Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (novel)

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children's novel fantasy novel novel

"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is a beloved 1964 children's novel by Roald Dahl that follows young Charlie Bucket's fantastical visit to eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka's magical factory.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	42
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964 novel)	11
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (novel) canonical	5
novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"	3
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (1964)	1
novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (1964)	1
novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2644266 — 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: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (novel)
Context triple: [Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005 film), basedOn, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (novel)]

A. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005 film)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005 film) is a fantasy film adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic children's novel, starring Johnny Depp as the eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka.
B. Matilda
Matilda was the regnal name of Edith of Scotland, who became Queen consort of England as the wife of King Henry I.
C. Matilda
Matilda is a virtuous and tragic noblewoman in Horace Walpole’s pioneering Gothic novel "The Castle of Otranto."
D. Matilda
Matilda is the middle name of Louisa Matilda Jacobs, an African American writer and activist and the daughter of abolitionist author Harriet Jacobs.
E. Alice in Wonderland
"Alice in Wonderland" is a classic 1951 animated fantasy film produced by Walt Disney that adapts Lewis Carroll’s whimsical tales of a young girl’s surreal adventures in a nonsensical world.
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: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (novel)
Target entity description: "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is a beloved 1964 children's novel by Roald Dahl that follows young Charlie Bucket's fantastical visit to eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka's magical factory.

A. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005 film)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005 film) is a fantasy film adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic children's novel, starring Johnny Depp as the eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka.
B. Matilda
Matilda was the regnal name of Edith of Scotland, who became Queen consort of England as the wife of King Henry I.
C. Matilda
Matilda is the middle name of Louisa Matilda Jacobs, an African American writer and activist and the daughter of abolitionist author Harriet Jacobs.
D. Matilda
Matilda is a virtuous and tragic noblewoman in Horace Walpole’s pioneering Gothic novel "The Castle of Otranto."
E. Alice in Wonderland
"Alice in Wonderland" is a classic 1951 animated fantasy film produced by Walt Disney that adapts Lewis Carroll’s whimsical tales of a young girl’s surreal adventures in a nonsensical world.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	children's novel ⓘ fantasy novel ⓘ novel ⓘ
adaptedInto	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005 film) ⓘ Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (stage musical) ⓘ Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (video games) ⓘ Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory ⓘ linked to: Willy Wonka
antagonist	Augustus Gloop ⓘ Mike Teavee ⓘ Veruca Salt ⓘ Violet Beauregarde ⓘ
author	Roald Dahl ⓘ
awardedTo	Charlie Bucket (ownership of the factory at the end) ⓘ linked to: Charlie Bucket
centralPlotElement	search for five Golden Tickets ⓘ tour of Willy Wonka's chocolate factory ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
firstEditionPublicationDate	1964 ⓘ
genre	children's literature ⓘ fantasy ⓘ
hasCharacter	Augustus Gloop ⓘ Charlie Bucket ⓘ Grandpa Joe ⓘ Mike Teavee ⓘ Oompa-Loompas ⓘ Veruca Salt ⓘ Violet Beauregarde ⓘ Willy Wonka ⓘ
hasSequel	Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator ⓘ
laterIllustrator	Joseph Schindelman ⓘ Quentin Blake ⓘ linked to: Sir Quentin Blake
mainCharacter	Charlie Bucket ⓘ Willy Wonka ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person ⓘ
notableScene	Chocolate River ⓘ Glass Elevator ride ⓘ linked to: Great Glass Elevator Golden Ticket contest ⓘ Inventing Room ⓘ
originalIllustrator	Faith Jaques ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
protagonist	Charlie Bucket ⓘ
publicationYear	1964 ⓘ
publisher	Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ George Allen & Unwin ⓘ
setting	fictional town in England ⓘ
targetAudience	children ⓘ
theme	good behavior versus bad behavior ⓘ greed and gluttony ⓘ imagination and wonder ⓘ poverty and wealth ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting	20th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (64)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005 film) → basedOn → Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (novel) ⓘ

Village Roadshow Pictures → notableWork → Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ⓘ