The Camel Book

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O’Reilly Media book programming language reference technical book

The Camel Book is the informal name for the classic O’Reilly Media reference manual on the Perl programming language, co-authored by Larry Wall and known for its camel cover.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Camel Book	2
The Camel Book canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2313613 — 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: The Camel Book
Context triple: [Larry Wall, notableWork, The Camel Book]

A. Camel No. 9
Camel No. 9 is a flavored, fashion-oriented cigarette line by Camel marketed primarily toward young adult women with sleek, colorful packaging.
B. The Horse’s Mouth
The Horse’s Mouth is a 1958 British comedy film, based on Joyce Cary’s novel, about an eccentric painter obsessed with his art, featuring a notable performance by Michael Gough.
C. The Wayfarer
The Wayfarer is a narrative song from Bruce Springsteen’s album *Western Stars*, reflecting themes of travel, aging, and introspection.
D. Tales of a Traveller
Tales of a Traveller is a collection of short stories by Washington Irving that blends romanticism, humor, and the supernatural in a series of travel-themed tales.
E. باب المندب
باب المندب هو مضيق بحري استراتيجي يربط بين البحر الأحمر وخليج عدن ويعد من أهم ممرات الملاحة العالمية.
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: The Camel Book
Target entity description: The Camel Book is the informal name for the classic O’Reilly Media reference manual on the Perl programming language, co-authored by Larry Wall and known for its camel cover.

A. Camel No. 9
Camel No. 9 is a flavored, fashion-oriented cigarette line by Camel marketed primarily toward young adult women with sleek, colorful packaging.
B. The Horse’s Mouth
The Horse’s Mouth is a 1958 British comedy film, based on Joyce Cary’s novel, about an eccentric painter obsessed with his art, featuring a notable performance by Michael Gough.
C. The Wayfarer
The Wayfarer is a narrative song from Bruce Springsteen’s album *Western Stars*, reflecting themes of travel, aging, and introspection.
D. Tales of a Traveller
Tales of a Traveller is a collection of short stories by Washington Irving that blends romanticism, humor, and the supernatural in a series of travel-themed tales.
E. باب المندب
باب المندب هو مضيق بحري استراتيجي يربط بين البحر الأحمر وخليج عدن ويعد من أهم ممرات الملاحة العالمية.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	O’Reilly Media book ⓘ programming language reference ⓘ technical book ⓘ
aboutLanguage	Programming Perl ⓘ surface form: Perl
aboutTopic	Perl ⓘ surface form: Perl programming language
alsoKnownAs	Programming Perl ⓘ
associatedWith	Larry Wall ⓘ Perl community ⓘ
coAuthor	Jon Orwant ⓘ Larry Wall ⓘ Randal L. Schwartz ⓘ Tom Christiansen ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
coverDesigner	O'Reilly Media ⓘ surface form: O’Reilly Media
firstEditionPublicationYear	1991 ⓘ
genre	computer science literature ⓘ programming reference ⓘ
hasAnimalOnCover	camel ⓘ
hasCoverAnimal	camel ⓘ
hasEdition	first edition ⓘ second edition ⓘ third edition ⓘ
hasIconicStatusIn	Perl community ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	Perl culture ⓘ Perl programming practices ⓘ
hasInformalName	The Camel Book self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Camel Book
hasNickname	Camel Book ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mediaType	hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ print ⓘ
notableFor	being considered the definitive Perl reference ⓘ camel illustration on the cover ⓘ comprehensive coverage of Perl ⓘ
partOfSeries	O'Reilly "animal" book series ⓘ surface form: O’Reilly animal books
publisher	O'Reilly Media ⓘ surface form: O’Reilly & Associates O'Reilly Media ⓘ surface form: O’Reilly Media
subject	Programming Perl ⓘ surface form: Perl scripting languages ⓘ software development ⓘ
targetAudience	Perl programmers ⓘ programmers ⓘ software developers ⓘ
title	Programming Perl ⓘ
usedAs	learning resource for Perl ⓘ reference manual ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Larry Wall → notableWork → The Camel Book ⓘ

Programming Perl → nickname → The Camel Book ⓘ

this entity surface form: Camel Book

The Camel Book → hasInformalName → The Camel Book self-linksurface differs ⓘ