The Annotated Alice
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The Annotated Alice is Martin Gardner’s influential, commentary-rich edition of Lewis Carroll’s Alice books, explaining their mathematical puzzles, wordplay, and cultural references.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Annotated Alice series | 1 |
| The Annotated Alice canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T308276 — 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 Annotated Alice Context triple: [Martin Gardner, notableWork, The Annotated Alice]
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A.
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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B.
The Wishing-Chair
The Wishing-Chair is a classic children's fantasy book by Enid Blyton about a magical flying chair that takes two siblings on a series of whimsical adventures.
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C.
Life in the Undergrowth
Life in the Undergrowth is a BBC nature documentary series exploring the hidden world and remarkable behaviors of invertebrates, presented and narrated by David Attenborough.
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D.
The Egg
The Egg is a modern, student-centered dining and learning facility at the Culinary Institute of America’s Hyde Park campus that showcases culinary education in a real-world restaurant environment.
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E.
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats is a whimsical collection of light verse about anthropomorphic cats by T. S. Eliot, best known today as the basis for the musical "Cats."
- 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 Annotated Alice Target entity description: The Annotated Alice is Martin Gardner’s influential, commentary-rich edition of Lewis Carroll’s Alice books, explaining their mathematical puzzles, wordplay, and cultural references.
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A.
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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B.
The Wishing-Chair
The Wishing-Chair is a classic children's fantasy book by Enid Blyton about a magical flying chair that takes two siblings on a series of whimsical adventures.
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C.
Life in the Undergrowth
Life in the Undergrowth is a BBC nature documentary series exploring the hidden world and remarkable behaviors of invertebrates, presented and narrated by David Attenborough.
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D.
The Egg
The Egg is a modern, student-centered dining and learning facility at the Culinary Institute of America’s Hyde Park campus that showcases culinary education in a real-world restaurant environment.
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E.
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats is a whimsical collection of light verse about anthropomorphic cats by T. S. Eliot, best known today as the basis for the musical "Cats."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annotated edition
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book ⓘ |
| authorOfOriginalText | Lewis Carroll ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
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Through the Looking-Glass ⓘ
surface form:
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
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| containsWork |
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
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Through the Looking-Glass ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| editor | Martin Gardner ⓘ |
| genre |
annotated literature
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literary criticism ⓘ |
| hasCommentaryBy | Martin Gardner ⓘ |
| hasFormat | print book ⓘ |
| includesIllustrationsBy | John Tenniel ⓘ |
| influenced | later annotated editions of classic literature ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
explaining linguistic jokes and puns in the Alice stories
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explaining mathematical and logical references in the Alice stories ⓘ extensive commentary on Lewis Carroll’s Alice books ⓘ |
| publicationEra | 20th century ⓘ |
| subject |
Victorian culture
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literary allusions ⓘ logic ⓘ mathematical puzzles ⓘ parody ⓘ wordplay ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
fans of Lewis Carroll
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general readers ⓘ students of literature ⓘ |
| workFocus |
interpretation of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
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interpretation of Through the Looking-Glass ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Annotated Alice Description of subject: The Annotated Alice is Martin Gardner’s influential, commentary-rich edition of Lewis Carroll’s Alice books, explaining their mathematical puzzles, wordplay, and cultural references.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Annotated Alice series