The United Idolaters
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The United Idolaters is one of the stories in Rudyard Kipling’s schoolboy collection *Stalky & Co.*, featuring the mischievous exploits of the students at a British boarding school.
All labels observed (1)
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| The United Idolaters canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11824467 — 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: The United Idolaters Context triple: [Stalky & Co., hasPart, The United Idolaters]
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A.
De Idololatria
De Idololatria is an early Christian treatise by Tertullian that rigorously examines and condemns various forms of idolatry in the life of believers.
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B.
Idola Theatri
Idola Theatri is Francis Bacon’s term for the false philosophical systems and dogmas that mislead human understanding like plays on a stage.
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C.
The Idol
The Idol is a controversial HBO drama series co-created by Sam Levinson that follows a troubled pop star, played by Lily-Rose Depp, as she becomes entangled with a self-help cult leader in the Los Angeles music industry.
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D.
The Idol
The Idol is a 2015 Palestinian drama film directed by Hany Abu-Assad that tells the inspirational true story of Gaza singer Mohammed Assaf’s rise to fame on Arab Idol.
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E.
The Idolmaker
The Idolmaker is a 1980 musical drama film about a rock-and-roll talent promoter in the 1950s, directed by Taylor Hackford and known for its exploration of the creation of teen idols.
- 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 United Idolaters Target entity description: The United Idolaters is one of the stories in Rudyard Kipling’s schoolboy collection *Stalky & Co.*, featuring the mischievous exploits of the students at a British boarding school.
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A.
De Idololatria
De Idololatria is an early Christian treatise by Tertullian that rigorously examines and condemns various forms of idolatry in the life of believers.
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B.
Idola Theatri
Idola Theatri is Francis Bacon’s term for the false philosophical systems and dogmas that mislead human understanding like plays on a stage.
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C.
The Idol
The Idol is a controversial HBO drama series co-created by Sam Levinson that follows a troubled pop star, played by Lily-Rose Depp, as she becomes entangled with a self-help cult leader in the Los Angeles music industry.
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D.
The Idol
The Idol is a 2015 Palestinian drama film directed by Hany Abu-Assad that tells the inspirational true story of Gaza singer Mohammed Assaf’s rise to fame on Arab Idol.
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E.
The Idolmaker
The Idolmaker is a 1980 musical drama film about a rock-and-roll talent promoter in the 1950s, directed by Taylor Hackford and known for its exploration of the creation of teen idols.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional work
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Rudyard Kipling ⓘ |
| basedOn | Kipling’s experiences at United Services College ⓘ |
| collectionPublication | 1899 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Beetle
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M‘Turk ⓘ Stalky ⓘ |
| firstPublishedInCollection | Stalky & Co. ⓘ |
| genre |
comic fiction
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school story ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience |
general readership
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young adult readers ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
rebellion against authority
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satire of school life ⓘ schoolboy mischief ⓘ |
| includedIn | collected editions of Stalky & Co. ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | late Victorian literature ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| partOf | Stalky & Co. ⓘ |
| setting | British boarding school ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The United Idolaters Description of subject: The United Idolaters is one of the stories in Rudyard Kipling’s schoolboy collection *Stalky & Co.*, featuring the mischievous exploits of the students at a British boarding school.
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