The Mousehole Cat
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The Mousehole Cat is a beloved children's picture book by Antonia Barber, illustrated by Nicola Bayley, that retells the Cornish legend of a fisherman and his cat who save their village from famine.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Mousehole Cat canonical | 1 |
| The Mousehole Cat (stage adaptation) | 1 |
| The Mousehole Cat (television adaptation) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6427764 — 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 Mousehole Cat Context triple: [Mousehole, hasCulturalAssociation, The Mousehole Cat]
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A.
The Mystery Cat
The Mystery Cat is the epithet of Macavity, the elusive master-criminal feline from T. S. Eliot’s "Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats."
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B.
The Cat About Town
The Cat About Town is a distinguished, portly, and impeccably dressed feline character from T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats,” known for frequenting gentlemen’s clubs and living a life of refined leisure.
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C.
The Blue Kitten
The Blue Kitten is a musical comedy co-written by playwright Guy Bolton, known for its lighthearted plot and tuneful score typical of early 20th-century musical theatre.
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D.
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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E.
The Cat That Walked by Himself
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.
- 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 Mousehole Cat Target entity description: The Mousehole Cat is a beloved children's picture book by Antonia Barber, illustrated by Nicola Bayley, that retells the Cornish legend of a fisherman and his cat who save their village from famine.
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A.
The Mystery Cat
The Mystery Cat is the epithet of Macavity, the elusive master-criminal feline from T. S. Eliot’s "Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats."
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B.
The Cat About Town
The Cat About Town is a distinguished, portly, and impeccably dressed feline character from T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats,” known for frequenting gentlemen’s clubs and living a life of refined leisure.
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C.
The Blue Kitten
The Blue Kitten is a musical comedy co-written by playwright Guy Bolton, known for its lighthearted plot and tuneful score typical of early 20th-century musical theatre.
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D.
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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E.
The Cat That Walked by Himself
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
children's picture book
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literary work ⓘ |
| author | Antonia Barber ⓘ |
| basedOn | Cornish legend ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | retells the legend associated with Tom Bawcock's Eve in Mousehole ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Mowzer the cat
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Tom Bawcock ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
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picture book ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Mousehole Cat (stage adaptation)
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linked to:
The Mousehole Cat
The Mousehole Cat (television adaptation) ⓘ
linked to:
The Mousehole Cat
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| illustrationStyle |
detailed
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realistic ⓘ |
| illustrator | Nicola Bayley ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | a fisherman and his cat who save their village from famine ⓘ |
| notableFor |
evocative illustrations of Cornish coastal life
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popular retelling of a regional English legend ⓘ |
| setting | Mousehole, Cornwall, England ⓘ |
| targetAudience | children ⓘ |
| theme |
community
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courage ⓘ folklore ⓘ self-sacrifice ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Mousehole Cat Description of subject: The Mousehole Cat is a beloved children's picture book by Antonia Barber, illustrated by Nicola Bayley, that retells the Cornish legend of a fisherman and his cat who save their village from famine.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Mousehole Cat
linked to: The Mousehole Cat