A Foundling
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"A Foundling" is the subtitle of Henry Fielding's classic 1749 novel "The History of Tom Jones," which follows the life and adventures of an orphaned boy in 18th-century England.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Foundling canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10720032 — 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: A Foundling Context triple: [The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, hasSubtitle, A Foundling]
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A.
The Young Orphan
The Young Orphan is a late 19th-century realist portrait painting by American artist William Merritt Chase, depicting a solitary young girl in a dark dress against a muted background.
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B.
The Maid of the Oaks
The Maid of the Oaks is an 18th-century comedic play by British general and playwright John Burgoyne, originally written to celebrate a high-society wedding and later adapted for the London stage.
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C.
Jenny of Oldstones
"Jenny of Oldstones" is a haunting, melancholic song from the Game of Thrones universe, associated with the tragic character Jenny and popularized in the television series' eighth season.
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D.
Mother’s Mercy
Mother’s Mercy is the dramatic and controversial Season 5 finale of Game of Thrones, known for major character deaths and Cersei Lannister’s infamous walk of atonement.
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E.
Caddiegal
Caddiegal is an alternative name for the Gadigal, an Aboriginal group of the Eora Nation traditionally associated with the area around present-day Sydney, Australia.
- 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: A Foundling Target entity description: "A Foundling" is the subtitle of Henry Fielding's classic 1749 novel "The History of Tom Jones," which follows the life and adventures of an orphaned boy in 18th-century England.
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A.
The Young Orphan
The Young Orphan is a late 19th-century realist portrait painting by American artist William Merritt Chase, depicting a solitary young girl in a dark dress against a muted background.
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B.
The Maid of the Oaks
The Maid of the Oaks is an 18th-century comedic play by British general and playwright John Burgoyne, originally written to celebrate a high-society wedding and later adapted for the London stage.
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C.
Jenny of Oldstones
"Jenny of Oldstones" is a haunting, melancholic song from the Game of Thrones universe, associated with the tragic character Jenny and popularized in the television series' eighth season.
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D.
Mother’s Mercy
Mother’s Mercy is the dramatic and controversial Season 5 finale of Game of Thrones, known for major character deaths and Cersei Lannister’s infamous walk of atonement.
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E.
Caddiegal
Caddiegal is an alternative name for the Gadigal, an Aboriginal group of the Eora Nation traditionally associated with the area around present-day Sydney, Australia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | literary subtitle ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor | Henry Fielding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthorNationality | English ⓘ |
| associatedWithCountry | Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithLanguage | English ⓘ |
| associatedWithLiteraryMovement | English novel tradition ⓘ |
| associatedWithNarrativeForm | prose fiction GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedWithNotableCharacter |
Blifil
GENERATED
ⓘ
Sophia Western GENERATED ⓘ Squire Allworthy GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedWithOriginalMedium | print GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedWithOriginalPublicationPlace | London GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeriod | Augustan literature ⓘ |
| associatedWithPublicationFormat | book GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPublicationYear | 1749 GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedWithSettingCentury | 18th century GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedWithSettingCountry | England GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
identity
ⓘ
morality ⓘ orphanhood ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ social class ⓘ |
| associatedWithWorkType | novel ⓘ |
| describesMainCharacter | Tom Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSubtitleOf | The History of Tom Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfFullTitle | The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| refersToCharacterStatus | orphan ⓘ |
| usedInGenre |
comic novel
ⓘ
picaresque novel ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: A Foundling Description of subject: "A Foundling" is the subtitle of Henry Fielding's classic 1749 novel "The History of Tom Jones," which follows the life and adventures of an orphaned boy in 18th-century England.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.