Make Way for Ducklings duck family

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bronze sculpture public artwork sculpture group tourist attraction

The Make Way for Ducklings duck family is a beloved set of bronze sculptures in Boston’s Public Garden depicting the mother duck Mrs. Mallard and her ducklings from Robert McCloskey’s classic children’s book.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Make Way for Ducklings duck family canonical	1
Mallard family in Make Way for Ducklings	1
the duckling family in Make Way for Ducklings	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7095931 — 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: Make Way for Ducklings duck family
Context triple: [Pack statue, isFigureIn, Make Way for Ducklings duck family]

A. Jack the duckling
Jack the duckling is one of the bronze duckling characters from Robert McCloskey’s classic children’s book "Make Way for Ducklings," featured in the famous Boston Public Garden sculpture.
B. Lord Love a Duck
Lord Love a Duck is a 1966 dark teen comedy film satirizing high school culture and materialism, written and directed by George Axelrod and starring Roddy McDowall and Tuesday Weld.
C. The Duck
The Duck is the costumed duck mascot that represents the University of Oregon’s athletic teams, including the softball program.
D. Mack the duckling
Mack the duckling is one of the bronze duckling figures in the famous "Make Way for Ducklings" public sculpture in Boston, inspired by the classic children's book of the same name.
E. Ouack the duckling
Ouack the duckling is one of the fictional duckling characters from Robert McCloskey’s classic children’s book "Make Way for Ducklings."
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: Make Way for Ducklings duck family
Target entity description: The Make Way for Ducklings duck family is a beloved set of bronze sculptures in Boston’s Public Garden depicting the mother duck Mrs. Mallard and her ducklings from Robert McCloskey’s classic children’s book.

A. Jack the duckling
Jack the duckling is one of the bronze duckling characters from Robert McCloskey’s classic children’s book "Make Way for Ducklings," featured in the famous Boston Public Garden sculpture.
B. Lord Love a Duck
Lord Love a Duck is a 1966 dark teen comedy film satirizing high school culture and materialism, written and directed by George Axelrod and starring Roddy McDowall and Tuesday Weld.
C. The Duck
The Duck is the costumed duck mascot that represents the University of Oregon’s athletic teams, including the softball program.
D. Mack the duckling
Mack the duckling is one of the bronze duckling figures in the famous "Make Way for Ducklings" public sculpture in Boston, inspired by the classic children's book of the same name.
E. Ouack the duckling
Ouack the duckling is one of the fictional duckling characters from Robert McCloskey’s classic children’s book "Make Way for Ducklings."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bronze sculpture ⓘ public artwork ⓘ sculpture group ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
artist	Nancy Schön ⓘ
basedOn	Make Way for Ducklings ⓘ
basedOnWorkAuthor	Robert McCloskey ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
creator	Nancy Schön ⓘ
depicts	Jack the duckling ⓘ Kack the duckling ⓘ Lack the duckling ⓘ Mack the duckling ⓘ Mrs. Mallard ⓘ Nack the duckling ⓘ Ouack the duckling ⓘ Pack the duckling ⓘ Quack the duckling ⓘ
genre	children’s literature–inspired sculpture ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	icon of Boston Public Garden ⓘ symbol of Boston’s friendliness to families ⓘ
hasMotherDuck	Mrs. Mallard sculpture ⓘ
hasNumberOfDucklings	8 ⓘ
hasNumberOfSculptures	9 ⓘ
hasPart	Jack sculpture ⓘ Kack sculpture ⓘ Lack sculpture ⓘ Mack sculpture ⓘ Mrs. Mallard sculpture ⓘ linked to: Mrs. Mallard statue Nack sculpture ⓘ Ouack sculpture ⓘ linked to: Ouack statue Pack sculpture ⓘ Quack sculpture ⓘ linked to: Ouack statue
heritageDesignation	Boston landmark ⓘ
inception	1987 ⓘ
inspiredBy	duck family in the book Make Way for Ducklings ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Boston Public Garden ⓘ Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
locatedOn	a path in the Boston Public Garden ⓘ
material	bronze ⓘ
notableFor	being photographed by tourists ⓘ popularity with children ⓘ representation of a classic children’s book ⓘ
subjectOf	children’s literature tours in Boston ⓘ local tourism guides ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jack the duckling → partOf → the duckling family in Make Way for Ducklings ⓘ

linked to: Make Way for Ducklings duck family

Pack statue → isFigureIn → Make Way for Ducklings duck family ⓘ

Mr. Mallard → partOf → Mallard family in Make Way for Ducklings ⓘ