Green Children of Woolpit
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The Green Children of Woolpit are legendary medieval figures said to be two mysterious, green-skinned children who appeared in the English village of Woolpit, inspiring enduring folklore and speculation about their origins.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Green Children of Woolpit canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12622963 — 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: Green Children of Woolpit Context triple: [Woolpit, notableFor, Green Children of Woolpit]
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A.
Little Wakering
Little Wakering is a small village in Essex, England, known for its rural character and proximity to the coastal marshes near Southend-on-Sea.
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B.
The Black Windmill
The Black Windmill is a 1974 British spy thriller film directed by Don Siegel and starring Michael Caine as an MI6 agent whose son is kidnapped by arms dealers.
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C.
The Witch in the Wood
The Witch in the Wood is a fantasy novel by T. H. White, later revised and republished as The Queen of Air and Darkness, that forms part of his Arthurian cycle The Once and Future King.
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D.
The Wee Man
The Wee Man is a Scottish crime film that dramatizes the life of Glasgow gangster Paul Ferris and the city’s violent underworld.
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E.
There Was a Child Went Forth
"There Was a Child Went Forth" is a reflective, early-life-themed poem by Walt Whitman that explores how a child's identity is shaped by the people, places, and experiences around them.
- 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: Green Children of Woolpit Target entity description: The Green Children of Woolpit are legendary medieval figures said to be two mysterious, green-skinned children who appeared in the English village of Woolpit, inspiring enduring folklore and speculation about their origins.
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A.
Little Wakering
Little Wakering is a small village in Essex, England, known for its rural character and proximity to the coastal marshes near Southend-on-Sea.
-
B.
The Black Windmill
The Black Windmill is a 1974 British spy thriller film directed by Don Siegel and starring Michael Caine as an MI6 agent whose son is kidnapped by arms dealers.
-
C.
The Witch in the Wood
The Witch in the Wood is a fantasy novel by T. H. White, later revised and republished as The Queen of Air and Darkness, that forms part of his Arthurian cycle The Once and Future King.
-
D.
The Wee Man
The Wee Man is a Scottish crime film that dramatizes the life of Glasgow gangster Paul Ferris and the city’s violent underworld.
-
E.
There Was a Child Went Forth
"There Was a Child Went Forth" is a reflective, early-life-themed poem by Walt Whitman that explores how a child's identity is shaped by the people, places, and experiences around them.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.