The Little Orphan
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The Little Orphan is a 1949 Tom and Jerry animated short film from MGM, directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, featuring the duo caring for a hungry orphan mouse named Nibbles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Little Orphan canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9676913 — 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 Little Orphan Context triple: [21st Academy Awards, bestShortSubjectCartoonWinnerFilm, The Little Orphan]
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A.
Little Orphant Annie
Little Orphant Annie is a popular 1885 narrative poem by James Whitcomb Riley, known for its spooky moral tales and its influence on later orphan-girl characters in American culture.
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B.
O mio babbino caro
"O mio babbino caro" is a famous soprano aria from Giacomo Puccini's opera "Gianni Schicchi," renowned for its lyrical beauty and emotional expressiveness.
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C.
Annie
Annie is the young protagonist of the 1991 horror-comedy film "Critters 3," who leads the fight for survival against the alien creatures attacking her apartment building.
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D.
Annie
Annie is a Norwegian pop singer and DJ known for her stylish, electro-pop sound and influential presence in the early 2000s dance and indie scenes.
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E.
Annie
Annie is a central child protagonist in the science-themed children's book series "George's Secret Key to the Universe," where she joins George on educational space adventures.
- 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 Little Orphan Target entity description: The Little Orphan is a 1949 Tom and Jerry animated short film from MGM, directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, featuring the duo caring for a hungry orphan mouse named Nibbles.
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A.
Little Orphant Annie
Little Orphant Annie is a popular 1885 narrative poem by James Whitcomb Riley, known for its spooky moral tales and its influence on later orphan-girl characters in American culture.
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B.
O mio babbino caro
"O mio babbino caro" is a famous soprano aria from Giacomo Puccini's opera "Gianni Schicchi," renowned for its lyrical beauty and emotional expressiveness.
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C.
Annie
Annie is the young protagonist of the 1991 horror-comedy film "Critters 3," who leads the fight for survival against the alien creatures attacking her apartment building.
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D.
Annie
Annie is a Norwegian pop singer and DJ known for her stylish, electro-pop sound and influential presence in the early 2000s dance and indie scenes.
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E.
Annie
Annie is a central child protagonist in the science-themed children's book series "George's Secret Key to the Universe," where she joins George on educational space adventures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tom and Jerry cartoon
ⓘ
animated short film ⓘ |
| animationStudio |
MGM Cartoon Studio
ⓘ
linked to:
MGM Animation
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| animationType | traditional hand-drawn animation ⓘ |
| award | Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| basedOn | Tom and Jerry characters created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera ⓘ |
| chronologyPosition | one of the late-1940s Tom and Jerry shorts ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director |
Joseph Barbera
ⓘ
William Hanna ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Jerry Mouse
ⓘ
Nibbles ⓘ Tom Cat ⓘ Tuffy ⓘ |
| featuresOrphanCharacter | Nibbles ⓘ |
| format | theatrical short ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
slapstick ⓘ |
| musicBy | Scott Bradley ⓘ |
| notableFor | introducing Nibbles as an orphan mouse in a Thanksgiving-themed story ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise |
Tom and Jerry theatrical shorts
ⓘ
linked to:
Tom and Jerry (theatrical shorts for MGM)
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| plotSummary | Tom and Jerry care for a hungry orphan mouse named Nibbles during a Thanksgiving feast. ⓘ |
| producer | Fred Quimby ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
MGM Cartoon Studio
ⓘ
linked to:
MGM Animation
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1949-09-30 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 7 ⓘ |
| series |
Tom and Jerry
ⓘ
linked to:
Tom and Jerry (theatrical shorts for MGM)
|
| setting | Thanksgiving dinner ⓘ |
| sound | mono ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audiences ⓘ |
| title | The Little Orphan ⓘ |
| writtenBy |
Joseph Barbera
ⓘ
William Hanna ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Little Orphan Description of subject: The Little Orphan is a 1949 Tom and Jerry animated short film from MGM, directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, featuring the duo caring for a hungry orphan mouse named Nibbles.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.