Coraline

E158657

children's book dark fantasy work novella

Coraline is a dark fantasy novella by Neil Gaiman about a young girl who discovers a sinister parallel world behind a secret door in her new home.

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Label	Occurrences
Coraline canonical	16
Coraline (2009 film)	1
Coraline (graphic novel)	1
Coraline (stage musical)	1
Coraline Jones (voice) in Coraline	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1379350 — 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: Coraline
Context triple: [Neil Gaiman, notableWork, Coraline]

A. Corpse Bride
Corpse Bride is a 2005 stop-motion animated dark fantasy film co-directed by Tim Burton, known for its gothic visual style, macabre romance, and distinctive musical elements.
B. The City of Lost Children
The City of Lost Children is a visually striking 1995 French science-fantasy film by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, known for its dark fairy-tale atmosphere and surreal steampunk world.
C. Wonderland
Wonderland is a rapid transit station in Revere, Massachusetts, serving as the northern terminus of Boston’s MBTA Blue Line.
D. The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Nightmare Before Christmas is a stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy film that follows Jack Skellington from Halloween Town as he attempts to take over Christmas, blending gothic visuals with whimsical storytelling.
E. Matilda
Matilda is a virtuous and tragic noblewoman in Horace Walpole’s pioneering Gothic novel "The Castle of Otranto."
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: Coraline
Target entity description: Coraline is a dark fantasy novella by Neil Gaiman about a young girl who discovers a sinister parallel world behind a secret door in her new home.

A. Corpse Bride
Corpse Bride is a 2005 stop-motion animated dark fantasy film co-directed by Tim Burton, known for its gothic visual style, macabre romance, and distinctive musical elements.
B. The City of Lost Children
The City of Lost Children is a visually striking 1995 French science-fantasy film by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, known for its dark fairy-tale atmosphere and surreal steampunk world.
C. Wonderland
Wonderland is a rapid transit station in Revere, Massachusetts, serving as the northern terminus of Boston’s MBTA Blue Line.
D. The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Nightmare Before Christmas is a stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy film that follows Jack Skellington from Halloween Town as he attempts to take over Christmas, blending gothic visuals with whimsical storytelling.
E. Matilda
Matilda is a virtuous and tragic noblewoman in Horace Walpole’s pioneering Gothic novel "The Castle of Otranto."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	children's book ⓘ dark fantasy work ⓘ novella ⓘ
adaptedAs	Coraline self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Coraline (2009 film) Coraline self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Coraline (graphic novel) Coraline self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Coraline (stage musical)
author	Neil Gaiman ⓘ
awarded	Bram Stoker Award ⓘ surface form: Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers Hugo Award for Best Novella ⓘ Locus Award ⓘ surface form: Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book Nebula Award for Best Novella ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
filmAdaptationStudio	Laika ⓘ
firstPublicationYear	2002 ⓘ
genre	dark fantasy ⓘ horror ⓘ
hasAdaptationDirector	Henry Selick ⓘ
hasCharacter	Miss Forcible ⓘ Miss Spink ⓘ Mr. Bobo ⓘ Other Father ⓘ Other Mother ⓘ Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats ⓘ surface form: The Cat
hasIllustrator	Dave McKean ⓘ
hasISBN	9780380977789 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainCharacter	Coraline Jones ⓘ
medium	print ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person ⓘ
notableFor	dark tone for a children's book ⓘ depiction of an uncanny parallel world ⓘ
pageCount	about 160 ⓘ
plotElement	button eyes ⓘ parallel world ⓘ secret door ⓘ
protagonist	Coraline Jones ⓘ
publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing ⓘ HarperCollins ⓘ
setting	an old house in England ⓘ
targetAudience	children ⓘ young adults ⓘ
theme	courage ⓘ family ⓘ identity ⓘ otherness ⓘ temptation ⓘ

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Referenced by (20)

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

Neil Gaiman → notableWork → Coraline ⓘ

Neil Gaiman → wrote → Coraline ⓘ

Dakota Fanning → notableWork → Coraline ⓘ

Dakota Fanning → portrayedCharacter → Coraline ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coraline Jones (voice) in Coraline

Teri Hatcher → appearedIn → Coraline ⓘ

Teri Hatcher → characterIn → Coraline ⓘ

Coraline → adaptedAs → Coraline self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coraline (2009 film)

Coraline → adaptedAs → Coraline self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coraline (stage musical)

Coraline → adaptedAs → Coraline self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coraline (graphic novel)

Travis Knight → notableWork → Coraline ⓘ

Travis Knight → produced → Coraline ⓘ

Travis Knight → workedOn → Coraline ⓘ

Henry Selick → notableWork → Coraline ⓘ

Henry Selick → directed → Coraline ⓘ

Henry Selick → workedOn → Coraline ⓘ

Laika → notableWork → Coraline ⓘ

Laika → producedFilm → Coraline ⓘ

Pete Kozachik → notableWork → Coraline ⓘ

Pete Kozachik → workedOn → Coraline ⓘ

Hannah → notableWork → Coraline ⓘ

subject surface form: Hannah Dakota Fanning

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