James Stevenson (illustrator)
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James Stevenson was an American cartoonist, illustrator, and author best known for his long-running work for The New Yorker and his popular children's books.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Stevenson (illustrator) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5612080 — 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)
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Target entity: James Stevenson (illustrator) Context triple: [Stevenson, hasNotableBearer, James Stevenson (illustrator)]
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Hugh Thomson (illustrator)
Hugh Thomson (illustrator) was a prominent late 19th- and early 20th-century Irish-born British illustrator best known for his detailed, decorative pen-and-ink illustrations for classic literary works by authors such as Jane Austen and Charles Dickens.
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Arthur Rackham
Arthur Rackham was a renowned early 20th-century British illustrator celebrated for his distinctive, atmospheric artwork in classic fairy tales and fantasy literature.
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C.
Walter Crane
Walter Crane was a prominent English artist and book illustrator whose work and design theories were central to the development of the Arts and Crafts movement.
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D.
Sir Quentin Blake
Sir Quentin Blake is a renowned British illustrator and children's book author, best known for his long-standing collaboration with Roald Dahl and his distinctive, energetic drawing style.
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E.
E. H. Shepard
E. H. Shepard was an English artist and illustrator best known for his iconic drawings in A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh books and Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows.
- 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: James Stevenson (illustrator) Target entity description: James Stevenson was an American cartoonist, illustrator, and author best known for his long-running work for The New Yorker and his popular children's books.
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A.
Hugh Thomson (illustrator)
Hugh Thomson (illustrator) was a prominent late 19th- and early 20th-century Irish-born British illustrator best known for his detailed, decorative pen-and-ink illustrations for classic literary works by authors such as Jane Austen and Charles Dickens.
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B.
Arthur Rackham
Arthur Rackham was a renowned early 20th-century British illustrator celebrated for his distinctive, atmospheric artwork in classic fairy tales and fantasy literature.
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C.
Walter Crane
Walter Crane was a prominent English artist and book illustrator whose work and design theories were central to the development of the Arts and Crafts movement.
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D.
Sir Quentin Blake
Sir Quentin Blake is a renowned British illustrator and children's book author, best known for his long-standing collaboration with Roald Dahl and his distinctive, energetic drawing style.
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E.
E. H. Shepard
E. H. Shepard was an English artist and illustrator best known for his iconic drawings in A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh books and Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cartoonist
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children's writer ⓘ human ⓘ illustrator ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | The New Yorker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cartooning
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children's literature ⓘ illustration ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
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humor ⓘ |
| hasCreativeRole |
illustrator of children's books
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writer of children's books ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
long-running work for The New Yorker
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popular children's books ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Grandpa and Wainey series
NERFINISHED
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New Yorker cartoons NERFINISHED ⓘ The Worst Person in the World NERFINISHED ⓘ children's picture books ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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cartoonist ⓘ children's writer ⓘ illustrator ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: James Stevenson (illustrator) Description of subject: James Stevenson was an American cartoonist, illustrator, and author best known for his long-running work for The New Yorker and his popular children's books.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.