The Old Curiosity Shop (in serial sequence of Master Humphrey's Clock)
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The Old Curiosity Shop is a sentimental Victorian novel by Charles Dickens that follows the tragic story of Little Nell and her grandfather, set against the backdrop of a London antique shop.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Old Curiosity Shop (1995 film) | 1 |
| The Old Curiosity Shop (in serial sequence of Master Humphrey's Clock) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6267579 — 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 Old Curiosity Shop (in serial sequence of Master Humphrey's Clock) Context triple: [Barnaby Rudge, followedBy, The Old Curiosity Shop (in serial sequence of Master Humphrey's Clock)]
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Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist is Charles Dickens's classic 1838 novel about an orphan boy who endures hardship in workhouses and among criminals in Victorian England while seeking love, identity, and justice.
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Oliver Twist
"Oliver Twist" is a 2012 Afrobeats hit single by Nigerian artist D'banj that gained international popularity for its catchy rhythm and playful lyrics.
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C.
Bartholomew Fair
Bartholomew Fair is a satirical comedy play by Ben Jonson that portrays the chaotic life and diverse characters of a London fair in the early 17th century.
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D.
Ward of Cornhill
The Ward of Cornhill is one of the historic administrative and electoral divisions of the City of London, centered on the traditional commercial area around Cornhill.
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E.
Old Lady of Threadneedle Street
The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street is the traditional nickname for the Bank of England, the United Kingdom’s central bank located on Threadneedle Street in London.
- 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 Old Curiosity Shop (in serial sequence of Master Humphrey's Clock) Target entity description: The Old Curiosity Shop is a sentimental Victorian novel by Charles Dickens that follows the tragic story of Little Nell and her grandfather, set against the backdrop of a London antique shop.
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A.
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist is Charles Dickens's classic 1838 novel about an orphan boy who endures hardship in workhouses and among criminals in Victorian England while seeking love, identity, and justice.
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B.
Oliver Twist
"Oliver Twist" is a 2012 Afrobeats hit single by Nigerian artist D'banj that gained international popularity for its catchy rhythm and playful lyrics.
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C.
Bartholomew Fair
Bartholomew Fair is a satirical comedy play by Ben Jonson that portrays the chaotic life and diverse characters of a London fair in the early 17th century.
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D.
Ward of Cornhill
The Ward of Cornhill is one of the historic administrative and electoral divisions of the City of London, centered on the traditional commercial area around Cornhill.
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E.
Old Lady of Threadneedle Street
The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street is the traditional nickname for the Bank of England, the United Kingdom’s central bank located on Threadneedle Street in London.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
How these facts were elicited
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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 Old Curiosity Shop (in serial sequence of Master Humphrey's Clock) Description of subject: The Old Curiosity Shop is a sentimental Victorian novel by Charles Dickens that follows the tragic story of Little Nell and her grandfather, set against the backdrop of a London antique shop.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Barnaby Rudge
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The Old Curiosity Shop (in serial sequence of Master Humphrey's Clock)
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