Pollicles
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Pollicles are a fictional breed of dogs featured in T. S. Eliot’s whimsical poem “Of the Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles” from *Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pollicles canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5109611 — 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: Pollicles Context triple: [Of the Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles, subject, Pollicles]
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A.
Pavelets
Pavelets is a locality in Russia whose name is notably borne by the Paveletsky railway station in Moscow.
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B.
Poliocitellus
Poliocitellus is a small genus of North American ground squirrels in the family Sciuridae, best known for species such as Franklin’s ground squirrel.
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C.
Perfugas
Perfugas is a small town and comune in the northern Sardinian region of Italy, known for its archaeological sites and Nuragic-era remains.
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D.
Maleae
Maleae is a tribe of flowering plants in the rose family (Rosaceae) that includes many economically important fruit-bearing genera such as apples and pears.
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E.
Rhea pennata
Rhea pennata is a large, flightless bird native to South America, known as the lesser rhea and characterized by its long legs, long neck, and ostrich-like appearance.
- 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: Pollicles Target entity description: Pollicles are a fictional breed of dogs featured in T. S. Eliot’s whimsical poem “Of the Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles” from *Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats*.
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A.
Pavelets
Pavelets is a locality in Russia whose name is notably borne by the Paveletsky railway station in Moscow.
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B.
Poliocitellus
Poliocitellus is a small genus of North American ground squirrels in the family Sciuridae, best known for species such as Franklin’s ground squirrel.
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C.
Perfugas
Perfugas is a small town and comune in the northern Sardinian region of Italy, known for its archaeological sites and Nuragic-era remains.
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D.
Maleae
Maleae is a tribe of flowering plants in the rose family (Rosaceae) that includes many economically important fruit-bearing genera such as apples and pears.
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E.
Rhea pennata
Rhea pennata is a large, flightless bird native to South America, known as the lesser rhea and characterized by its long legs, long neck, and ostrich-like appearance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional animal
ⓘ
fictional dog breed ⓘ literary character group ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
Of the Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles
ⓘ
Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats ⓘ
linked to:
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
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| associatedAuthor | T. S. Eliot ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy | T. S. Eliot ⓘ |
| describedAs | dogs ⓘ |
| firstPublicationCollection |
Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
ⓘ
linked to:
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
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| genre |
children’s literature
ⓘ
whimsical poetry ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature | name is a whimsical coinage by T. S. Eliot ⓘ |
| isFictional | true ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century British literature ⓘ |
| literaryUniverse |
Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
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| medium | poetry ⓘ |
| opposedToGroup | Pekes ⓘ |
| partOf | canine characters in Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats ⓘ |
| roleInWork | participants in a comic battle ⓘ |
| species | dog ⓘ |
| targetAudienceContext | children and adults ⓘ |
| workTypeContext | comic narrative poem ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pollicles Description of subject: Pollicles are a fictional breed of dogs featured in T. S. Eliot’s whimsical poem “Of the Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles” from *Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats*.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.