The Cat That Walked by Himself
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The Cat That Walked by Himself is a Rudyard Kipling short story from his "Just So Stories" collection that whimsically explains how the once-wild cat came to live with humans while preserving his independence.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Cat That Walked by Himself canonical | 5 |
| The Cat that Walked by Himself | 1 |
| the Cat that walked by himself | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3235097 — 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 Cat That Walked by Himself Context triple: [The Elephant’s Child, relatedWorkByAuthor, The Cat That Walked by Himself]
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A.
The Cat's Meow
The Cat's Meow is a 2001 period mystery-drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich that dramatizes the infamous 1924 death aboard William Randolph Hearst's yacht involving figures like Charlie Chaplin and Marion Davies.
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B.
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.
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C.
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."
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D.
The Cat's-Paw
The Cat's-Paw is a 1934 American comedy film starring Harold Lloyd as a naive missionary’s son unwittingly drawn into small-town political corruption.
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E.
The Tale of Samuel Whiskers
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.
- 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 Cat That Walked by Himself Target entity description: The Cat That Walked by Himself is a Rudyard Kipling short story from his "Just So Stories" collection that whimsically explains how the once-wild cat came to live with humans while preserving his independence.
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A.
The Cat's Meow
The Cat's Meow is a 2001 period mystery-drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich that dramatizes the infamous 1924 death aboard William Randolph Hearst's yacht involving figures like Charlie Chaplin and Marion Davies.
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B.
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.
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C.
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."
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D.
The Cat's-Paw
The Cat's-Paw is a 1934 American comedy film starring Harold Lloyd as a naive missionary’s son unwittingly drawn into small-town political corruption.
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E.
The Tale of Samuel Whiskers
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
short story ⓘ |
| alternateTitle |
The Cat that Walked by Himself
ⓘ
linked to:
The Cat That Walked by Himself
|
| author | Rudyard Kipling ⓘ |
| collectionPosition | one of the longer stories in Just So Stories ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | public domain in many countries ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| explains | how the cat became a domestic animal ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1902 ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
ⓘ
fantasy fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
animated film adaptation
ⓘ
radio adaptation ⓘ stage adaptation ⓘ television adaptation ⓘ |
| hasDialogueWith |
Cow
ⓘ
Dog ⓘ Horse ⓘ Woman ⓘ |
| hasIllustrations | yes ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | The Cat That Walked by Himself ⓘ |
| illustrator | Rudyard Kipling ⓘ |
| includedIn | children's anthologies ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | children ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Edwardian literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
mythic
ⓘ
whimsical ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Cat
ⓘ
Cow ⓘ
linked to:
Bos taurus
Dog ⓘ Horse ⓘ Man ⓘ Woman ⓘ |
| motif |
magic and spells
ⓘ
repeated refrain "I am the Cat who walks by himself" ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | etiological tale ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalPublicationMedium | book ⓘ |
| partOf | Just So Stories ⓘ |
| preservesTrait | cat's independence ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstBookEdition |
Macmillan & Co.
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linked to:
Macmillan and Co.
|
| setting |
cave dwelling
ⓘ
prehistoric world ⓘ |
| theme |
bargaining and negotiation
ⓘ
domestication of animals ⓘ independence ⓘ relationship between humans and animals ⓘ |
| workInSeries |
Just So Stories series
ⓘ
linked to:
Just So Stories
|
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Cat That Walked by Himself Description of subject: The Cat That Walked by Himself is a Rudyard Kipling short story from his "Just So Stories" collection that whimsically explains how the once-wild cat came to live with humans while preserving his independence.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
The Elephant’s Child by Rudyard Kipling
linked to: The Cat That Walked by Himself
linked to: The Cat That Walked by Himself