The Tale of Samuel Whiskers

E128349

children's book short story work of fiction

The Tale of Samuel Whiskers is a children's story by Beatrix Potter featuring Tom Kitten's misadventures with a pair of scheming rats in an English farmhouse.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
The Tale of Samuel Whiskers canonical	7
The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding	5

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1049128 — 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 Samuel Whiskers
Context triple: [Beatrix Potter, notableWork, The Tale of Samuel Whiskers]

A. The Tale of Tom Kitten
The Tale of Tom Kitten is a classic children’s picture book by Beatrix Potter about a mischievous kitten whose antics disrupt his mother’s attempts to keep him neat and tidy.
B. The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse
The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse is a classic children's picture book featuring a tidy little wood-mouse and her encounters with various woodland creatures, written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
C. The Tale of Two Bad Mice
The Tale of Two Bad Mice is a classic children's picture book by Beatrix Potter about two mischievous mice who wreak havoc in a doll's house, blending gentle humor with moral lessons.
D. The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny is a classic children's picture book by Beatrix Potter that continues the adventures of Peter Rabbit and his cousin Benjamin in Mr. McGregor's garden.
E. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats is a whimsical collection of light verse about anthropomorphic cats by T. S. Eliot, best known today as the basis for the musical "Cats."
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 Samuel Whiskers
Target entity description: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers is a children's story by Beatrix Potter featuring Tom Kitten's misadventures with a pair of scheming rats in an English farmhouse.

A. The Tale of Tom Kitten
The Tale of Tom Kitten is a classic children’s picture book by Beatrix Potter about a mischievous kitten whose antics disrupt his mother’s attempts to keep him neat and tidy.
B. The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse
The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse is a classic children's picture book featuring a tidy little wood-mouse and her encounters with various woodland creatures, written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
C. The Tale of Two Bad Mice
The Tale of Two Bad Mice is a classic children's picture book by Beatrix Potter about two mischievous mice who wreak havoc in a doll's house, blending gentle humor with moral lessons.
D. The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny is a classic children's picture book by Beatrix Potter that continues the adventures of Peter Rabbit and his cousin Benjamin in Mr. McGregor's garden.
E. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats is a whimsical collection of light verse about anthropomorphic cats by T. S. Eliot, best known today as the basis for the musical "Cats."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	children's book ⓘ short story ⓘ work of fiction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	The Roly-Poly Pudding ⓘ
antagonist	Anna Maria ⓘ Samuel Whiskers ⓘ
author	Beatrix Potter ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
featuresAnimal	cat ⓘ rat ⓘ
genre	animal fiction ⓘ children's literature ⓘ
hasCharacter	Anna Maria ⓘ Mr. Samuel Whiskers ⓘ linked to: Samuel Whiskers Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit ⓘ linked to: Tabitha Twitchit Samuel Whiskers ⓘ Tom Kitten ⓘ
hasFictionalUniverse	Beatrix Potter's Lake District world ⓘ linked to: Beatrix Potter's little books
hasFormat	illustrated storybook ⓘ
hasIllustrationsBy	Beatrix Potter ⓘ
hasIllustrationStyle	watercolour ⓘ
hasParentCharacter	Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit ⓘ linked to: Tabitha Twitchit
hasPublisher	Frederick Warne & Co. ⓘ
includesMotif	domestic life ⓘ talking animals ⓘ
literaryPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ
mainCharacter	Anna Maria ⓘ Samuel Whiskers ⓘ Tom Kitten ⓘ
narrativeFocus	Tom Kitten's misadventures ⓘ linked to: Tom Kitten
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOfSeries	Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit universe ⓘ linked to: Peter Rabbit series
plotElement	Tom Kitten is captured by rats ⓘ linked to: Tom Kitten scheming rats plan to cook Tom Kitten ⓘ
protagonist	Tom Kitten ⓘ
setting	English farmhouse ⓘ rural England ⓘ
targetAudience	children ⓘ
theme	danger ⓘ family ⓘ mischief ⓘ
workType	illustrated children's tale ⓘ

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