Kidnapped
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Kidnapped is a classic 1886 adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson that follows young David Balfour through political intrigue and perilous journeys in 18th-century Scotland.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kidnapped canonical | 32 |
| Kidnapped series | 1 |
| Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel "Kidnapped" | 1 |
| kidnapping of David Balfour | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3035930 — 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: Kidnapped Context triple: [Robert Louis Stevenson, notableWork, Kidnapped]
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A.
Treasure Island
Treasure Island is an artificial island in San Francisco Bay, originally built for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition and later used for military and residential purposes.
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B.
Five on a Treasure Island
Five on a Treasure Island is the inaugural adventure novel in Enid Blyton’s Famous Five series, introducing the group of children and their dog as they uncover hidden treasure on a coastal island.
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C.
The Scotsman
The Scotsman is a long-established Scottish daily newspaper based in Edinburgh, known for its coverage of national and international news, politics, and culture.
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D.
The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper is a historical novel by Mark Twain that tells the story of two boys—one a prince and the other a poor commoner—who swap identities in 16th-century England to explore themes of class and social justice.
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E.
The Boxer
"The Boxer" is a reflective folk rock ballad by Paul Simon, known for its poignant storytelling, rich acoustic arrangement, and iconic "lie-la-lie" refrain.
- 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: Kidnapped Target entity description: Kidnapped is a classic 1886 adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson that follows young David Balfour through political intrigue and perilous journeys in 18th-century Scotland.
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A.
Treasure Island
Treasure Island is an artificial island in San Francisco Bay, originally built for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition and later used for military and residential purposes.
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B.
Five on a Treasure Island
Five on a Treasure Island is the inaugural adventure novel in Enid Blyton’s Famous Five series, introducing the group of children and their dog as they uncover hidden treasure on a coastal island.
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C.
The Scotsman
The Scotsman is a long-established Scottish daily newspaper based in Edinburgh, known for its coverage of national and international news, politics, and culture.
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D.
The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper is a historical novel by Mark Twain that tells the story of two boys—one a prince and the other a poor commoner—who swap identities in 16th-century England to explore themes of class and social justice.
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E.
The Boxer
"The Boxer" is a reflective folk rock ballad by Paul Simon, known for its poignant storytelling, rich acoustic arrangement, and iconic "lie-la-lie" refrain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
adventure novel
ⓘ
historical novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
comic
ⓘ
film ⓘ radio drama ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| author | Robert Louis Stevenson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Colin Roy Campbell of Glenure
ⓘ
Ebenezer Balfour ⓘ Hoseason ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Young Folks magazine ⓘ |
| followedBy | Catriona ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
Highland clansman
ⓘ
Jacobite soldier ⓘ Lowland Scot ⓘ
linked to:
Scots
|
| hasLiterarySignificance |
considered a classic of adventure literature
ⓘ
widely read in English-speaking countries ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Alan Breck Stewart
ⓘ
David Balfour ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| narratorCharacter | David Balfour ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalPublicationForm | serial ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| plotElement |
flight across the Scottish Highlands
ⓘ
kidnapping of David Balfour ⓘ
linked to:
Kidnapped
political intrigue involving the Jacobites ⓘ sea voyage on the brig Covenant ⓘ shipwreck off the coast of Scotland ⓘ |
| protagonist | David Balfour ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1886 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Cassell & Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Cassell
|
| sequel | Catriona ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 18th-century Scotland ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Edinburgh
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ the Scottish Highlands ⓘ
linked to:
Scottish Highlands
|
| targetAudience |
general readership
ⓘ
young adults ⓘ |
| theme |
coming of age
ⓘ
identity ⓘ justice ⓘ loyalty ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Kidnapped Description of subject: Kidnapped is a classic 1886 adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson that follows young David Balfour through political intrigue and perilous journeys in 18th-century Scotland.
Referenced by (35)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kidnapped
subject linked to:
Eileen Way (voice in some sources disputed)
linked to: Kidnapped
subject linked to:
Young Folks magazine
linked to: Kidnapped