Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

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children’s novel fantasy novel nonsense literature novel

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is Lewis Carroll’s classic 1865 fantasy novel about a young girl’s surreal journey through a whimsical, illogical world populated by peculiar creatures and absurd situations.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland	27
Alice in Wonderland	11
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland canonical	6
"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"	1
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865 novel)	1
Alice's guide into Wonderland	1
Alice’s Adventures in Oxford	1
Down the Rabbit-Hole	1
Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland	1
The Adventures in Wonderland	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1796930 — 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: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Context triple: [The Annotated Alice, containsWork, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland]

A. Alice in Wonderland
"Alice in Wonderland" is a classic 1951 animated fantasy film produced by Walt Disney that adapts Lewis Carroll’s whimsical tales of a young girl’s surreal adventures in a nonsensical world.
B. The Annotated Alice
The Annotated Alice is Martin Gardner’s influential, commentary-rich edition of Lewis Carroll’s Alice books, explaining their mathematical puzzles, wordplay, and cultural references.
C. Wonderland
Wonderland is a rapid transit station in Revere, Massachusetts, serving as the northern terminus of Boston’s MBTA Blue Line.
D. Wonderland
Wonderland is a song by the British pop group Take That, known for its upbeat, anthemic style and inclusion on their 2017 album of the same name.
E. Jabberwocky
"Jabberwocky" is a 1977 British fantasy film by Terry Gilliam that offers a darkly comic, surreal take on medieval adventure inspired by Lewis Carroll’s poem.
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: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Target entity description: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is Lewis Carroll’s classic 1865 fantasy novel about a young girl’s surreal journey through a whimsical, illogical world populated by peculiar creatures and absurd situations.

A. Alice in Wonderland
"Alice in Wonderland" is a classic 1951 animated fantasy film produced by Walt Disney that adapts Lewis Carroll’s whimsical tales of a young girl’s surreal adventures in a nonsensical world.
B. The Annotated Alice
The Annotated Alice is Martin Gardner’s influential, commentary-rich edition of Lewis Carroll’s Alice books, explaining their mathematical puzzles, wordplay, and cultural references.
C. Wonderland
Wonderland is a rapid transit station in Revere, Massachusetts, serving as the northern terminus of Boston’s MBTA Blue Line.
D. Wonderland
Wonderland is a song by the British pop group Take That, known for its upbeat, anthemic style and inclusion on their 2017 album of the same name.
E. Jabberwocky
"Jabberwocky" is a 1977 British fantasy film by Terry Gilliam that offers a darkly comic, surreal take on medieval adventure inspired by Lewis Carroll’s poem.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	children’s novel ⓘ fantasy novel ⓘ nonsense literature ⓘ novel ⓘ
adaptedAs	animated film ⓘ ballet ⓘ comic ⓘ live-action film ⓘ opera ⓘ stage play ⓘ television series ⓘ video game ⓘ
alsoAppealsTo	adults ⓘ
author	Lewis Carroll ⓘ
authorRealName	Charles Lutwidge Dodgson ⓘ linked to: Lewis Carroll
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Caterpillar ⓘ Cheshire Cat ⓘ linked to: The Cheshire Cat Dormouse ⓘ Mad Hatter ⓘ linked to: The Mad Hatter March Hare ⓘ Queen of Hearts ⓘ White Rabbit ⓘ
featuresEvent	croquet game ⓘ tea party ⓘ trial of the Knave of Hearts ⓘ
featuresMotif	dream ⓘ growing up ⓘ identity ⓘ logic and illogic ⓘ
firstPublishedIn	London ⓘ linked to: London, England
hasSequel	Through the Looking-Glass ⓘ
hasTheme	absurdity of rules and authority ⓘ childhood and imagination ⓘ fluidity of reality ⓘ
illustrator	John Tenniel ⓘ
inspiredBy	stories told to Alice Liddell ⓘ
literaryGenre	children’s literature ⓘ fantasy ⓘ nonsense fiction ⓘ
mainCharacter	Alice ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person ⓘ
notableFor	logical paradoxes ⓘ wordplay ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
protagonist	Alice ⓘ
publicationYear	1865 ⓘ
publicDomainStatus	public domain in many countries ⓘ
publisher	Macmillan Publishers ⓘ
setting	Wonderland ⓘ
targetAudience	children ⓘ

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Referenced by (51)

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

The Annotated Alice → containsWork → Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland ⓘ

The Annotated Alice → basedOn → Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland ⓘ

Christ Church, Oxford → associatedWork → Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ⓘ