Whitbread Children's Book of the Year
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The Whitbread Children's Book of the Year was a prestigious UK literary award, part of the Whitbread (later Costa) Book Awards, recognizing outstanding children's literature.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Context triple: [Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, awarded, Whitbread Children's Book of the Year]
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A.
Whitbread Novel Award
The Whitbread Novel Award was a major British literary prize, later renamed the Costa Book Award for Novel, recognizing outstanding works of fiction by authors based in the UK and Ireland.
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B.
Golden Book Award
The Golden Book Award is a literary honor recognizing outstanding achievement and popularity in book publishing.
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C.
Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book
The Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book is a science fiction and fantasy literary award recognizing outstanding YA works, presented annually at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon).
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D.
British Book Awards Author of the Year
The British Book Awards Author of the Year is a major UK literary prize recognizing an author's outstanding achievement and impact in a given year across their body of work.
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E.
Royal Society of Literature Award
The Royal Society of Literature Award is a prestigious British literary honor presented by the Royal Society of Literature in recognition of outstanding works of writing.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Target entity description: The Whitbread Children's Book of the Year was a prestigious UK literary award, part of the Whitbread (later Costa) Book Awards, recognizing outstanding children's literature.
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A.
Whitbread Novel Award
The Whitbread Novel Award was a major British literary prize, later renamed the Costa Book Award for Novel, recognizing outstanding works of fiction by authors based in the UK and Ireland.
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B.
Golden Book Award
The Golden Book Award is a literary honor recognizing outstanding achievement and popularity in book publishing.
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C.
Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book
The Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book is a science fiction and fantasy literary award recognizing outstanding YA works, presented annually at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon).
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D.
British Book Awards Author of the Year
The British Book Awards Author of the Year is a major UK literary prize recognizing an author's outstanding achievement and impact in a given year across their body of work.
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E.
Royal Society of Literature Award
The Royal Society of Literature Award is a prestigious British literary honor presented by the Royal Society of Literature in recognition of outstanding works of writing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
children's literature award
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literary award ⓘ |
| awardFor | children's literature ⓘ |
| awardLevel | category award ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| discontinuedWith | cancellation of Costa Book Awards ⓘ |
| eligibility | books first published in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| endTime | 2019 ⓘ |
| formerNameOf |
Costa Children's Book Award
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linked to:
Whitbread Children's Book of the Year
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| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | children's books ⓘ |
| inception | 1971 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFeature | one of five main Whitbread/Costa Book Award categories ⓘ |
| notableWinner |
Cressida Cowell
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J. K. Rowling ⓘ Patrick Ness ⓘ Philip Pullman ⓘ |
| notableWinningWork |
A Monster Calls
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The Amber Spyglass ⓘ The Gruffalo ⓘ |
| organizer |
Whitbread Book Awards committee
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linked to:
Whitbread Book Award
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| parentAward | Whitbread Book of the Year ⓘ |
| partOf |
Costa Book Awards
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linked to:
Whitbread Book Award
Whitbread Book Awards ⓘ
linked to:
Whitbread Book Award
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| prestige | major UK children's book prize ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Costa Children's Book Award
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linked to:
Whitbread Children's Book of the Year
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| selectionProcess | judged by a panel of literary judges ⓘ |
| sponsor |
Costa Coffee
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Whitbread PLC ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| successor |
Costa Children's Book Award
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linked to:
Whitbread Children's Book of the Year
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Subject: Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Description of subject: The Whitbread Children's Book of the Year was a prestigious UK literary award, part of the Whitbread (later Costa) Book Awards, recognizing outstanding children's literature.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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subject linked to:
Sally Gardner (children's writer)
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subject linked to:
Sally Gardner (children's writer)
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
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British Book Award for Children's Book of the Year
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subject linked to:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (novel)
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War Horse (novel)
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