The Very Hungry Caterpillar
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a classic children's picture book by Eric Carle, renowned for its distinctive collage illustrations and simple, educational story about a caterpillar’s transformation into a butterfly.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar canonical | 2 |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1508060 — 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.
Target entity: The Very Hungry Caterpillar Context triple: [Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, hasSubject, The Very Hungry Caterpillar]
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The Cat in the Hat
The Cat in the Hat is a popular dark ride at Universal's Islands of Adventure that brings Dr. Seuss's classic children's book to life through whimsical scenes and motion-based vehicles.
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B.
Green Eggs and Ham
Green Eggs and Ham is a classic children's book by Dr. Seuss, famous for its rhyming text and repetitive, humorous story about trying new foods.
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C.
Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book
Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book is a whimsical children’s bedtime story that playfully chronicles a growing wave of sleepiness spreading across a fantastical world in Seuss’s signature rhyming style.
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D.
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish is a Dr. Seuss–themed family ride based on the classic children’s book, featuring flying fish vehicles that move up and down while riders try to avoid getting splashed.
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E.
Momo
Momo is the young, troubled Jewish boy who forms a transformative friendship with the elderly Muslim shopkeeper in Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt’s novella *Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran*.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Very Hungry Caterpillar Target entity description: The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a classic children's picture book by Eric Carle, renowned for its distinctive collage illustrations and simple, educational story about a caterpillar’s transformation into a butterfly.
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A.
The Cat in the Hat
The Cat in the Hat is a popular dark ride at Universal's Islands of Adventure that brings Dr. Seuss's classic children's book to life through whimsical scenes and motion-based vehicles.
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B.
Green Eggs and Ham
Green Eggs and Ham is a classic children's book by Dr. Seuss, famous for its rhyming text and repetitive, humorous story about trying new foods.
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C.
Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book
Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book is a whimsical children’s bedtime story that playfully chronicles a growing wave of sleepiness spreading across a fantastical world in Seuss’s signature rhyming style.
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D.
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish is a Dr. Seuss–themed family ride based on the classic children’s book, featuring flying fish vehicles that move up and down while riders try to avoid getting splashed.
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E.
Momo
Momo is the young, troubled Jewish boy who forms a transformative friendship with the elderly Muslim shopkeeper in Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt’s novella *Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
children's picture book
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educational book ⓘ illustrated book ⓘ |
| author | Eric Carle ⓘ |
| awarded | American Institute of Graphic Arts notable book citation ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| educationalUse |
introducing life cycles
ⓘ
teaching counting ⓘ teaching days of the week ⓘ |
| endsWith | the caterpillar becoming a butterfly ⓘ |
| features | food items eaten by the caterpillar ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
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picture book ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
merchandise line
ⓘ
stage production ⓘ |
| hasBeenTranslatedInto | more than 60 languages ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
a butterfly
ⓘ
a little egg on a leaf ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
board book
ⓘ
hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ |
| hasMottoOrTagline | "The classic children's story" ⓘ |
| hasSoldOver | 50 million copies worldwide ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
butterflies
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caterpillars ⓘ food ⓘ numbers ⓘ |
| illustrationStyle | collage ⓘ |
| illustrator | Eric Carle ⓘ |
| inspired |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show
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| intendedAudience |
early readers
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preschool children ⓘ |
| isAmong | best-selling children's books of all time ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | a caterpillar ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | a caterpillar's transformation into a butterfly ⓘ |
| notableFor |
die-cut holes in the pages
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interactive page design ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | 26 ⓘ |
| partOf | Eric Carle's body of work ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| publisher | World Publishing Company ⓘ |
| readingLevel | early childhood ⓘ |
| setting | natural outdoor environment ⓘ |
| theme |
days of the week
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growth ⓘ healthy eating ⓘ learning to count ⓘ metamorphosis ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: The Very Hungry Caterpillar Description of subject: The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a classic children's picture book by Eric Carle, renowned for its distinctive collage illustrations and simple, educational story about a caterpillar’s transformation into a butterfly.
Referenced by (3)
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