Blueberries for Sal
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Blueberries for Sal is a classic 1948 children's picture book by Robert McCloskey that charmingly depicts a little girl and a bear cub accidentally swapping places while picking blueberries with their mothers in Maine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Blueberries for Sal canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blueberries for Sal Context triple: [Robert McCloskey, notableWork, Blueberries for Sal]
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A.
Wild Berries
"Wild Berries" is a notable poem by Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, reflecting his characteristic blend of lyrical imagery and social commentary.
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B.
Blueberries
"Blueberries" is a poem by Robert Frost that vividly portrays rural life and the labor of berry-picking in New England.
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C.
Bluets
Bluets is a lyrical, genre-defying book by Maggie Nelson that blends memoir, philosophy, and poetic meditation through an obsessive focus on the color blue.
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D.
Blueberry
Blueberry is a translucent light-blue color variant famously used on Apple’s early iMac G3 computers.
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E.
One Dozen Berrys
One Dozen Berrys is a 1958 rock and roll studio album by Chuck Berry that showcases his influential guitar work and songwriting during his early Chess Records period.
- 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: Blueberries for Sal Target entity description: Blueberries for Sal is a classic 1948 children's picture book by Robert McCloskey that charmingly depicts a little girl and a bear cub accidentally swapping places while picking blueberries with their mothers in Maine.
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A.
Wild Berries
"Wild Berries" is a notable poem by Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, reflecting his characteristic blend of lyrical imagery and social commentary.
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B.
Blueberries
"Blueberries" is a poem by Robert Frost that vividly portrays rural life and the labor of berry-picking in New England.
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C.
Bluets
Bluets is a lyrical, genre-defying book by Maggie Nelson that blends memoir, philosophy, and poetic meditation through an obsessive focus on the color blue.
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D.
Blueberry
Blueberry is a translucent light-blue color variant famously used on Apple’s early iMac G3 computers.
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E.
One Dozen Berrys
One Dozen Berrys is a 1958 rock and roll studio album by Chuck Berry that showcases his influential guitar work and songwriting during his early Chess Records period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
children's book
ⓘ
children's picture book ⓘ |
| author | Robert McCloskey ⓘ |
| awarded | Caldecott Honor ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| featuresCharacter |
Sal
ⓘ
Sal's mother ⓘ bear cub ⓘ mother bear ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
ⓘ
realistic fiction ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
blueberries
ⓘ
pails and the sound "kuplink, kuplank, kuplunk" ⓘ |
| hasSequel | One Morning in Maine ⓘ |
| illustrationStyle | black-and-white drawings ⓘ |
| illustrator | Robert McCloskey ⓘ |
| includedIn | many early childhood reading lists ⓘ |
| ISBN | 978-0-670-17589-1 ⓘ |
| literaryStatus | classic of American children's literature ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | parallel stories of child and bear cub ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | blueberry picking ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | 32 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Viking Press
ⓘ
linked to:
The Viking Press
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| settingLocation | Maine ⓘ |
| targetAudience | young children ⓘ |
| theme |
curiosity
ⓘ
mistaken identity ⓘ mother-child relationship ⓘ nature ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | mid-20th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Blueberries for Sal Description of subject: Blueberries for Sal is a classic 1948 children's picture book by Robert McCloskey that charmingly depicts a little girl and a bear cub accidentally swapping places while picking blueberries with their mothers in Maine.
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