Make Way for Ducklings

E641895

children's picture book illustrated book

Make Way for Ducklings is a classic 1941 children's picture book by Robert McCloskey that tells the story of a pair of ducks raising their family in Boston.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Make Way for Ducklings canonical	17
Make Way for Ducklings (book)	6

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7095697 — 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: Make Way for Ducklings
Context triple: [Robert McCloskey, notableWork, Make Way for Ducklings]

A. Lord Love a Duck
Lord Love a Duck is a 1966 dark teen comedy film satirizing high school culture and materialism, written and directed by George Axelrod and starring Roddy McDowall and Tuesday Weld.
B. The Duck
The Duck is the costumed duck mascot that represents the University of Oregon’s athletic teams, including the softball program.
C. Jack the duckling
Jack the duckling is one of the bronze duckling characters from Robert McCloskey’s classic children’s book "Make Way for Ducklings," featured in the famous Boston Public Garden sculpture.
D. The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town
The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town is a 1977 Rankin/Bass stop-motion animated television special, narrated by Fred Astaire, that tells a whimsical origin story of the Easter Bunny.
E. Little Toot
Little Toot is a classic Disney animated short about a mischievous young tugboat who learns responsibility, featured as a segment in the 1948 anthology film "Melody Time."
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: Make Way for Ducklings
Target entity description: Make Way for Ducklings is a classic 1941 children's picture book by Robert McCloskey that tells the story of a pair of ducks raising their family in Boston.

A. Lord Love a Duck
Lord Love a Duck is a 1966 dark teen comedy film satirizing high school culture and materialism, written and directed by George Axelrod and starring Roddy McDowall and Tuesday Weld.
B. The Duck
The Duck is the costumed duck mascot that represents the University of Oregon’s athletic teams, including the softball program.
C. Jack the duckling
Jack the duckling is one of the bronze duckling characters from Robert McCloskey’s classic children’s book "Make Way for Ducklings," featured in the famous Boston Public Garden sculpture.
D. The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town
The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town is a 1977 Rankin/Bass stop-motion animated television special, narrated by Fred Astaire, that tells a whimsical origin story of the Easter Bunny.
E. Little Toot
Little Toot is a classic Disney animated short about a mischievous young tugboat who learns responsibility, featured as a segment in the 1948 anthology film "Melody Time."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	children's picture book ⓘ illustrated book ⓘ
author	Robert McCloskey ⓘ
awardReceived	Caldecott Medal ⓘ
awardYear	1942 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
depicts	Beacon Hill ⓘ Boston Public Garden ⓘ Charles River ⓘ
firstEditionFormat	hardcover ⓘ
genre	children's literature ⓘ picture book ⓘ
hasAdaptation	Make Way for Ducklings public sculpture ⓘ linked to: Make Way for Ducklings sculpture
hasCharacterRole	policeman Michael ⓘ linked to: Michael the policeman
hasCulturalSignificance	Boston children's classic ⓘ iconic American picture book ⓘ
hasTheme	family ⓘ kindness of strangers ⓘ parenting ⓘ safety of children ⓘ urban wildlife ⓘ
illustrationMedium	charcoal drawings ⓘ
illustrator	Robert McCloskey ⓘ
inspiredWork	Make Way for Ducklings sculpture in Boston Public Garden ⓘ linked to: Make Way for Ducklings sculpture
mainCharacter	Jack ⓘ Kack ⓘ Lack ⓘ Mack ⓘ Michael ⓘ Mr. Mallard ⓘ Mrs. Mallard ⓘ Nack ⓘ Ouack ⓘ Pack ⓘ Quack ⓘ linked to: Quack the duckling
narrativeFocus	duck family raising ducklings in Boston ⓘ
notableFor	depiction of Boston landmarks ⓘ detailed charcoal illustrations ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
pageCount	unpaginated ⓘ
protagonistSpecies	duck ⓘ
publicationYear	1941 ⓘ
publisher	Viking Press ⓘ linked to: The Viking Press
settingCountry	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
settingLocation	Boston ⓘ
supportingCharacter	Boston police officer ⓘ
targetAudience	children ⓘ
timePeriodOfStory	20th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Robert McCloskey → notableWork → Make Way for Ducklings ⓘ

Robert McCloskey → knownFor → Make Way for Ducklings ⓘ

Mrs. Mallard → appearsIn → Make Way for Ducklings ⓘ

Jack the duckling → appearsIn → Make Way for Ducklings ⓘ

Jack the duckling → basedOnWork → Make Way for Ducklings ⓘ

Jack the duckling → firstAppearance → Make Way for Ducklings ⓘ

Lack the duckling → inspiredBy → Make Way for Ducklings (book) ⓘ