The Willowdale Handcar
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The Willowdale Handcar is a characteristically macabre and whimsical illustrated book by Edward Gorey that follows a surreal, deadpan journey by rail.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Willowdale Handcar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5109788 — 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 Willowdale Handcar Context triple: [Edward Gorey, notableWork, The Willowdale Handcar]
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A.
Red Car Trolley
Red Car Trolley is a vintage-style streetcar attraction at Disney California Adventure Park that transports guests along Buena Vista Street and Hollywood Land, evoking Los Angeles transit of the 1920s–30s.
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Brill streetcar
The Brill streetcar is a historic electric tramcar model built by the J.G. Brill Company, known for its early 20th-century use in urban street railway systems and preservation in heritage streetcar fleets.
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C.
PCC streetcar
The PCC streetcar is a standardized, streamlined electric tram design introduced in the 1930s that became one of the most widely used and influential streetcar types in North America and beyond.
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D.
Pan Handle Railway
The Pan Handle Railway was a 19th-century American railroad whose lines later became part of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad system.
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E.
DART streetcar
The DART streetcar is a modern urban rail transit service in Dallas, Texas, providing short-distance connections through the downtown and nearby districts as part of the city’s public transportation system.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Willowdale Handcar Target entity description: The Willowdale Handcar is a characteristically macabre and whimsical illustrated book by Edward Gorey that follows a surreal, deadpan journey by rail.
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A.
Red Car Trolley
Red Car Trolley is a vintage-style streetcar attraction at Disney California Adventure Park that transports guests along Buena Vista Street and Hollywood Land, evoking Los Angeles transit of the 1920s–30s.
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B.
Brill streetcar
The Brill streetcar is a historic electric tramcar model built by the J.G. Brill Company, known for its early 20th-century use in urban street railway systems and preservation in heritage streetcar fleets.
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C.
PCC streetcar
The PCC streetcar is a standardized, streamlined electric tram design introduced in the 1930s that became one of the most widely used and influential streetcar types in North America and beyond.
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D.
Pan Handle Railway
The Pan Handle Railway was a 19th-century American railroad whose lines later became part of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad system.
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E.
DART streetcar
The DART streetcar is a modern urban rail transit service in Dallas, Texas, providing short-distance connections through the downtown and nearby districts as part of the city’s public transportation system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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illustrated book ⓘ |
| author | Edward Gorey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Edward Gorey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | a surreal journey by rail ⓘ |
| genre |
dark humor
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macabre fiction ⓘ surreal fiction ⓘ |
| hasArtStyle | Gorey’s cross-hatched pen-and-ink style ⓘ |
| hasAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasForm | picture book for adults ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationsBy | Edward Gorey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSetting | railway ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
absurdity
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death ⓘ the macabre ⓘ travel ⓘ |
| hasVehicle | handcar ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern ⓘ |
| medium | ink illustrations ⓘ |
| narrativeTone | deadpan ⓘ |
| notableFor |
macabre and whimsical illustrations
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surreal rail journey ⓘ |
| partOf | Edward Gorey bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
| publisher | Dodd, Mead & Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
deadpan
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whimsical ⓘ |
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Subject: The Willowdale Handcar Description of subject: The Willowdale Handcar is a characteristically macabre and whimsical illustrated book by Edward Gorey that follows a surreal, deadpan journey by rail.
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