Porcupine
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"Porcupine" is a young adult novel by Meg Tilly that follows a girl coping with family loss and upheaval after her father's death in a military accident.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Porcupine canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11319376 — 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: Porcupine Context triple: [Meg Tilly, authorOf, Porcupine]
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A.
Porcupine
Porcupine is a small community located within the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in the United States.
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B.
Porcupine
Porcupine is a historic mining community and neighborhood within the city of Timmins in northeastern Ontario, Canada.
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C.
Indian crested porcupine
The Indian crested porcupine is a large, nocturnal rodent native to South Asia, easily recognized by its long, erectile quills and robust, burrowing lifestyle.
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D.
Pachi the porcupine
Pachi the porcupine is the cheerful, multi-colored porcupine character created as the official mascot of the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto.
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E.
Hérisson
Hérisson is the French nickname for Marcel Duchamp’s influential readymade sculpture "Bottle Rack," a seminal work in the development of conceptual art.
- 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: Porcupine Target entity description: "Porcupine" is a young adult novel by Meg Tilly that follows a girl coping with family loss and upheaval after her father's death in a military accident.
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A.
Porcupine
Porcupine is a historic mining community and neighborhood within the city of Timmins in northeastern Ontario, Canada.
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B.
Porcupine
Porcupine is a small community located within the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in the United States.
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C.
Indian crested porcupine
The Indian crested porcupine is a large, nocturnal rodent native to South Asia, easily recognized by its long, erectile quills and robust, burrowing lifestyle.
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D.
Pachi the porcupine
Pachi the porcupine is the cheerful, multi-colored porcupine character created as the official mascot of the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto.
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E.
Hérisson
Hérisson is the French nickname for Marcel Duchamp’s influential readymade sculpture "Bottle Rack," a seminal work in the development of conceptual art.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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young adult novel ⓘ |
| author | Meg Tilly ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
animals as symbols
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rural landscape ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| explores |
how children process parental death
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the impact of military service on families ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
a girl coping with her father’s death in a military accident
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family upheaval after a parent’s death ⓘ |
| genre |
realistic fiction
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young adult fiction ⓘ |
| hasEmotionalTone |
bittersweet
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poignant ⓘ |
| hasForm | print ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistNickname | Jack ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistRole | daughter of a soldier ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Canadian Armed Forces families
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adjusting to change ⓘ bereavement in adolescence ⓘ extended family dynamics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryCategory | Canadian young adult novel ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Jack ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A girl nicknamed Jack struggles to cope after her father dies in a military accident and her family life is upended. ⓘ |
| protagonistAgeGroup | adolescent ⓘ |
| protagonistGender | female ⓘ |
| setting |
Canada
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rural farm ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
teen readers
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young adults ⓘ |
| theme |
coming of age
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coping with trauma ⓘ displacement ⓘ family loss ⓘ grief ⓘ military families ⓘ resilience ⓘ rural life ⓘ sibling relationships ⓘ |
| workOfAuthor | Meg Tilly ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Porcupine Description of subject: "Porcupine" is a young adult novel by Meg Tilly that follows a girl coping with family loss and upheaval after her father's death in a military accident.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.