Wild Cat Island
E131872
Wild Cat Island is the fictional island in Arthur Ransome’s "Swallows and Amazons" series, serving as the central adventure setting for the children’s sailing and camping exploits.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wild Cat Island canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1149668 — 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: Wild Cat Island Context triple: [Coniston Water, usedAsModelFor, Wild Cat Island]
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A.
Cat Island
Cat Island is one of the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior, known for its forested landscape and relatively undeveloped, natural shoreline.
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B.
Isla de las Muñecas
Isla de las Muñecas is a small, eerie island in Xochimilco, Mexico, famous for its trees and structures covered with hundreds of hanging dolls said to be placed there to appease the spirit of a drowned girl.
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C.
Sandfly Island
Sandfly Island is a small island located in Central Province of the Solomon Islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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D.
Snow Island
Snow Island is a remote, ice-covered island in Antarctica’s South Shetland Islands archipelago, known for its harsh polar climate and largely untouched environment.
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E.
Grub Island
Grub Island is a small island within the Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India, known for its rich marine biodiversity and coral reefs.
- 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: Wild Cat Island Target entity description: Wild Cat Island is the fictional island in Arthur Ransome’s "Swallows and Amazons" series, serving as the central adventure setting for the children’s sailing and camping exploits.
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A.
Cat Island
Cat Island is one of the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior, known for its forested landscape and relatively undeveloped, natural shoreline.
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B.
Isla de las Muñecas
Isla de las Muñecas is a small, eerie island in Xochimilco, Mexico, famous for its trees and structures covered with hundreds of hanging dolls said to be placed there to appease the spirit of a drowned girl.
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C.
Sandfly Island
Sandfly Island is a small island located in Central Province of the Solomon Islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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D.
Snow Island
Snow Island is a remote, ice-covered island in Antarctica’s South Shetland Islands archipelago, known for its harsh polar climate and largely untouched environment.
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E.
Grub Island
Grub Island is a small island within the Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India, known for its rich marine biodiversity and coral reefs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional island
ⓘ
fictional location ⓘ setting in literature ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Pigeon Post
ⓘ
Swallowdale ⓘ Swallows and Amazons ⓘ The Picts and the Martyrs ⓘ |
| category |
Fictional islands in literature
ⓘ
Swallows and Amazons ⓘ
surface form:
Swallows and Amazons series
|
| countryOfOriginWork | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Arthur Ransome ⓘ |
| describedAs | central adventure setting for the Swallows and Amazons ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Swallows and Amazons
ⓘ
surface form:
Swallows and Amazons universe
|
| firstAppearance |
Swallows and Amazons
ⓘ
surface form:
novel "Swallows and Amazons"
|
| firstPublicationYearOfWork | 1930 ⓘ |
| genre | children’s adventure fiction setting ⓘ |
| hasAssociatedVessel |
Amazon
ⓘ
Swallows ⓘ
surface form:
Swallow
|
| hasFeature |
camping site
ⓘ
dense woods ⓘ harbour ⓘ landing place ⓘ rocky shore ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | perception of the Lake District in children’s literature ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
childhood independence
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friendship among children ⓘ imaginative play ⓘ outdoor adventure ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy |
Amazons
ⓘ
Swallows ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Peel Island on Coniston Water ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedInFiction | lake in the English Lake District ⓘ |
| mediumOfOrigin | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
base for expeditions
ⓘ
meeting place for Swallows and Amazons ⓘ |
| notableFor |
children’s camping adventures
ⓘ
children’s sailing adventures ⓘ |
| partOf |
Swallows and Amazons
ⓘ
surface form:
Swallows and Amazons series
|
| usedBy |
John Walker
ⓘ
Nancy Blackett ⓘ Peggy Blackett ⓘ Roger Walker ⓘ Susan Walker ⓘ Titty Walker ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Wild Cat Island Description of subject: Wild Cat Island is the fictional island in Arthur Ransome’s "Swallows and Amazons" series, serving as the central adventure setting for the children’s sailing and camping exploits.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.