Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates
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Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates is a classic 1865 children’s novel set in the Netherlands that popularized the story of a heroic Dutch boy and helped introduce American readers to Dutch culture and ice-skating traditions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates canonical | 3 |
| novel "Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12206425 — 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: Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates Context triple: [Mary Mapes Dodge, hasNotableWork, Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates]
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The Errand Boy
The Errand Boy is a 1961 American comedy film directed by and starring Jerry Lewis, in which he plays a bumbling studio gofer causing chaos behind the scenes in Hollywood.
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B.
The Errand Boy
The Errand Boy is a 19th-century rags-to-riches novel by Horatio Alger Jr. that follows a poor youth striving for success through hard work and perseverance.
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C.
The Little Princess
The Little Princess is a 1917 silent film adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s novel "A Little Princess," starring Mary Pickford as the imaginative young heroine Sara Crewe.
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D.
The Brave Little Tailor
The Brave Little Tailor is a classic fairy tale, popularized by the Brothers Grimm and later adapted by Disney, about a clever tailor who uses his wits and exaggerated boasts to overcome seemingly impossible challenges.
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E.
The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino
The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino is a classic Russian children's fairy-tale novella that playfully reimagines the story of Pinocchio, following the wooden puppet Buratino through humorous and adventurous escapades.
- 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: Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates Target entity description: Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates is a classic 1865 children’s novel set in the Netherlands that popularized the story of a heroic Dutch boy and helped introduce American readers to Dutch culture and ice-skating traditions.
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A.
The Errand Boy
The Errand Boy is a 1961 American comedy film directed by and starring Jerry Lewis, in which he plays a bumbling studio gofer causing chaos behind the scenes in Hollywood.
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B.
The Errand Boy
The Errand Boy is a 19th-century rags-to-riches novel by Horatio Alger Jr. that follows a poor youth striving for success through hard work and perseverance.
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C.
The Little Princess
The Little Princess is a 1917 silent film adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s novel "A Little Princess," starring Mary Pickford as the imaginative young heroine Sara Crewe.
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D.
The Brave Little Tailor
The Brave Little Tailor is a classic fairy tale, popularized by the Brothers Grimm and later adapted by Disney, about a clever tailor who uses his wits and exaggerated boasts to overcome seemingly impossible challenges.
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E.
The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino
The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino is a classic Russian children's fairy-tale novella that playfully reimagines the story of Pinocchio, following the wooden puppet Buratino through humorous and adventurous escapades.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Mary Mapes Dodge House
linked to: Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates
subject linked to:
Dodge