Centerburg Tales
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Centerburg Tales is a collection of humorous short stories for children by Robert McCloskey, set in the fictional Midwestern town of Centerburg and featuring the adventures of Homer Price.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Centerburg Tales canonical | 4 |
| Centerburg stories | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7095702 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Centerburg Tales Context triple: [Robert McCloskey, notableWork, Centerburg Tales]
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A.
Tales of St. Austin's
Tales of St. Austin's is a collection of early humorous school stories by P. G. Wodehouse set in the fictional English public school of St. Austin's.
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B.
Whilomville Stories
Whilomville Stories is a collection of short stories by Stephen Crane that depict small-town American life with his characteristic realism and psychological insight.
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C.
Athens of the Prairie
Athens of the Prairie is a nickname for Columbus, Indiana, highlighting its renowned collection of modernist architecture and design.
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D.
Winesburg, Ohio
Winesburg, Ohio is a seminal 1919 short story cycle by Sherwood Anderson that portrays the inner lives and emotional isolation of residents in a small Midwestern town.
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E.
The Town Down the River
"The Town Down the River" is a notable poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson that reflects his characteristic meditations on small-town life, human nature, and quiet existential struggle.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Centerburg Tales Target entity description: Centerburg Tales is a collection of humorous short stories for children by Robert McCloskey, set in the fictional Midwestern town of Centerburg and featuring the adventures of Homer Price.
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A.
Tales of St. Austin's
Tales of St. Austin's is a collection of early humorous school stories by P. G. Wodehouse set in the fictional English public school of St. Austin's.
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B.
Whilomville Stories
Whilomville Stories is a collection of short stories by Stephen Crane that depict small-town American life with his characteristic realism and psychological insight.
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C.
Athens of the Prairie
Athens of the Prairie is a nickname for Columbus, Indiana, highlighting its renowned collection of modernist architecture and design.
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D.
Winesburg, Ohio
Winesburg, Ohio is a seminal 1919 short story cycle by Sherwood Anderson that portrays the inner lives and emotional isolation of residents in a small Midwestern town.
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E.
The Town Down the River
"The Town Down the River" is a notable poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson that reflects his characteristic meditations on small-town life, human nature, and quiet existential struggle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
children's book
ⓘ
humorous fiction work ⓘ short story collection ⓘ |
| author | Robert McCloskey ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| features | adventures of Homer Price ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
ⓘ
humor ⓘ short stories ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Homer Price
ⓘ
residents of Centerburg ⓘ |
| hasFictionalLocation |
Centerburg, Ohio (fictional)
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linked to:
Centerburg, Ohio
|
| hasIllustrationsBy | Robert McCloskey ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
humor in everyday situations
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ingenuity and problem-solving ⓘ small-town life ⓘ |
| hasWorkInSeries |
Centerburg Tales
ⓘ
Homer Price ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American children's literature ⓘ |
| literarySeries | Homer Price series ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Homer Price ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeInSeries | second Homer Price book ⓘ |
| publisher |
Viking Press
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linked to:
The Viking Press
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| setting |
Centerburg
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linked to:
Centerburg, Ohio
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| settingDescription | fictional Midwestern town ⓘ |
| targetAudience | children ⓘ |
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linked to: Centerburg Tales