The History of Mr. Polly
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The History of Mr. Polly is a comic novel by H. G. Wells about a dissatisfied lower-middle-class shopkeeper who seeks to escape his humdrum life and find personal freedom.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The History of Mr Polly | 2 |
| The History of Mr. Polly canonical | 2 |
| The History of Mr. Polly (1949 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5364579 — 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 History of Mr. Polly Context triple: [H. G. Wells bibliography, includesWork, The History of Mr. Polly]
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A.
The Diary of a Mad Old Man
"The Diary of a Mad Old Man" is a work by Croatian illustrator, animator, and filmmaker Milan Trenc, known for his distinctive, often surreal visual storytelling.
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B.
The Errand Boy
The Errand Boy is a 19th-century rags-to-riches novel by Horatio Alger Jr. that follows a poor youth striving for success through hard work and perseverance.
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C.
The Errand Boy
The Errand Boy is a 1961 American comedy film directed by and starring Jerry Lewis, in which he plays a bumbling studio gofer causing chaos behind the scenes in Hollywood.
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D.
The World of Mr. Sweeney
The World of Mr. Sweeney is an American television sitcom best known for featuring actor Tom Bosley in one of his early starring roles.
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E.
Nobby’s Head
Nobby’s Head is a prominent headland and coastal landmark located at the entrance to Newcastle Harbour in New South Wales, Australia.
- 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 History of Mr. Polly Target entity description: The History of Mr. Polly is a comic novel by H. G. Wells about a dissatisfied lower-middle-class shopkeeper who seeks to escape his humdrum life and find personal freedom.
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A.
The Diary of a Mad Old Man
"The Diary of a Mad Old Man" is a work by Croatian illustrator, animator, and filmmaker Milan Trenc, known for his distinctive, often surreal visual storytelling.
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B.
The Errand Boy
The Errand Boy is a 19th-century rags-to-riches novel by Horatio Alger Jr. that follows a poor youth striving for success through hard work and perseverance.
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C.
The Errand Boy
The Errand Boy is a 1961 American comedy film directed by and starring Jerry Lewis, in which he plays a bumbling studio gofer causing chaos behind the scenes in Hollywood.
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D.
The World of Mr. Sweeney
The World of Mr. Sweeney is an American television sitcom best known for featuring actor Tom Bosley in one of his early starring roles.
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E.
Nobby’s Head
Nobby’s Head is a prominent headland and coastal landmark located at the entrance to Newcastle Harbour in New South Wales, Australia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author |
H. G. Wells
ⓘ
linked to:
Herbert George Wells
|
| characterType | anti-hero protagonist ⓘ |
| containsElement |
humor
ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| explores |
conformity versus individuality
ⓘ
marital dissatisfaction ⓘ personal reinvention ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
lower-middle-class life
ⓘ
small shopkeeping ⓘ |
| genre |
comic novel
ⓘ
social satire ⓘ |
| hasTone |
comic
ⓘ
satirical ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Edwardian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Alfred Polly ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | shopkeeper ⓘ |
| settingCountry | England ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| theme |
dissatisfaction with lower-middle-class life
ⓘ
escape from humdrum existence ⓘ individualism ⓘ search for personal freedom ⓘ social class in Edwardian 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: The History of Mr. Polly Description of subject: The History of Mr. Polly is a comic novel by H. G. Wells about a dissatisfied lower-middle-class shopkeeper who seeks to escape his humdrum life and find personal freedom.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The History of Mr. Polly
linked to: The History of Mr. Polly
linked to: The History of Mr. Polly