Of the Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles
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"Of the Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles" is a humorous narrative poem by T. S. Eliot depicting a chaotic dog fight, later incorporated into the musical Cats.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Of the Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles canonical | 2 |
| The Awful Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T971273 — 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: Of the Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles Context triple: [Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, containsPoem, Of the Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles]
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A.
Battle of the Pockets
The Battle of the Pockets was a series of intense engagements during the early World War II fighting on Bataan in which U.S. and Filipino forces contained and destroyed Japanese penetrations in their defensive lines.
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B.
Old Fuss and Feathers
Old Fuss and Feathers was the famous nickname of Winfield Scott, a prominent 19th-century U.S. Army general known for his strict discipline and elaborate military bearing.
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C.
The Dogs of War
The Dogs of War is a 1980 political war film based on Frederick Forsyth’s novel, following mercenaries hired to overthrow a fictional African dictator.
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D.
The Pleased
The Pleased was an indie rock band from San Francisco known for featuring harpist-singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom as a member early in her career.
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E.
The Peg
The Peg is a colloquial nickname for Winnipeg, the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Manitoba.
- 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: Of the Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles Target entity description: "Of the Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles" is a humorous narrative poem by T. S. Eliot depicting a chaotic dog fight, later incorporated into the musical Cats.
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A.
Battle of the Pockets
The Battle of the Pockets was a series of intense engagements during the early World War II fighting on Bataan in which U.S. and Filipino forces contained and destroyed Japanese penetrations in their defensive lines.
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B.
Old Fuss and Feathers
Old Fuss and Feathers was the famous nickname of Winfield Scott, a prominent 19th-century U.S. Army general known for his strict discipline and elaborate military bearing.
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C.
The Dogs of War
The Dogs of War is a 1980 political war film based on Frederick Forsyth’s novel, following mercenaries hired to overthrow a fictional African dictator.
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D.
The Pleased
The Pleased was an indie rock band from San Francisco known for featuring harpist-singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom as a member early in her career.
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E.
The Peg
The Peg is a colloquial nickname for Winnipeg, the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Manitoba.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
humorous poem
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narrative poem ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | musical number in Cats ⓘ |
| author | T. S. Eliot ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | T. S. Eliot ⓘ |
| depicts | dog fight ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
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light verse ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Cats ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter |
Pekes
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linked to:
Pug
Pollicles ⓘ |
| includedIn | collections of T. S. Eliot's poems ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | children ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| meter | rhymed verse ⓘ |
| partOf | Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| setting | street ⓘ |
| style | nonsense verse ⓘ |
| subject |
Pekes
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linked to:
Pug
Pollicles ⓘ dogs ⓘ |
| theme |
animal rivalry
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chaos ⓘ parody of epic battles ⓘ |
| tone | comic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Of the Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles Description of subject: "Of the Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles" is a humorous narrative poem by T. S. Eliot depicting a chaotic dog fight, later incorporated into the musical Cats.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
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containsPoem
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Of the Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles
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linked to: Of the Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles