The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin

E124567

British literature work children's book children's picture book

The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin is a classic children's picture book by Beatrix Potter that follows the mischievous adventures of an impudent red squirrel who narrowly escapes the wrath of an owl.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Squirrel Nutkin	11
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin canonical	10

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1049119 — 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: The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
Context triple: [Beatrix Potter, notableWork, The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin]

A. The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The Tale of Peter Rabbit is a classic children's picture book following the mischievous adventures of a young rabbit who disobeys his mother and sneaks into Mr. McGregor's garden.
B. The Reluctant Dragon
The Reluctant Dragon is a 1941 Disney film that blends live-action and animation to tell the humorous story of a gentle, poetry-loving dragon who prefers friendship over fighting.
C. 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.
D. The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows is a classic 1908 children’s novel by Kenneth Grahame that follows the adventures and friendships of anthropomorphic animals along an English riverbank.
E. Life in the Undergrowth
Life in the Undergrowth is a BBC nature documentary series exploring the hidden world and remarkable behaviors of invertebrates, presented and narrated by David Attenborough.
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: The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
Target entity description: The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin is a classic children's picture book by Beatrix Potter that follows the mischievous adventures of an impudent red squirrel who narrowly escapes the wrath of an owl.

A. The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The Tale of Peter Rabbit is a classic children's picture book following the mischievous adventures of a young rabbit who disobeys his mother and sneaks into Mr. McGregor's garden.
B. The Reluctant Dragon
The Reluctant Dragon is a 1941 Disney film that blends live-action and animation to tell the humorous story of a gentle, poetry-loving dragon who prefers friendship over fighting.
C. 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.
D. The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows is a classic 1908 children’s novel by Kenneth Grahame that follows the adventures and friendships of anthropomorphic animals along an English riverbank.
E. Life in the Undergrowth
Life in the Undergrowth is a BBC nature documentary series exploring the hidden world and remarkable behaviors of invertebrates, presented and narrated by David Attenborough.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British literature work ⓘ children's book ⓘ children's picture book ⓘ
adaptedTo	audio recordings ⓘ television animation ⓘ
author	Beatrix Potter ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
depictsSpecies	owl ⓘ red squirrel ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Old Brown ⓘ Squirrel Nutkin ⓘ linked to: The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin Timmy Tiptoes ⓘ
followedBy	The Tailor of Gloucester ⓘ
follows	the mischievous adventures of a red squirrel ⓘ
genre	animal fiction ⓘ children's literature ⓘ picture book ⓘ
hasAnimalProtagonist	squirrel ⓘ
hasAntagonist	Old Brown ⓘ
hasMoral	impertinence can lead to danger ⓘ one should respect authority ⓘ
hasPageCountApprox	about 59 pages ⓘ
illustrationFocus	British wildlife and landscape ⓘ
illustrationStyle	watercolour ⓘ
illustrator	Beatrix Potter ⓘ
includedIn	collections of Beatrix Potter stories ⓘ
languageStyle	rhymes and riddles used by Nutkin ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Edwardian era ⓘ
mainCharacter	Old Brown ⓘ Squirrel Nutkin ⓘ linked to: The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
mediaType	print ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor	blend of realism and fantasy ⓘ detailed naturalistic animal illustrations ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOfSeries	Beatrix Potter's little books ⓘ
precededBy	The Tale of Peter Rabbit ⓘ
publicationDate	1903 ⓘ
publisher	Frederick Warne & Co. ⓘ
setting	an island in a lake in the Lake District ⓘ
targetAudience	children ⓘ
theme	consequences of mischief ⓘ disobedience and punishment ⓘ respect for others ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting	early 20th century rural England ⓘ
writer	Beatrix Potter ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Beatrix Potter → notableWork → The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin ⓘ

The Tailor of Gloucester → isRelatedWork → The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin ⓘ

Peter Rabbit series → hasCharacter → Squirrel Nutkin ⓘ