The Fourth Bear
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The Fourth Bear is a comic fantasy detective novel by Jasper Fforde featuring Nursery Crime Division detective Jack Spratt investigating a surreal case involving characters from classic children's tales.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Fourth Bear canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6840345 — 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 Fourth Bear Context triple: [Jasper Fforde, notableWork, The Fourth Bear]
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A.
The Bear
The Bear is a 1988 French adventure drama film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud that follows the journey of an orphaned bear cub in the wild.
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B.
The Bear
"The Bear" is a renowned short story by William Faulkner, often celebrated as a centerpiece of his Yoknapatawpha County saga and a classic of American Southern literature.
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C.
The Nine Bears
The Nine Bears is a crime novel by British writer Edgar Wallace, featuring one of his characteristic fast-paced mystery plots involving high-stakes intrigue and investigation.
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D.
Two Lovers and a Bear
Two Lovers and a Bear is a Canadian romantic drama film set in a remote Arctic town, following two troubled lovers seeking escape and emotional healing amid the harsh northern landscape.
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E.
Marigold the Bear
Marigold the Bear is one of the costumed spirit mascots representing Baylor University's athletic teams.
- 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 Fourth Bear Target entity description: The Fourth Bear is a comic fantasy detective novel by Jasper Fforde featuring Nursery Crime Division detective Jack Spratt investigating a surreal case involving characters from classic children's tales.
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A.
The Bear
"The Bear" is a renowned short story by William Faulkner, often celebrated as a centerpiece of his Yoknapatawpha County saga and a classic of American Southern literature.
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B.
The Bear
The Bear is a 1988 French adventure drama film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud that follows the journey of an orphaned bear cub in the wild.
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C.
The Nine Bears
The Nine Bears is a crime novel by British writer Edgar Wallace, featuring one of his characteristic fast-paced mystery plots involving high-stakes intrigue and investigation.
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D.
Two Lovers and a Bear
Two Lovers and a Bear is a Canadian romantic drama film set in a remote Arctic town, following two troubled lovers seeking escape and emotional healing amid the harsh northern landscape.
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E.
Marigold the Bear
Marigold the Bear is one of the costumed spirit mascots representing Baylor University's athletic teams.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Jasper Fforde ⓘ |
| basedOn | classic children's tales ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Jasper Fforde ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Gingerbreadman
ⓘ
Goldilocks ⓘ Jack Spratt ⓘ
linked to:
Jack Sprat
Mary Mary ⓘ Punch and Judy ⓘ the Three Bears ⓘ
linked to:
The Three Bears
|
| featuresOrganization | Nursery Crime Division ⓘ |
| follows | The Big Over Easy ⓘ |
| genre |
comic fantasy
ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 0-340-82650-9 ⓘ |
| hasNotableElement |
blend of fantasy and crime investigation
ⓘ
reimagining of nursery-rhyme characters as crime suspects ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre |
metafiction
ⓘ
police procedural parody ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
intertextuality
ⓘ
parody of detective fiction ⓘ satire of popular culture ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSetting |
Reading, Berkshire
ⓘ
linked to:
Reading, Berkshire, England
|
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| narrativeTone | humorous ⓘ |
| originalPublicationFormat | print ⓘ |
| pageCount | 384 ⓘ |
| partOf | Nursery Crime series ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Hodder & Stoughton
ⓘ
Viking Press ⓘ
linked to:
The Viking Press
|
| series |
Nursery Crime
ⓘ
linked to:
Nursery Crime series
|
| settingPeriod | contemporary era ⓘ |
| settingType | alternate reality ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| usesMotif |
fairy tales
ⓘ
nursery rhymes ⓘ |
| workInSeriesNumber | 2 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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Referenced by (3)
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