Twelve Months
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"Twelve Months" is a classic Soviet-era children's fairy-tale play by Samuil Marshak that weaves moral lessons into a story about a girl sent to gather impossible gifts with the magical help of the personified months of the year.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Twelve Months (1956 film) | 1 |
| Twelve Months canonical | 1 |
| the Twelve Months | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9252441 — 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: Twelve Months Context triple: [Samuil Marshak, notableWork, Twelve Months]
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A.
Twelve Months, Eleven Days
"Twelve Months, Eleven Days" is a pop album by British singer-songwriter Gary Barlow, known for its melodic ballads and reflective lyrics following his success with Take That.
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B.
The Last Month of the Year
The Last Month of the Year is a Christmas-themed folk album by the Kingston Trio, featuring traditional and contemporary holiday songs in their signature harmony-driven style.
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C.
12th of Never
12th of Never is a crime thriller novel by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, part of the Women's Murder Club series following a group of women solving complex murder cases in San Francisco.
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D.
A Year from Monday
A Year from Monday is a collection of essays, lectures, and writings by avant-garde composer John Cage that explores his experimental ideas on music, art, and philosophy.
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E.
A Week in December
A Week in December is a contemporary novel by Sebastian Faulks that interweaves the lives of several Londoners over the course of one week, exploring themes of finance, terrorism, and modern urban life.
- 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: Twelve Months Target entity description: "Twelve Months" is a classic Soviet-era children's fairy-tale play by Samuil Marshak that weaves moral lessons into a story about a girl sent to gather impossible gifts with the magical help of the personified months of the year.
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A.
Twelve Months, Eleven Days
"Twelve Months, Eleven Days" is a pop album by British singer-songwriter Gary Barlow, known for its melodic ballads and reflective lyrics following his success with Take That.
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B.
The Last Month of the Year
The Last Month of the Year is a Christmas-themed folk album by the Kingston Trio, featuring traditional and contemporary holiday songs in their signature harmony-driven style.
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C.
12th of Never
12th of Never is a crime thriller novel by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, part of the Women's Murder Club series following a group of women solving complex murder cases in San Francisco.
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D.
A Year from Monday
A Year from Monday is a collection of essays, lectures, and writings by avant-garde composer John Cage that explores his experimental ideas on music, art, and philosophy.
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E.
A Week in December
A Week in December is a contemporary novel by Sebastian Faulks that interweaves the lives of several Londoners over the course of one week, exploring themes of finance, terrorism, and modern urban life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet play
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children's play ⓘ fairy-tale play ⓘ play ⓘ |
| author | Samuil Marshak ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| educationalUse | moral education for children ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
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drama ⓘ fairy tale ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
animated adaptations
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film adaptations ⓘ stage productions ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Queen
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Stepmother ⓘ Stepsister ⓘ the Twelve Months ⓘ
linked to:
Twelve Months
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| hasCharacterType | personified natural forces ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | children ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | classic of Soviet children's drama ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | stepdaughter ⓘ |
| moral |
goodness and hard work are rewarded
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greed and cruelty are punished ⓘ |
| motif |
impossible tasks
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magic ⓘ personification of months ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| period | Soviet era ⓘ |
| plotDetail |
a girl is sent to gather impossible gifts in winter
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the girl receives magical help from the personified months ⓘ |
| setting | fairy-tale kingdom ⓘ |
| theme |
greed
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honesty ⓘ justice ⓘ kindness ⓘ punishment for selfishness ⓘ reward for virtue ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Twelve Months Description of subject: "Twelve Months" is a classic Soviet-era children's fairy-tale play by Samuil Marshak that weaves moral lessons into a story about a girl sent to gather impossible gifts with the magical help of the personified months of the year.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Twelve Months
linked to: Twelve Months