The Boy in the Dress
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The Boy in the Dress is a children's novel by David Walliams about a 12-year-old boy who challenges gender norms and school rules by expressing himself through wearing dresses.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Boy in the Dress canonical | 3 |
| The Boy in the Dress (stage adaptation) | 1 |
| The Boy in the Dress (television film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8030570 — 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 Boy in the Dress Context triple: [David Walliams, notableWork, The Boy in the Dress]
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A.
The Girl Who Had Everything
The Girl Who Had Everything is a 1953 American drama film starring Elizabeth Taylor as a young woman torn between her powerful lawyer father and a charismatic racketeer.
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B.
The Boy
The Boy is a 2016 American horror film about a young woman hired to nanny a lifelike doll that may be supernaturally alive.
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C.
The Girl with the Curls
The Girl with the Curls is the famous nickname of silent film star Mary Pickford, who was renowned for her youthful roles and distinctive ringlet hairstyle.
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D.
The Boy Who Wouldn’t Die
The Boy Who Wouldn’t Die is a memoir recounting David Nyuol Vincent’s harrowing experiences as a child refugee from the Sudanese civil war and his eventual resettlement in Australia.
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E.
The Story Girl
The Story Girl is a 1911 novel by L. M. Montgomery that follows a group of children on Prince Edward Island, centered on a gifted young storyteller whose tales shape their imaginative world.
- 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 Boy in the Dress Target entity description: The Boy in the Dress is a children's novel by David Walliams about a 12-year-old boy who challenges gender norms and school rules by expressing himself through wearing dresses.
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A.
The Girl Who Had Everything
The Girl Who Had Everything is a 1953 American drama film starring Elizabeth Taylor as a young woman torn between her powerful lawyer father and a charismatic racketeer.
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B.
The Boy
The Boy is a 2016 American horror film about a young woman hired to nanny a lifelike doll that may be supernaturally alive.
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C.
The Girl with the Curls
The Girl with the Curls is the famous nickname of silent film star Mary Pickford, who was renowned for her youthful roles and distinctive ringlet hairstyle.
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D.
The Boy Who Wouldn’t Die
The Boy Who Wouldn’t Die is a memoir recounting David Nyuol Vincent’s harrowing experiences as a child refugee from the Sudanese civil war and his eventual resettlement in Australia.
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E.
The Story Girl
The Story Girl is a 1911 novel by L. M. Montgomery that follows a group of children on Prince Edward Island, centered on a gifted young storyteller whose tales shape their imaginative world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | children's novel ⓘ |
| author | David Walliams ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist |
Quentin Blake
ⓘ
linked to:
Sir Quentin Blake
|
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| followedBy | Mr Stink ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
ⓘ
comedy ⓘ contemporary fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Boy in the Dress (stage adaptation)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Boy in the Dress
The Boy in the Dress (television film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Boy in the Dress
|
| hasCharacter |
Dennis's brother
ⓘ
Dennis's father ⓘ Lisa ⓘ Mr Hawtrey ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | approximately 200 pages ⓘ |
| illustrator |
Quentin Blake
ⓘ
linked to:
Sir Quentin Blake
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Dennis ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor | early exploration of gender nonconformity in mainstream British children's fiction ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | David Walliams children's books ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A 12-year-old boy named Dennis challenges gender norms and school rules by wearing dresses. ⓘ |
| protagonistAge | 12 ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2008 ⓘ |
| publisher | HarperCollins ⓘ |
| setting | England ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
children
ⓘ
middle-grade readers ⓘ |
| theme |
acceptance
ⓘ
bullying ⓘ family relationships ⓘ friendship ⓘ gender expression ⓘ identity ⓘ nonconformity ⓘ school life ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Boy in the Dress Description of subject: The Boy in the Dress is a children's novel by David Walliams about a 12-year-old boy who challenges gender norms and school rules by expressing himself through wearing dresses.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Boy in the Dress
linked to: The Boy in the Dress