Watership Down
E478637
Watership Down is a classic 1972 adventure novel by Richard Adams that follows a group of rabbits fleeing the destruction of their warren to establish a new home, exploring themes of survival, leadership, and freedom.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Watership Down canonical | 6 |
| "Watership Down" | 1 |
| Fiver in Watership Down (1978 film) | 1 |
| Watership Down (novel) | 1 |
| Watership Down hill | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4901589 — 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: Watership Down Context triple: [Richard Adams, notableWork, Watership Down]
-
A.
The Hedgehog and the Fox
The Hedgehog and the Fox is a famous 1953 essay by Isaiah Berlin that contrasts two fundamental types of thinkers through the metaphor of the single-minded hedgehog and the versatile fox, using Tolstoy as its central case study.
-
B.
Young Hare
Young Hare is a highly detailed and lifelike watercolor and gouache study of a hare created by German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer in 1502.
-
C.
Fate of the Animals
Fate of the Animals is an expressionist painting by German artist Franz Marc, known for its vivid depiction of animals amid a chaotic, apocalyptic landscape.
-
D.
The Peaceable Kingdom
The Peaceable Kingdom is a seminal theological work by Stanley Hauerwas that articulates a vision of Christian ethics centered on narrative, virtue, and the church as a peaceable community.
-
E.
The Gentle Shepherd
The Gentle Shepherd is a celebrated 18th-century Scottish pastoral drama by Allan Ramsay that blends rustic comedy with social commentary and helped shape modern Scottish literary tradition.
- 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: Watership Down Target entity description: Watership Down is a classic 1972 adventure novel by Richard Adams that follows a group of rabbits fleeing the destruction of their warren to establish a new home, exploring themes of survival, leadership, and freedom.
-
A.
The Hedgehog and the Fox
The Hedgehog and the Fox is a famous 1953 essay by Isaiah Berlin that contrasts two fundamental types of thinkers through the metaphor of the single-minded hedgehog and the versatile fox, using Tolstoy as its central case study.
-
B.
Young Hare
Young Hare is a highly detailed and lifelike watercolor and gouache study of a hare created by German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer in 1502.
-
C.
Fate of the Animals
Fate of the Animals is an expressionist painting by German artist Franz Marc, known for its vivid depiction of animals amid a chaotic, apocalyptic landscape.
-
D.
The Peaceable Kingdom
The Peaceable Kingdom is a seminal theological work by Stanley Hauerwas that articulates a vision of Christian ethics centered on narrative, virtue, and the church as a peaceable community.
-
E.
The Gentle Shepherd
The Gentle Shepherd is a celebrated 18th-century Scottish pastoral drama by Allan Ramsay that blends rustic comedy with social commentary and helped shape modern Scottish literary tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
adventure novel
ⓘ
fantasy novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
1978 animated film "Watership Down"
ⓘ
linked to:
animated film "Watership Down"
1999–2001 animated television series "Watership Down" ⓘ 2018 animated miniseries "Watership Down" ⓘ stage play adaptations ⓘ |
| author | Richard Adams ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Carnegie Medal (runner-up)
ⓘ
linked to:
Carnegie Medal
Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize ⓘ
linked to:
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
|
| centralConflict |
establishing a new warren at Watership Down
ⓘ
rabbits fleeing destruction of their warren ⓘ |
| containsMythology |
El-ahrairah legends
ⓘ
Frith (sun god) ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresSpecies | rabbits ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
ⓘ
animal fantasy ⓘ fantasy fiction ⓘ |
| hasConstructedLanguage | Lapine ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later animal fantasy novels ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Tales from Watership Down ⓘ |
| ISBN | 978-0-380-01281-6 ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
considered a classic of children’s literature
ⓘ
considered a classic of fantasy literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Bigwig
ⓘ
Blackberry ⓘ Fiver ⓘ General Woundwort ⓘ Hazel ⓘ Kehaar ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| opposes | Efrafa warren ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 400 pages (first edition) ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1972 ⓘ |
| publisher | Rex Collings ⓘ |
| setting |
Hampshire, England
ⓘ
linked to:
Hampshire
Watership Down hill ⓘ
linked to:
Watership Down
|
| targetAudience |
adults
ⓘ
young adults ⓘ |
| theme |
community
ⓘ
exile ⓘ freedom ⓘ leadership ⓘ survival ⓘ tyranny versus democracy ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory | contemporary to late 20th century England ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Watership Down Description of subject: Watership Down is a classic 1972 adventure novel by Richard Adams that follows a group of rabbits fleeing the destruction of their warren to establish a new home, exploring themes of survival, leadership, and freedom.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Watership Down
linked to: Watership Down
linked to: Watership Down
subject linked to:
animated film "Watership Down"
linked to: Watership Down