A Child’s Garden of Verses
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A Child’s Garden of Verses is a classic 1885 collection of children’s poetry by Robert Louis Stevenson that vividly captures childhood imagination and experience.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Child’s Garden of Verses canonical | 2 |
| Child’s Garden of Verses (section: The Child Alone) | 1 |
| Songs from Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3035932 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Child’s Garden of Verses Context triple: [Robert Louis Stevenson, notableWork, A Child’s Garden of Verses]
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A.
Now We Are Six
Now We Are Six is a 1927 collection of children’s poems by A. A. Milne, featuring Winnie-the-Pooh and friends, known for its whimsical verse and classic illustrations.
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B.
Under the Willows and Other Poems
"Under the Willows and Other Poems" is a collection of verse by American poet and critic James Russell Lowell, reflecting his characteristic blend of New England settings, moral reflection, and lyrical meditation.
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C.
There Was a Child Went Forth
"There Was a Child Went Forth" is a reflective, early-life-themed poem by Walt Whitman that explores how a child's identity is shaped by the people, places, and experiences around them.
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D.
The Children
"The Children" is a critically acclaimed stage play by British playwright Lucy Kirkwood that explores aging, responsibility, and the aftermath of a nuclear disaster through the reunion of three retired nuclear scientists.
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E.
Jabberwocky
"Jabberwocky" is a 1977 British fantasy film by Terry Gilliam that offers a darkly comic, surreal take on medieval adventure inspired by Lewis Carroll’s poem.
- 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: A Child’s Garden of Verses Target entity description: A Child’s Garden of Verses is a classic 1885 collection of children’s poetry by Robert Louis Stevenson that vividly captures childhood imagination and experience.
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A.
Now We Are Six
Now We Are Six is a 1927 collection of children’s poems by A. A. Milne, featuring Winnie-the-Pooh and friends, known for its whimsical verse and classic illustrations.
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B.
Under the Willows and Other Poems
"Under the Willows and Other Poems" is a collection of verse by American poet and critic James Russell Lowell, reflecting his characteristic blend of New England settings, moral reflection, and lyrical meditation.
-
C.
There Was a Child Went Forth
"There Was a Child Went Forth" is a reflective, early-life-themed poem by Walt Whitman that explores how a child's identity is shaped by the people, places, and experiences around them.
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D.
The Children
"The Children" is a critically acclaimed stage play by British playwright Lucy Kirkwood that explores aging, responsibility, and the aftermath of a nuclear disaster through the reunion of three retired nuclear scientists.
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E.
Jabberwocky
"Jabberwocky" is a 1977 British fantasy film by Terry Gilliam that offers a darkly comic, surreal take on medieval adventure inspired by Lewis Carroll’s poem.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
children’s book
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poetry collection ⓘ work of literature ⓘ |
| author | Robert Louis Stevenson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
children’s poetry
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lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
audio recordings of poems
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illustrated picture-book editions ⓘ musical settings of selected poems ⓘ |
| hasIllustratedEditions | true ⓘ |
| hasPart |
A Child’s Garden of Verses
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Child’s Garden of Verses (section: The Child Alone)
Envoys ⓘ Garden Days ⓘ |
| hasPoem |
A Good Play
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Bed in Summer ⓘ Escape at Bedtime ⓘ Foreign Lands ⓘ From a Railway Carriage ⓘ Keepsake Mill ⓘ Looking Backward ⓘ Looking Forward ⓘ My Shadow ⓘ System ⓘ The Cow ⓘ The Dumb Soldier ⓘ The Hayloft ⓘ The Lamplighter ⓘ The Land of Counterpane ⓘ The Land of Nod ⓘ The Moon ⓘ The Swing ⓘ To Any Reader ⓘ |
| includedIn | children’s literature canon ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Robert Louis Stevenson’s childhood in Edinburgh ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | children ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | child’s point of view ⓘ |
| notableFor | influential depiction of Victorian childhood ⓘ |
| numberOfPoems | 64 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| publicationYear | 1885 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer
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surface form:
Longmans, Green & Co.
|
| subjectMatter |
childhood
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family life ⓘ illness and convalescence ⓘ imagination ⓘ play ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Child’s Garden of Verses (section: The Child Alone)
this entity surface form:
Songs from Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses