Douglas Spaulding
E472948
Douglas Spaulding is the young boy protagonist of Ray Bradbury’s nostalgic novel "Dandelion Wine," through whose eyes the wonders and fears of small-town summer life are explored.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Douglas Spaulding canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4834062 — 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: Douglas Spaulding Context triple: [Dandelion Wine, mainCharacter, Douglas Spaulding]
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A.
Frank Leahy
Frank Leahy was a legendary American college football coach best known for leading the University of Notre Dame to multiple national championships in the 1940s and early 1950s.
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B.
Wilfred Johnson
Wilfred Johnson was the paternal grandfather of former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and a British politician of Turkish descent who served as a Conservative Party councillor.
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C.
Leon Barmore
Leon Barmore is a legendary women's college basketball coach best known for leading the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters to national prominence and multiple NCAA championships.
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D.
Elam Ferguson
Elam Ferguson is a formerly enslaved man who becomes a central figure in the post–Civil War frontier drama of the TV series "Hell on Wheels," navigating racial tensions, violence, and his search for identity and justice.
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E.
Eugene Worley
Eugene Worley was an American jurist who served as a prominent judge on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
- 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: Douglas Spaulding Target entity description: Douglas Spaulding is the young boy protagonist of Ray Bradbury’s nostalgic novel "Dandelion Wine," through whose eyes the wonders and fears of small-town summer life are explored.
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A.
Frank Leahy
Frank Leahy was a legendary American college football coach best known for leading the University of Notre Dame to multiple national championships in the 1940s and early 1950s.
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B.
Wilfred Johnson
Wilfred Johnson was the paternal grandfather of former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and a British politician of Turkish descent who served as a Conservative Party councillor.
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C.
Leon Barmore
Leon Barmore is a legendary women's college basketball coach best known for leading the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters to national prominence and multiple NCAA championships.
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D.
Elam Ferguson
Elam Ferguson is a formerly enslaved man who becomes a central figure in the post–Civil War frontier drama of the TV series "Hell on Wheels," navigating racial tensions, violence, and his search for identity and justice.
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E.
Eugene Worley
Eugene Worley was an American jurist who served as a prominent judge on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| age | twelve years old ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Dandelion Wine ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
dandelion wine
ⓘ
linked to:
Dandelion Wine
|
| basedOn | Ray Bradbury’s childhood self ⓘ |
| closeTo |
Grandfather Spaulding
ⓘ
Tom Spaulding ⓘ |
| confronts | the reality of death ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy | Ray Bradbury ⓘ |
| experiences |
awareness of death
ⓘ
fears of growing up ⓘ wonders of small-town life ⓘ |
| familyName | Spaulding ⓘ |
| fictionalTown | Green Town ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext |
Dandelion Wine (1957 novel)
ⓘ
linked to:
Dandelion Wine
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Douglas ⓘ |
| hasGrandparent |
Grandfather Spaulding
ⓘ
Grandmother Spaulding ⓘ |
| hasParent |
Mr. Spaulding
ⓘ
Mrs. Spaulding ⓘ |
| hasSibling | Tom Spaulding ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
curious
ⓘ
imaginative ⓘ introspective ⓘ sensitive ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central consciousness
ⓘ
viewpoint character ⓘ |
| realizes | that he is alive ⓘ |
| residence | Green Town, Illinois ⓘ |
| settingDecade | 1920s ⓘ |
| settingSeason | summer ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
the magic of childhood
ⓘ
transition from childhood to adolescence ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
childhood
ⓘ
coming of age ⓘ mortality ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ |
| undergoes | emotional maturation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Douglas Spaulding Description of subject: Douglas Spaulding is the young boy protagonist of Ray Bradbury’s nostalgic novel "Dandelion Wine," through whose eyes the wonders and fears of small-town summer life are explored.
Referenced by (5)
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