity and fitting in ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
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comedy ⓘ |
| hasBook |
The Bolds
self-link
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The Bolds in Battle ⓘ The Bolds in Trouble ⓘ The Bolds on Holiday ⓘ The Bolds to the Rescue ⓘ The Bolds in Trouble ⓘ
surface form:
The Bolds' Great Adventure
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| hasCharacter |
Betty Bold
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Bobby Bold ⓘ Mr Bold ⓘ Mrs Bold ⓘ Uncle Tony ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
hardback
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paperback ⓘ |
| hasSpinOff | The Bolds' Brilliant Joke Book ⓘ |
| illustrationStyle | black-and-white line drawings ⓘ |
| illustrator | David Roberts ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacters | a family of hyenas ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | humorous prose with illustrations ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blending slapstick comedy with wordplay
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depicting hyenas passing as humans ⓘ |
| publisher | Andersen Press ⓘ |
| setting | suburban England ⓘ |
| targetAgeRange | middle-grade readers ⓘ |
| targetAudience | children ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Bolds Description of subject: The Bolds is a humorous children's book series about a family of hyenas living undercover as humans in suburban England.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.