A Light in the Attic
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A Light in the Attic is a popular collection of humorous and whimsical children's poems and drawings by Shel Silverstein.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Light in the Attic canonical | 1 |
| A Light in the Attic: Poems and Drawings | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5051558 — 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: A Light in the Attic Context triple: [Shel Silverstein, notableWork, A Light in the Attic]
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A.
The New York Review Children’s Collection
The New York Review Children’s Collection is a publishing imprint devoted to reissuing distinguished, often long out-of-print children’s literature in high-quality new editions.
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B.
Where the Wild Things Are
"Where the Wild Things Are" is a 2009 fantasy film adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's book, directed by Spike Jonze and featuring James Gandolfini as the voice of the Wild Thing Carol.
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C.
The Children’s Book
The Children’s Book is a richly layered historical novel by A. S. Byatt that follows several intertwined families of artists and intellectuals in late Victorian and Edwardian England, exploring art, storytelling, and the social upheavals leading up to World War I.
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D.
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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E.
With a Child's Heart
"With a Child's Heart" is a soulful pop song best known for Stevie Wonder's tender, optimistic performance and its theme of viewing the world with childlike innocence.
- 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: A Light in the Attic Target entity description: A Light in the Attic is a popular collection of humorous and whimsical children's poems and drawings by Shel Silverstein.
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A.
The New York Review Children’s Collection
The New York Review Children’s Collection is a publishing imprint devoted to reissuing distinguished, often long out-of-print children’s literature in high-quality new editions.
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B.
Where the Wild Things Are
"Where the Wild Things Are" is a 2009 fantasy film adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's book, directed by Spike Jonze and featuring James Gandolfini as the voice of the Wild Thing Carol.
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C.
The Children’s Book
The Children’s Book is a richly layered historical novel by A. S. Byatt that follows several intertwined families of artists and intellectuals in late Victorian and Edwardian England, exploring art, storytelling, and the social upheavals leading up to World War I.
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D.
The Wild Things
The Wild Things is a novel by Dave Eggers that reimagines and expands upon Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s book Where the Wild Things Are.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
children's book
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poetry collection ⓘ |
| author | Shel Silverstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOfWork | Shel Silverstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genre |
children's poetry
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humorous poetry ⓘ nonsense poetry ⓘ |
| hasContent |
drawings
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poems ⓘ |
| hasPoem |
"Backwards Bill"
NERFINISHED
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"Fancy Dive" NERFINISHED ⓘ "How Not to Have to Dry the Dishes" NERFINISHED ⓘ "Monsters I've Met" NERFINISHED ⓘ "Prayer of the Selfish Child" NERFINISHED ⓘ "Rock 'n' Roll Band" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Bagpipe Who Didn't Say No" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Ball Game" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Bear in There" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Bridge" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Clock Man" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Dirtiest Man in the World" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Dragon of Grindly Grun" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Edge of the World" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Farmer and the Queen" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Gardener" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Genie in the Flask" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Homework Machine" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Lady or the Tiger or the Ladybug" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Little Blue Engine" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Little Boy and the Old Man" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Little Pig's Treat" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Loser" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Man in the Iron Pail Mask" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Meehoo with an Exactlywatt" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Oak and the Rose" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Planet of Mars" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Silver Fish" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Sitter" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The TV Kid" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Toad and the Kangaroo" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Turnip" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Voice" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Worst" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Yipiyuk" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| illustrator | Shel Silverstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
humorous poems
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whimsical illustrations ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| publisher | Harper & Row NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherImprint | Harper & Row Children's Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
children
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young readers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Light in the Attic Description of subject: A Light in the Attic is a popular collection of humorous and whimsical children's poems and drawings by Shel Silverstein.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
A Light in the Attic: Poems and Drawings