Uncle Remus
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Uncle Remus is a fictional African American storyteller created by Joel Chandler Harris, best known for narrating the Br'er Rabbit folktales drawn from African American oral tradition.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Uncle Remus canonical | 4 |
| Nights with Uncle Remus | 1 |
| Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3496039 — 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: Uncle Remus Context triple: [Jump!, basedOn, Uncle Remus]
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Uncle Tom
Uncle Tom is the long-suffering, devoutly Christian enslaved man whose moral strength and tragic fate form the emotional and ethical core of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel.
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B.
Uncle Tom Travers
Uncle Tom Travers is a recurring character in P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster stories, known as Bertie Wooster’s wealthy, short-tempered uncle with a passion for collecting silver.
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C.
Frank Gumm
Frank Gumm was an American vaudeville performer and theater owner best known as the father of legendary entertainer Judy Garland.
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D.
Countee
Countee is the given name of Countee Cullen, a prominent African American poet associated with the Harlem Renaissance.
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E.
Gentle Ben
Gentle Ben is a 1960s American family television series centered on the friendship between a young boy and a tame black bear in the Florida Everglades.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Uncle Remus Target entity description: Uncle Remus is a fictional African American storyteller created by Joel Chandler Harris, best known for narrating the Br'er Rabbit folktales drawn from African American oral tradition.
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A.
Uncle Tom
Uncle Tom is the long-suffering, devoutly Christian enslaved man whose moral strength and tragic fate form the emotional and ethical core of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel.
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B.
Uncle Tom Travers
Uncle Tom Travers is a recurring character in P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster stories, known as Bertie Wooster’s wealthy, short-tempered uncle with a passion for collecting silver.
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C.
Frank Gumm
Frank Gumm was an American vaudeville performer and theater owner best known as the father of legendary entertainer Judy Garland.
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D.
Countee
Countee is the given name of Countee Cullen, a prominent African American poet associated with the Harlem Renaissance.
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E.
Gentle Ben
Gentle Ben is a 1960s American family television series centered on the friendship between a young boy and a tame black bear in the Florida Everglades.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ storyteller ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Daddy Jake, the Runaway
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Uncle Remus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Nights with Uncle Remus
Joel Chandler Harris’ Uncle Remus stories ⓘ
surface form:
The Tar-Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus
Joel Chandler Harris’ Uncle Remus stories ⓘ
surface form:
Uncle Remus and His Friends
Joel Chandler Harris’ Uncle Remus stories ⓘ
surface form:
Uncle Remus stories
Joel Chandler Harris’ Uncle Remus stories ⓘ
surface form:
Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings
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| associatedCharacter |
Brer Bear
ⓘ
surface form:
Br'er Bear
Brer Fox ⓘ
surface form:
Br'er Fox
Br'er Rabbit ⓘ Fat Man and Little Boy ⓘ
surface form:
The Little Boy
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| associatedWith | plantation tradition ⓘ |
| basedOn | African American oral tradition ⓘ |
| characteristic |
elderly
ⓘ
rural ⓘ |
| controversialFor | racial stereotypes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| creator | Joel Chandler Harris ⓘ |
| culturalContext | post-Civil War American South ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African American
|
| firstPublisher | Joel Chandler Harris ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
ⓘ
folklore ⓘ frame narrative ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Song of the South ⓘ |
| hasPart | animal trickster tales ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
African American folktales
ⓘ
African folklore ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| literaryFunction | mediator of folk tradition ⓘ |
| narrates |
Br'er Bear stories
ⓘ
Br'er Fox stories ⓘ Br'er Rabbit stories ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | frame narrator ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story
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surface form:
Br'er Rabbit and the Tar-Baby
How Mr. Rabbit Was Too Sharp for Mr. Fox ⓘ |
| occupation | storyteller ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | James Baskett ⓘ |
| publicationMedium |
books
ⓘ
newspaper columns ⓘ |
| publisher |
Atlanta Constitution
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surface form:
The Atlanta Constitution
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| setting |
Southern United States
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surface form:
American South
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| targetAudience |
children
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general readers ⓘ |
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Subject: Uncle Remus Description of subject: Uncle Remus is a fictional African American storyteller created by Joel Chandler Harris, best known for narrating the Br'er Rabbit folktales drawn from African American oral tradition.
Referenced by (6)
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