Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot
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Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot is a 2015 British television film adaptation of Roald Dahl’s children’s story, starring Dustin Hoffman and Judi Dench and produced by Hilary Bevan Jones.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8154935 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot Context triple: [Hilary Bevan Jones, notableWork, Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot]
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A.
Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes
Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes is a humorous collection of subversive, darkly comic retellings of classic fairy tales written in verse for children.
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B.
Mr Tompkins in Wonderland
Mr Tompkins in Wonderland is a popular science book by physicist George Gamow that uses whimsical stories to explain complex concepts in modern physics to general readers.
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C.
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin is a classic children's picture book by Beatrix Potter that follows the mischievous adventures of an impudent red squirrel who narrowly escapes the wrath of an owl.
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D.
Matilda
Matilda was the regnal name of Edith of Scotland, who became Queen consort of England as the wife of King Henry I.
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E.
Matilda
Matilda is a feminine given name of Germanic origin, commonly associated with strength and battle might and borne by various notable historical and contemporary figures.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot Target entity description: Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot is a 2015 British television film adaptation of Roald Dahl’s children’s story, starring Dustin Hoffman and Judi Dench and produced by Hilary Bevan Jones.
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A.
Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes
Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes is a humorous collection of subversive, darkly comic retellings of classic fairy tales written in verse for children.
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B.
Mr Tompkins in Wonderland
Mr Tompkins in Wonderland is a popular science book by physicist George Gamow that uses whimsical stories to explain complex concepts in modern physics to general readers.
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C.
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin is a classic children's picture book by Beatrix Potter that follows the mischievous adventures of an impudent red squirrel who narrowly escapes the wrath of an owl.
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D.
Matilda
Matilda was the regnal name of Edith of Scotland, who became Queen consort of England as the wife of King Henry I.
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E.
Matilda
Matilda is a feminine given name of Germanic origin, commonly associated with strength and battle might and borne by various notable historical and contemporary figures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British television film
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television film ⓘ |
| adaptationOfGenre | children’s literature ⓘ |
| basedOn | Esio Trot ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Roald Dahl ⓘ |
| broadcastFormat | HDTV ⓘ |
| character |
Mr Hoppy
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Mr Pringle ⓘ Mrs Silver ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Martin Fuhrer ⓘ |
| color | color film ⓘ |
| composer | Tim Phillips ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Dearbhla Walsh ⓘ |
| distributor | BBC ⓘ |
| editor | Guy Bensley ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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| firstBroadcastDate | 2015-01-01 ⓘ |
| genre |
children’s film
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romantic comedy ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
old age
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romance ⓘ tortoise ⓘ |
| leadCharacter |
Mr Hoppy
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Mrs Silver ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrator | James Corden ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC One ⓘ |
| originalWorkPublicationYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| producer | Hilary Bevan Jones ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Endor Productions ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 88 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Paul Mayhew-Archer
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Richard Curtis ⓘ |
| setting |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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| starredActor |
Dustin Hoffman
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Judi Dench ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot Description of subject: Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot is a 2015 British television film adaptation of Roald Dahl’s children’s story, starring Dustin Hoffman and Judi Dench and produced by Hilary Bevan Jones.
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