Thomas Cook Travel Book Award
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The Thomas Cook Travel Book Award was a prestigious British literary prize recognizing outstanding works of travel writing.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thomas Cook Travel Book Award canonical | 4 |
| Dolman Best Travel Book Award | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5997002 — 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: Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Context triple: [Jonathan Raban, awardReceived, Thomas Cook Travel Book Award]
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A.
Whitbread Book Award
The Whitbread Book Award, now known as the Costa Book Award, was a major British literary prize recognizing outstanding books by authors based in the UK and Ireland across several categories.
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B.
WH Smith Literary Award
The WH Smith Literary Award was a prestigious British literary prize recognizing outstanding works of contemporary fiction and non-fiction.
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C.
Booker–McConnell Prize
The Booker–McConnell Prize was the original name of the prestigious British literary award now known as the Booker Prize, given annually for outstanding novels written in English.
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D.
Whitbread Novel Award
The Whitbread Novel Award was a major British literary prize, later renamed the Costa Book Award for Novel, recognizing outstanding works of fiction by authors based in the UK and Ireland.
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E.
Cholmondeley Award
The Cholmondeley Award is a prestigious British literary prize presented to poets in recognition of their outstanding contribution to poetry.
- 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: Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Target entity description: The Thomas Cook Travel Book Award was a prestigious British literary prize recognizing outstanding works of travel writing.
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A.
Whitbread Book Award
The Whitbread Book Award, now known as the Costa Book Award, was a major British literary prize recognizing outstanding books by authors based in the UK and Ireland across several categories.
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B.
WH Smith Literary Award
The WH Smith Literary Award was a prestigious British literary prize recognizing outstanding works of contemporary fiction and non-fiction.
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C.
Booker–McConnell Prize
The Booker–McConnell Prize was the original name of the prestigious British literary award now known as the Booker Prize, given annually for outstanding novels written in English.
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D.
Whitbread Novel Award
The Whitbread Novel Award was a major British literary prize, later renamed the Costa Book Award for Novel, recognizing outstanding works of fiction by authors based in the UK and Ireland.
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E.
Cholmondeley Award
The Cholmondeley Award is a prestigious British literary prize presented to poets in recognition of their outstanding contribution to poetry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary award
ⓘ
travel writing award ⓘ |
| awardFor | outstanding works of travel literature ⓘ |
| awardFrequency | annual ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dissolved | 2004 ⓘ |
| field |
literature
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non-fiction ⓘ |
| genre | travel writing ⓘ |
| hasReputation | prestigious British travel writing prize ⓘ |
| inception | 1980 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorks | English ⓘ |
| location |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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| namedAfter | Thomas Cook ⓘ |
| notableWinner |
Bruce Chatwin
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Colin Thubron ⓘ Jonathan Raban ⓘ Nick Danziger ⓘ Philip Marsden ⓘ Redmond O’Hanlon ⓘ Sara Wheeler ⓘ William Dalrymple ⓘ |
| organizer | Thomas Cook Publishing ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | judged by a panel of critics and travel-writing experts ⓘ |
| sponsor |
Thomas Cook Group
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linked to:
Thomas Cook
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| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| successor |
Dolman Best Travel Book Award
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linked to:
Thomas Cook Travel Book Award
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Thomas Cook Travel Book Award Description of subject: The Thomas Cook Travel Book Award was a prestigious British literary prize recognizing outstanding works of travel writing.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Thomas Cook Travel Book Award
linked to: Thomas Cook Travel Book Award