Farmer Bunce
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Farmer Bunce is one of the three cruel and dim-witted farmers in Roald Dahl’s "Fantastic Mr. Fox," known for his gluttony and relentless attempts to capture Mr. Fox.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Farmer Bunce canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3673315 — 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: Farmer Bunce Context triple: [Fantastic Mr. Fox, character, Farmer Bunce]
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A.
Farmer Boggis
Farmer Boggis is one of the three cruel, gluttonous farmers who serve as antagonists to the clever title character in Roald Dahl's children's book "Fantastic Mr. Fox."
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B.
Hugh the Drover
Hugh the Drover is an early 20th-century English opera by Ralph Vaughan Williams that blends folk-song elements with a romantic tale set in rural England.
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C.
Goosefat Bill
Goosefat Bill is a roguish, sharp-tongued ally of Arthur and skilled fighter in the fantasy action film "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword."
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D.
Farmer Bean
Farmer Bean is one of the cruel, vindictive farmers and main antagonists in Roald Dahl’s story “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” known for his relentless attempts to capture the clever fox.
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E.
Old Dan Tucker
"Old Dan Tucker" is a traditional American folk song, popularized in modern times by artists like Bruce Springsteen through his folk and roots revival recordings.
- 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: Farmer Bunce Target entity description: Farmer Bunce is one of the three cruel and dim-witted farmers in Roald Dahl’s "Fantastic Mr. Fox," known for his gluttony and relentless attempts to capture Mr. Fox.
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A.
Farmer Boggis
Farmer Boggis is one of the three cruel, gluttonous farmers who serve as antagonists to the clever title character in Roald Dahl's children's book "Fantastic Mr. Fox."
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B.
Hugh the Drover
Hugh the Drover is an early 20th-century English opera by Ralph Vaughan Williams that blends folk-song elements with a romantic tale set in rural England.
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C.
Goosefat Bill
Goosefat Bill is a roguish, sharp-tongued ally of Arthur and skilled fighter in the fantasy action film "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword."
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D.
Farmer Bean
Farmer Bean is one of the cruel, vindictive farmers and main antagonists in Roald Dahl’s story “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” known for his relentless attempts to capture the clever fox.
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E.
Old Dan Tucker
"Old Dan Tucker" is a traditional American folk song, popularized in modern times by artists like Bruce Springsteen through his folk and roots revival recordings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
Fantastic Mr Fox (2009 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Fantastic Mr. Fox
|
| allyOf |
Farmer Bean
ⓘ
Farmer Boggis ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Fantastic Mr Fox
ⓘ
linked to:
Fantastic Mr. Fox
|
| associatedWith | Boggis, Bunce and Bean ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
cruelty to animals
ⓘ
gluttony ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
cruel
ⓘ
dim-witted ⓘ gluttonous ⓘ |
| creator | Roald Dahl ⓘ |
| diet |
doughnuts stuffed with goose liver paste
ⓘ
mashed goose livers ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Mr Fox
ⓘ
linked to:
Mr. Fox
Mrs Fox ⓘ
linked to:
Mrs. Fox
the Fox family ⓘ |
| firstPublicationAppearance |
Fantastic Mr Fox (1970)
ⓘ
linked to:
Fantastic Mr. Fox
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | children’s literature ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryUniverse |
Fantastic Mr Fox universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Mr. Fox
|
| medium | book ⓘ |
| memberOf | three farmers ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | relentless attempts to capture Mr Fox ⓘ |
| occupation | farmer ⓘ |
| personality |
greedy
ⓘ
violent ⓘ |
| physicalCharacteristic |
fat
ⓘ
pot-bellied ⓘ short ⓘ |
| portrayedInAdaptationAs | one of three main human villains ⓘ |
| roleInWork | antagonist in Fantastic Mr Fox ⓘ |
| workLocation |
countryside near Mr Fox’s hole
ⓘ
his farm ⓘ |
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: Farmer Bunce Description of subject: Farmer Bunce is one of the three cruel and dim-witted farmers in Roald Dahl’s "Fantastic Mr. Fox," known for his gluttony and relentless attempts to capture Mr. Fox.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.