Awful Auntie
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Awful Auntie is a children's novel by David Walliams that blends dark humor and adventure in the story of a young girl battling her villainous aunt to save her family home.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Awful Auntie canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8030576 — 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: Awful Auntie Context triple: [David Walliams, notableWork, Awful Auntie]
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A.
The Old Lady
The Old Lady is a recurring comic character from Fontaine Fox’s early 20th-century newspaper strip "Toonerville Folks," known for embodying the quaint, humorous charm of small-town life.
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B.
Aunts Aren't Gentlemen
Aunts Aren't Gentlemen is a comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse in the Jeeves and Wooster series, featuring Bertie Wooster’s misadventures involving domineering aunts and the ever-resourceful valet Jeeves.
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C.
The Poor Relation
"The Poor Relation" is a notable poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson that characteristically explores themes of social marginalization and personal dignity through a psychologically nuanced portrait of an overlooked family member.
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D.
Thursbitch
Thursbitch is a novel by Alan Garner that blends myth, landscape, and time-slip elements in a haunting exploration of a remote Cheshire valley and its history.
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E.
The Old Maid
The Old Maid is a 1935 stage play by Zoë Akins, adapted from Edith Wharton’s novella, best known for its acclaimed Broadway production starring Helen Menken.
- 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: Awful Auntie Target entity description: Awful Auntie is a children's novel by David Walliams that blends dark humor and adventure in the story of a young girl battling her villainous aunt to save her family home.
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A.
The Old Lady
The Old Lady is a recurring comic character from Fontaine Fox’s early 20th-century newspaper strip "Toonerville Folks," known for embodying the quaint, humorous charm of small-town life.
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B.
Aunts Aren't Gentlemen
Aunts Aren't Gentlemen is a comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse in the Jeeves and Wooster series, featuring Bertie Wooster’s misadventures involving domineering aunts and the ever-resourceful valet Jeeves.
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C.
The Poor Relation
"The Poor Relation" is a notable poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson that characteristically explores themes of social marginalization and personal dignity through a psychologically nuanced portrait of an overlooked family member.
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D.
Thursbitch
Thursbitch is a novel by Alan Garner that blends myth, landscape, and time-slip elements in a haunting exploration of a remote Cheshire valley and its history.
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E.
The Old Maid
The Old Maid is a 1935 stage play by Zoë Akins, adapted from Edith Wharton’s novella, best known for its acclaimed Broadway production starring Helen Menken.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | children's novel ⓘ |
| adaptationType | stage play ⓘ |
| adaptedFor | theatre ⓘ |
| antagonist | Aunt Alberta ⓘ |
| author | David Walliams ⓘ |
| character |
Aunt Alberta
ⓘ
Soot ⓘ Stella Saxby ⓘ Wagner ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| features | villainous aunt ⓘ |
| followedBy | Grandpa's Great Escape ⓘ |
| follows | Demon Dentist ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
ⓘ
children's literature ⓘ comic novel ⓘ fantasy fiction ⓘ humour ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Awful Auntie stage adaptation ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationStyle | black-and-white line drawings ⓘ |
| hasIllustrator | Tony Ross ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
courage
ⓘ
family ⓘ friendship ⓘ good versus evil ⓘ greed ⓘ inheritance dispute ⓘ |
| hasTone | dark humour ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Stella Saxby ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor | blend of dark humour and adventure ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A young girl battles her villainous aunt to save her family home. ⓘ |
| protagonist | Stella Saxby ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2014 ⓘ |
| publisher |
HarperCollins
ⓘ
HarperCollins Children's Books ⓘ
linked to:
Collins Children’s Books
|
| setting | Saxby Hall ⓘ |
| targetAgeRange | 8–12 ⓘ |
| targetAudience | children ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Awful Auntie Description of subject: Awful Auntie is a children's novel by David Walliams that blends dark humor and adventure in the story of a young girl battling her villainous aunt to save her family home.
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