Homer Price
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Homer Price is the title character of a classic mid-20th-century children's book series known for its humorous, small-town adventures and inventive mishaps.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Homer Price canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7095701 — 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: Homer Price Context triple: [Robert McCloskey, notableWork, Homer Price]
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A.
Mr. Herriman
Mr. Herriman is a strict, rule-obsessed anthropomorphic rabbit who serves as the uptight house manager in the animated series "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends."
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B.
Homer Bigart
Homer Bigart was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American war correspondent renowned for his frontline reporting in conflicts such as World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
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C.
Rube Klopek
Rube Klopek is one of the mysterious and eccentric members of the Klopek family in the dark comedy film "The 'Burbs."
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D.
Homer Martin
Homer Martin was an American labor leader who served as an early president of the United Auto Workers and played a key role in organizing autoworkers during the 1930s.
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E.
Bill Carman
Bill Carman is a costume designer best known for his work on the classic war film "The Guns of Navarone."
- 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: Homer Price Target entity description: Homer Price is the title character of a classic mid-20th-century children's book series known for its humorous, small-town adventures and inventive mishaps.
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A.
Mr. Herriman
Mr. Herriman is a strict, rule-obsessed anthropomorphic rabbit who serves as the uptight house manager in the animated series "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends."
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B.
Homer Bigart
Homer Bigart was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American war correspondent renowned for his frontline reporting in conflicts such as World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
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C.
Rube Klopek
Rube Klopek is one of the mysterious and eccentric members of the Klopek family in the dark comedy film "The 'Burbs."
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D.
Homer Martin
Homer Martin was an American labor leader who served as an early president of the United Auto Workers and played a key role in organizing autoworkers during the 1930s.
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E.
Bill Carman
Bill Carman is a costume designer best known for his work on the classic war film "The Guns of Navarone."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
children's literature character
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ |
| appeal | read-aloud stories for children ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Centerburg Tales
ⓘ
Homer Price ⓘ |
| basedIn | Midwestern small-town culture ⓘ |
| bookSeries | Homer Price series ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Robert McCloskey ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Centerburg stories
ⓘ
linked to:
Centerburg Tales
|
| firstAppearance | Homer Price (1943 book) ⓘ |
| friend |
Freddie
ⓘ
other Centerburg children ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
children's fiction
ⓘ
humor ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Homer's Uncle Ulysses ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
curious
ⓘ
good-natured ⓘ inventive ⓘ resourceful ⓘ |
| illustrator | Robert McCloskey ⓘ |
| intendedForm | short story cycle ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| literaryStatus | classic of mid-20th-century American children's literature ⓘ |
| medium | illustrated book ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableEpisode |
doughnut machine episode
ⓘ
superhero contest episode ⓘ |
| notableFor |
humorous small-town adventures
ⓘ
inventive mishaps ⓘ |
| occupation | schoolboy ⓘ |
| publisher |
Viking Press
ⓘ
linked to:
The Viking Press
|
| residence | Centerburg, Ohio ⓘ |
| setting | fictional town of Centerburg ⓘ |
| targetAudience | children ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mid-20th century America ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Homer Price Description of subject: Homer Price is the title character of a classic mid-20th-century children's book series known for its humorous, small-town adventures and inventive mishaps.
Referenced by (5)
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