Coraline
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Coraline is a dark fantasy novella by Neil Gaiman about a young girl who discovers a sinister parallel world behind a secret door in her new home.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Coraline canonical | 16 |
| Coraline (2009 film) | 1 |
| Coraline (graphic novel) | 1 |
| Coraline (stage musical) | 1 |
| Coraline Jones (voice) in Coraline | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1379350 — 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: Coraline Context triple: [Neil Gaiman, notableWork, Coraline]
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A.
Corpse Bride
Corpse Bride is a 2005 stop-motion animated dark fantasy film co-directed by Tim Burton, known for its gothic visual style, macabre romance, and distinctive musical elements.
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B.
The City of Lost Children
The City of Lost Children is a visually striking 1995 French science-fantasy film by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, known for its dark fairy-tale atmosphere and surreal steampunk world.
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C.
Wonderland
Wonderland is a rapid transit station in Revere, Massachusetts, serving as the northern terminus of Boston’s MBTA Blue Line.
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D.
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Nightmare Before Christmas is a stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy film that follows Jack Skellington from Halloween Town as he attempts to take over Christmas, blending gothic visuals with whimsical storytelling.
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E.
Matilda
Matilda is a virtuous and tragic noblewoman in Horace Walpole’s pioneering Gothic novel "The Castle of Otranto."
- 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: Coraline Target entity description: Coraline is a dark fantasy novella by Neil Gaiman about a young girl who discovers a sinister parallel world behind a secret door in her new home.
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A.
Corpse Bride
Corpse Bride is a 2005 stop-motion animated dark fantasy film co-directed by Tim Burton, known for its gothic visual style, macabre romance, and distinctive musical elements.
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B.
The City of Lost Children
The City of Lost Children is a visually striking 1995 French science-fantasy film by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, known for its dark fairy-tale atmosphere and surreal steampunk world.
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C.
Wonderland
Wonderland is a rapid transit station in Revere, Massachusetts, serving as the northern terminus of Boston’s MBTA Blue Line.
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D.
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Nightmare Before Christmas is a stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy film that follows Jack Skellington from Halloween Town as he attempts to take over Christmas, blending gothic visuals with whimsical storytelling.
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E.
Matilda
Matilda is a virtuous and tragic noblewoman in Horace Walpole’s pioneering Gothic novel "The Castle of Otranto."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
children's book
ⓘ
dark fantasy work ⓘ novella ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
Coraline (2009 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Coraline
Coraline (graphic novel) ⓘ
linked to:
Coraline
Coraline (stage musical) ⓘ
linked to:
Coraline
|
| author | Neil Gaiman ⓘ |
| awarded |
Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers
ⓘ
linked to:
Bram Stoker Award
Hugo Award for Best Novella ⓘ Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book ⓘ
linked to:
Locus Award
Nebula Award for Best Novella ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationStudio | Laika ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| genre |
dark fantasy
ⓘ
horror ⓘ |
| hasAdaptationDirector | Henry Selick ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Miss Forcible
ⓘ
Miss Spink ⓘ Mr. Bobo ⓘ Other Father ⓘ Other Mother ⓘ The Cat ⓘ
linked to:
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
|
| hasIllustrator | Dave McKean ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780380977789 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Coraline Jones ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dark tone for a children's book
ⓘ
depiction of an uncanny parallel world ⓘ |
| pageCount | about 160 ⓘ |
| plotElement |
button eyes
ⓘ
parallel world ⓘ secret door ⓘ |
| protagonist | Coraline Jones ⓘ |
| publisher |
Bloomsbury Publishing
ⓘ
HarperCollins ⓘ |
| setting | an old house in England ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
children
ⓘ
young adults ⓘ |
| theme |
courage
ⓘ
family ⓘ identity ⓘ otherness ⓘ temptation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Coraline Description of subject: Coraline is a dark fantasy novella by Neil Gaiman about a young girl who discovers a sinister parallel world behind a secret door in her new home.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.