The Famous Five
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The Famous Five is a classic British children's adventure book series following a group of four children and a dog as they solve mysteries and uncover secrets.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T242255 — 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.
Target entity: The Famous Five Context triple: [Enid Mary Blyton, notableWork, The Famous Five]
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The Winslow Boy
The Winslow Boy is a 1946 stage play by Terence Rattigan that dramatizes a real Edwardian-era legal case in which a family sacrifices everything to clear their young son’s name.
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The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows is a classic 1908 children’s novel by Kenneth Grahame that follows the adventures and friendships of anthropomorphic animals along an English riverbank.
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The Merry Family
The Merry Family is a 17th-century Dutch genre painting by Jan Steen depicting a boisterous household scene as a humorous moral lesson about excess and misbehavior.
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Buckthorne and His Friends
Buckthorne and His Friends is a section of Washington Irving’s 1824 story collection Tales of a Traveller, featuring interconnected tales centered on the character Buckthorne and his social circle.
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E.
The Prisoner of Zenda
The Prisoner of Zenda is a classic adventure novel, frequently adapted to film, about an Englishman who must impersonate a kidnapped king to save a central European kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Famous Five Target entity description: The Famous Five is a classic British children's adventure book series following a group of four children and a dog as they solve mysteries and uncover secrets.
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A.
The Winslow Boy
The Winslow Boy is a 1946 stage play by Terence Rattigan that dramatizes a real Edwardian-era legal case in which a family sacrifices everything to clear their young son’s name.
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B.
The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows is a classic 1908 children’s novel by Kenneth Grahame that follows the adventures and friendships of anthropomorphic animals along an English riverbank.
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C.
The Merry Family
The Merry Family is a 17th-century Dutch genre painting by Jan Steen depicting a boisterous household scene as a humorous moral lesson about excess and misbehavior.
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D.
Buckthorne and His Friends
Buckthorne and His Friends is a section of Washington Irving’s 1824 story collection Tales of a Traveller, featuring interconnected tales centered on the character Buckthorne and his social circle.
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E.
The Prisoner of Zenda
The Prisoner of Zenda is a classic adventure novel, frequently adapted to film, about an Englishman who must impersonate a kidnapped king to save a central European kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British children's literature work
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children's book series ⓘ film series ⓘ novel ⓘ novel series ⓘ television series ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| author |
Blyton
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surface form:
Enid Blyton
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| basedOn |
The Famous Five
self-linksurface differs
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The Famous Five self-linksurface differs ⓘ The Famous Five self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| characterAlsoKnownAs | George Kirrin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstBook | Five on a Treasure Island ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
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children's literature ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Famous Five
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Famous Five (1978 TV series)
The Famous Five self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Famous Five (1995 TV series)
The Famous Five self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Famous Five (film series)
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| hasIllustrator | Eileen Soper ⓘ |
| influenced | later British children's adventure fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Anne Kirrin
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Dick Kirrin ⓘ Georgina Kirrin ⓘ Julian Kirrin ⓘ Timmy the dog ⓘ |
| notableWorkInSeries |
Five Go Adventuring Again
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Five Go Off in a Caravan ⓘ Five Go to Smuggler's Top ⓘ Five Run Away Together ⓘ |
| numberOfAnimalProtagonists | 1 ⓘ |
| numberOfHumanProtagonists | 4 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | The Famous Five self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| periodOfPublication |
1940s
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1950s ⓘ |
| publisher | Hodder & Stoughton ⓘ |
| recurringSetting |
Kirrin Cottage
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Kirrin Island ⓘ |
| setting | England ⓘ |
| targetAudience | children ⓘ |
| typicalTheme |
crime solving
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friendship ⓘ independence ⓘ outdoor adventure ⓘ |
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Subject: The Famous Five Description of subject: The Famous Five is a classic British children's adventure book series following a group of four children and a dog as they solve mysteries and uncover secrets.
Referenced by (56)
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