Aunt Polly's house
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Aunt Polly's house is the primary domestic setting in Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer stories, serving as Tom's home and the backdrop for many of his everyday adventures and mischief.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aunt Polly's house canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3998593 — 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: Aunt Polly's house Context triple: [Tom Sawyer universe, containsLocation, Aunt Polly's house]
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A.
Aunt Em’s farm
Aunt Em’s farm is the rural Kansas homestead where Dorothy Gale lives at the beginning of L. Frank Baum’s "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz."
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B.
Aunt Polly
Aunt Polly is Tom Sawyer’s strict but loving aunt and guardian in Mark Twain’s classic novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer."
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C.
Becky Thatcher House
The Becky Thatcher House is a historic residence and museum in Hannibal, Missouri, associated with Mark Twain’s childhood friend who inspired the character Becky Thatcher in his classic novels.
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D.
Hunter House
Hunter House is a historic 18th-century waterfront mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, renowned for its colonial architecture and period furnishings.
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E.
Anse Bundren
Anse Bundren is the indolent, self-absorbed patriarch of the Bundren family in William Faulkner’s novel "As I Lay Dying."
- 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: Aunt Polly's house Target entity description: Aunt Polly's house is the primary domestic setting in Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer stories, serving as Tom's home and the backdrop for many of his everyday adventures and mischief.
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A.
Aunt Em’s farm
Aunt Em’s farm is the rural Kansas homestead where Dorothy Gale lives at the beginning of L. Frank Baum’s "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz."
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B.
Aunt Polly
Aunt Polly is Tom Sawyer’s strict but loving aunt and guardian in Mark Twain’s classic novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer."
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C.
Becky Thatcher House
The Becky Thatcher House is a historic residence and museum in Hannibal, Missouri, associated with Mark Twain’s childhood friend who inspired the character Becky Thatcher in his classic novels.
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D.
Hunter House
Hunter House is a historic 18th-century waterfront mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, renowned for its colonial architecture and period furnishings.
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E.
Anse Bundren
Anse Bundren is the indolent, self-absorbed patriarch of the Bundren family in William Faulkner’s novel "As I Lay Dying."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional house
ⓘ
fictional location ⓘ literary setting ⓘ |
| alsoResidentInStory |
Mary
ⓘ
Sid ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
ⓘ
Tom Sawyer Abroad ⓘ Tom Sawyer universe ⓘ
surface form:
Tom Sawyer stories
Tom Sawyer, Detective ⓘ |
| associatedCharacter |
Aunt Polly
ⓘ
Mary ⓘ Sid ⓘ Tom Sawyer ⓘ |
| associatedWorkAuthor |
Mark Twain
ⓘ
surface form:
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
|
| authorCreatedBy | Mark Twain ⓘ |
| countryInFiction |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| famousFor | scene where Tom Sawyer whitewashes the fence ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext |
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
ⓘ
surface form:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876)
|
| genreContext |
American literature
ⓘ
adventure fiction ⓘ children's literature ⓘ |
| hasPartInStory |
bedroom
ⓘ
fence ⓘ kitchen ⓘ sitting room ⓘ yard ⓘ |
| hasThemeRelation |
childhood
ⓘ
discipline and mischief ⓘ family life ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedInFiction |
Missouri
ⓘ
St. Petersburg ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
Tom Sawyer's home
ⓘ
backdrop for Tom Sawyer's everyday adventures ⓘ backdrop for Tom Sawyer's mischief ⓘ primary domestic setting ⓘ |
| ownerInStory | Aunt Polly ⓘ |
| primaryResidentInStory | Tom Sawyer ⓘ |
| timePeriodInFiction | mid-19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Aunt Polly's house Description of subject: Aunt Polly's house is the primary domestic setting in Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer stories, serving as Tom's home and the backdrop for many of his everyday adventures and mischief.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.