Once Upon a Time (TV series)

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drama television series fantasy television series television series

Once Upon a Time is an American fantasy drama television series that intertwines classic fairy-tale characters with modern-day settings in the fictional town of Storybrooke.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Once Upon a Time	61
Once Upon a Time (TV series) canonical	7
Storybrooke	4
Once Upon a Time franchise	2
Once Upon a Time universe	2
"Once Upon a Time"	1
Ariel in Once Upon a Time	1
Once Upon a Time (TV series score)	1
Once Upon a Time season 1	1
Once Upon a Time, season 1, episode 1 "Pilot"	1
Season 1 of Once Upon a Time	1
Season 6 of Once Upon a Time	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2643660 — 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: Once Upon a Time (TV series)
Context triple: [Lady Tremaine, appearsIn, Once Upon a Time (TV series)]

A. Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland is a fantasy-drama television series that serves as a spin-off of Once Upon a Time, reimagining Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland with a darker, more serialized storyline.
B. Sofia the First
Sofia the First is an animated Disney Junior television series that follows a young girl who becomes a princess and learns life lessons in a magical kingdom.
C. The Vampire Diaries
The Vampire Diaries is a supernatural drama television series centered on vampires, romance, and small-town mysteries, based on L.J. Smith’s book series and originally aired on The CW.
D. Once Upon a One More Time
Once Upon a One More Time is a jukebox musical that reimagines classic fairy-tale princesses through the songs of Britney Spears.
E. Touch (TV series)
Touch is an American drama television series that follows a widowed father whose emotionally challenged son can predict future events through complex numerical patterns, intertwining global storylines around fate and interconnectedness.
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: Once Upon a Time (TV series)
Target entity description: Once Upon a Time is an American fantasy drama television series that intertwines classic fairy-tale characters with modern-day settings in the fictional town of Storybrooke.

A. Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland is a fantasy-drama television series that serves as a spin-off of Once Upon a Time, reimagining Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland with a darker, more serialized storyline.
B. Sofia the First
Sofia the First is an animated Disney Junior television series that follows a young girl who becomes a princess and learns life lessons in a magical kingdom.
C. The Vampire Diaries
The Vampire Diaries is a supernatural drama television series centered on vampires, romance, and small-town mysteries, based on L.J. Smith’s book series and originally aired on The CW.
D. Once Upon a One More Time
Once Upon a One More Time is a jukebox musical that reimagines classic fairy-tale princesses through the songs of Britney Spears.
E. Touch (TV series)
Touch is an American drama television series that follows a widowed father whose emotionally challenged son can predict future events through complex numerical patterns, intertwining global storylines around fate and interconnectedness.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	drama television series ⓘ fantasy television series ⓘ television series ⓘ
audioFormat	Dolby Digital 5.1 ⓘ
basedOn	fairy tales ⓘ
composer	Mark Isham ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
creator	Adam Horowitz ⓘ Edward Kitsis ⓘ
features	Anna ⓘ Belle ⓘ Captain Hook ⓘ Elsa ⓘ Evil Queen ⓘ linked to: The Evil Queen Peter Pan ⓘ Prince Charming ⓘ Robin Hood ⓘ Rumpelstiltskin ⓘ Snow White ⓘ
filmingLocation	British Columbia ⓘ Vancouver ⓘ
finalAired	2018-05-18 ⓘ
firstAired	2011-10-23 ⓘ
genre	drama ⓘ fantasy ⓘ
hasOpeningTheme	"Once Upon a Time" theme by Mark Isham ⓘ
mainCharacter	Emma Swan ⓘ Henry Mills ⓘ Prince Charming ⓘ Regina Mills ⓘ Rumpelstiltskin ⓘ Snow White ⓘ
narrativeDevice	dual timelines ⓘ flashbacks ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes	156 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons	7 ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
originallyBroadcastBy	American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
originalNetwork	ABC ⓘ
pictureFormat	HDTV 720p ⓘ
portrayedBy	Ginnifer Goodwin ⓘ Jared S. Gilmore ⓘ Jennifer Morrison ⓘ Josh Dallas ⓘ Lana Parrilla ⓘ Robert Carlyle ⓘ
productionCompany	ABC Studios ⓘ linked to: ABC studios Kitsis/Horowitz ⓘ
setting	Maine ⓘ Storybrooke ⓘ linked to: Once Upon a Time (TV series)
spinOff	Once Upon a Time in Wonderland ⓘ

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