Thomas Rhodes Rockwell
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Thomas Rhodes Rockwell is an American children's book author best known for his humorous novel "How to Eat Fried Worms."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thomas Rhodes Rockwell canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7711255 — 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 Rhodes Rockwell Context triple: [Mary Barstow, hasChild, Thomas Rhodes Rockwell]
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A.
William Bradford Huie
William Bradford Huie was an American journalist and author known for his hard-hitting nonfiction books on race, war, and crime, several of which were adapted into films.
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B.
Ibram Henry Rogers
Ibram Henry Rogers, better known as Ibram X. Kendi, is an American historian, author, and leading scholar of antiracism and race studies.
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C.
Cordell Walker
Cordell Walker is the tough, morally driven Texas Ranger portrayed by Chuck Norris in the action-crime television series "Walker, Texas Ranger."
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D.
William T. Williams
William T. Williams is an American abstract painter and influential figure in Black contemporary art who helped establish the Studio Museum in Harlem as a major institution for artists of African descent.
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E.
James Wormley Jones
James Wormley Jones was an African American law enforcement officer best known as the first Black special agent in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
- 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 Rhodes Rockwell Target entity description: Thomas Rhodes Rockwell is an American children's book author best known for his humorous novel "How to Eat Fried Worms."
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A.
William Bradford Huie
William Bradford Huie was an American journalist and author known for his hard-hitting nonfiction books on race, war, and crime, several of which were adapted into films.
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B.
Ibram Henry Rogers
Ibram Henry Rogers, better known as Ibram X. Kendi, is an American historian, author, and leading scholar of antiracism and race studies.
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C.
Cordell Walker
Cordell Walker is the tough, morally driven Texas Ranger portrayed by Chuck Norris in the action-crime television series "Walker, Texas Ranger."
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D.
William T. Williams
William T. Williams is an American abstract painter and influential figure in Black contemporary art who helped establish the Studio Museum in Harlem as a major institution for artists of African descent.
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E.
James Wormley Jones
James Wormley Jones was an African American law enforcement officer best known as the first Black special agent in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
children's writer
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novelist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Rockwell ⓘ |
| father | Norman Rockwell ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
children's literature
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humor writing ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
ⓘ
humorous fiction ⓘ middle-grade fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas ⓘ |
| hasWrittenForAgeGroup |
children
ⓘ
middle-grade readers ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Thomas Rhodes Rockwell ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
How to Eat Fried Worms
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linked to:
How to Eat Fried Worms (2006 film)
How to Fight a Girl ⓘ How to Get Fabulously Rich ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
children's book author ⓘ |
| relative | Norman Rockwell ⓘ |
| work |
How to Eat Fried Worms
ⓘ
linked to:
How to Eat Fried Worms (2006 film)
How to Fight a Girl ⓘ How to Get Fabulously Rich ⓘ Rackety-Boom ⓘ Squawtales ⓘ The Portmanteau Book ⓘ |
| writingStyle | humorous ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Thomas Rhodes Rockwell Description of subject: Thomas Rhodes Rockwell is an American children's book author best known for his humorous novel "How to Eat Fried Worms."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.