Tom Fobble's Day
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Tom Fobble's Day is a children's novella by Alan Garner, set in a rural English community and focusing on a boy's experiences and family traditions during a single winter day.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tom Fobble's Day canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8130202 — 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: Tom Fobble's Day Context triple: [The Stone Book Quartet, hasPart, Tom Fobble's Day]
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A.
The Gashlycrumb Tinies
The Gashlycrumb Tinies is a darkly comic, alphabet-based picture book by Edward Gorey that depicts the morbidly humorous deaths of 26 children, each corresponding to a letter.
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B.
The Grouch
The Grouch is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day, featured on their 1997 album "Nimrod."
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C.
The Lot of Fun
The Lot of Fun is the famous nickname for Hal Roach Studios, the prolific Hollywood studio best known for producing classic comedy films and series such as Laurel and Hardy and Our Gang.
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D.
Shenanigans
Shenanigans is a 2002 compilation album by American punk rock band Green Day, featuring B-sides, rarities, and previously unreleased tracks.
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E.
The Day the Goose Got Loose
The Day the Goose Got Loose is a humorous children's picture book about barnyard chaos that ensues when a goose escapes, written by Reeve Lindbergh and illustrated by Steven Kellogg.
- 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: Tom Fobble's Day Target entity description: Tom Fobble's Day is a children's novella by Alan Garner, set in a rural English community and focusing on a boy's experiences and family traditions during a single winter day.
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A.
The Gashlycrumb Tinies
The Gashlycrumb Tinies is a darkly comic, alphabet-based picture book by Edward Gorey that depicts the morbidly humorous deaths of 26 children, each corresponding to a letter.
-
B.
The Grouch
The Grouch is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day, featured on their 1997 album "Nimrod."
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C.
The Lot of Fun
The Lot of Fun is the famous nickname for Hal Roach Studios, the prolific Hollywood studio best known for producing classic comedy films and series such as Laurel and Hardy and Our Gang.
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D.
Shenanigans
Shenanigans is a 2002 compilation album by American punk rock band Green Day, featuring B-sides, rarities, and previously unreleased tracks.
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E.
The Day the Goose Got Loose
The Day the Goose Got Loose is a humorous children's picture book about barnyard chaos that ensues when a goose escapes, written by Reeve Lindbergh and illustrated by Steven Kellogg.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
children's novella
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literary work ⓘ person ⓘ |
| author | Alan Garner ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
childhood experience
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family traditions ⓘ rural community life ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
everyday life in a village
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family relationships ⓘ rural English customs ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
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novella ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Alan Garner ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | British ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | children ⓘ |
| literaryCategory | British children's literature ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | a young boy ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration (inferred) ⓘ |
| narrativeTimeSpan | single day ⓘ |
| notableWork | Tom Fobble's Day ⓘ |
| occupation | writer ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| seasonDepicted | winter ⓘ |
| settingCountry | England ⓘ |
| settingLocation | rural England ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tom Fobble's Day Description of subject: Tom Fobble's Day is a children's novella by Alan Garner, set in a rural English community and focusing on a boy's experiences and family traditions during a single winter day.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.