McElligot’s Pool
E519023
McElligot’s Pool is a 1947 children’s picture book by Dr. Seuss that follows a boy’s imaginative musings about the fantastical fish he might catch in a seemingly unpromising pond.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| McElligot’s Pool canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5420623 — 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: McElligot’s Pool Context triple: [Dr. Seuss, notableWork, McElligot’s Pool]
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A.
Molloy
Molloy is a modernist novel by Samuel Beckett that follows two interlinked, often absurd and introspective narratives exploring identity, language, and existential uncertainty.
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B.
The Honourable Schoolboy
The Honourable Schoolboy is a Cold War espionage novel by John le Carré that follows British intelligence officer Jerry Westerby on a complex mission in Southeast Asia as part of George Smiley’s campaign against the Soviet spy network.
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C.
Republic of Doyle
Republic of Doyle is a Canadian comedy-drama television series set in St. John’s, Newfoundland, following a father-and-son private investigator team as they solve cases and navigate family dynamics.
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D.
The History of Mr. Polly
The History of Mr. Polly is a comic novel by H. G. Wells about a dissatisfied lower-middle-class shopkeeper who seeks to escape his humdrum life and find personal freedom.
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E.
Besses o’ th’ Barn
Besses o’ th’ Barn is a suburban area in Whitefield, Greater Manchester, England, historically known as a small settlement that grew around a coaching inn on the main road between Manchester and Bury.
- 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: McElligot’s Pool Target entity description: McElligot’s Pool is a 1947 children’s picture book by Dr. Seuss that follows a boy’s imaginative musings about the fantastical fish he might catch in a seemingly unpromising pond.
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A.
Molloy
Molloy is a modernist novel by Samuel Beckett that follows two interlinked, often absurd and introspective narratives exploring identity, language, and existential uncertainty.
-
B.
The Honourable Schoolboy
The Honourable Schoolboy is a Cold War espionage novel by John le Carré that follows British intelligence officer Jerry Westerby on a complex mission in Southeast Asia as part of George Smiley’s campaign against the Soviet spy network.
-
C.
Republic of Doyle
Republic of Doyle is a Canadian comedy-drama television series set in St. John’s, Newfoundland, following a father-and-son private investigator team as they solve cases and navigate family dynamics.
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D.
The History of Mr. Polly
The History of Mr. Polly is a comic novel by H. G. Wells about a dissatisfied lower-middle-class shopkeeper who seeks to escape his humdrum life and find personal freedom.
-
E.
Besses o’ th’ Barn
Besses o’ th’ Barn is a suburban area in Whitefield, Greater Manchester, England, historically known as a small settlement that grew around a coaching inn on the main road between Manchester and Bury.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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children’s picture book ⓘ work of fiction ⓘ |
| author | Dr. Seuss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresCharacter | Marco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresElement | fantastical fish ⓘ |
| followsCharacterFrom | And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
children’s literature
ⓘ
picture book ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
1940s children’s books
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American picture books ⓘ Books by Dr. Seuss ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
hardcover
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picture book with rhyming text ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 64 ⓘ |
| illustrationStyle | pen-and-ink drawings with color ⓘ |
| illustrator | Dr. Seuss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | rhymed verse ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Marco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A boy imagines all kinds of extraordinary fish he might catch in a seemingly unpromising pond. ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1947 ⓘ |
| publisher | Random House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
a pond called McElligot’s Pool
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a small farm ⓘ |
| targetAudience | children ⓘ |
| theme |
imagination
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optimism ⓘ possibility ⓘ |
| writer | Dr. Seuss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: McElligot’s Pool Description of subject: McElligot’s Pool is a 1947 children’s picture book by Dr. Seuss that follows a boy’s imaginative musings about the fantastical fish he might catch in a seemingly unpromising pond.
Referenced by (1)
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