Joan Aiken
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Joan Aiken was a British author best known for her imaginative children’s books and alternative-history novels, including the acclaimed Wolves Chronicles series.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Joan Aiken canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16238000 — 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)
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Target entity: Joan Aiken Context triple: [Quentin Saxby Blake, hasCollaboratedWith, Joan Aiken]
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A.
Pauline Baynes
Pauline Baynes was a British illustrator best known for her iconic artwork for J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth writings and C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia.
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B.
Susan Cooper
Susan Cooper is a British-born American author best known for her award-winning fantasy series "The Dark Is Rising."
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C.
Joan W. Harris
Joan W. Harris was a Chicago-based philanthropist and arts patron known for her leadership and major contributions to cultural and educational institutions.
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D.
Christianna Brand
Christianna Brand was a British crime and children's author best known for her "Nurse Matilda" stories, which inspired the film "Nanny McPhee."
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E.
Alice de Hales
Alice de Hales was an English noblewoman of the early 14th century, best known as the wife of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk and son of King Edward I.
- 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: Joan Aiken Target entity description: Joan Aiken was a British author best known for her imaginative children’s books and alternative-history novels, including the acclaimed Wolves Chronicles series.
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A.
Pauline Baynes
Pauline Baynes was a British illustrator best known for her iconic artwork for J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth writings and C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia.
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B.
Susan Cooper
Susan Cooper is a British-born American author best known for her award-winning fantasy series "The Dark Is Rising."
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C.
Joan W. Harris
Joan W. Harris was a Chicago-based philanthropist and arts patron known for her leadership and major contributions to cultural and educational institutions.
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D.
Christianna Brand
Christianna Brand was a British crime and children's author best known for her "Nurse Matilda" stories, which inspired the film "Nanny McPhee."
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E.
Alice de Hales
Alice de Hales was an English noblewoman of the early 14th century, best known as the wife of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk and son of King Edward I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.