Ursula Vernon
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Ursula Vernon is an American author and illustrator best known for her fantasy novels, children’s books, and webcomics, including works published under the pen name T. Kingfisher.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ursula Vernon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6066599 — 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: Ursula Vernon Context triple: [T. Kingfisher, realName, Ursula Vernon]
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A.
Daveigh Chase
Daveigh Chase is an American actress and voice actress best known for voicing Lilo Pelekai in Disney's "Lilo & Stitch" and for her role as Samara in the horror film "The Ring."
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B.
Christianna Brand
Christianna Brand was a British crime and children's author best known for her "Nurse Matilda" stories, which inspired the film "Nanny McPhee."
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C.
Katherine Joyce
Katherine Joyce is the introspective English wife in Roberto Rossellini’s film "Journey to Italy," whose emotional and marital crisis unfolds against the backdrop of Naples and its surrounding ruins.
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D.
Joan W. Harris
Joan W. Harris was a Chicago-based philanthropist and arts patron known for her leadership and major contributions to cultural and educational institutions.
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E.
Susanna Bennett
Susanna Bennett was the wife of Irish Gothic writer Sheridan Le Fanu, known primarily through her marriage to the influential Victorian author.
- 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: Ursula Vernon Target entity description: Ursula Vernon is an American author and illustrator best known for her fantasy novels, children’s books, and webcomics, including works published under the pen name T. Kingfisher.
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A.
Daveigh Chase
Daveigh Chase is an American actress and voice actress best known for voicing Lilo Pelekai in Disney's "Lilo & Stitch" and for her role as Samara in the horror film "The Ring."
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B.
Christianna Brand
Christianna Brand was a British crime and children's author best known for her "Nurse Matilda" stories, which inspired the film "Nanny McPhee."
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C.
Katherine Joyce
Katherine Joyce is the introspective English wife in Roberto Rossellini’s film "Journey to Italy," whose emotional and marital crisis unfolds against the backdrop of Naples and its surrounding ruins.
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D.
Joan W. Harris
Joan W. Harris was a Chicago-based philanthropist and arts patron known for her leadership and major contributions to cultural and educational institutions.
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E.
Susanna Bennett
Susanna Bennett was the wife of Irish Gothic writer Sheridan Le Fanu, known primarily through her marriage to the influential Victorian author.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cartoonist
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children's writer ⓘ fantasy writer ⓘ human ⓘ illustrator ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story
NERFINISHED
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Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book NERFINISHED ⓘ Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature NERFINISHED ⓘ Nebula Award for Best Novelette NERFINISHED ⓘ WSFA Small Press Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
children's literature
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fantasy fiction ⓘ illustration ⓘ webcomics ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
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fantasy literature ⓘ horror fiction ⓘ humor ⓘ |
| hasCreated |
Digger (webcomic)
NERFINISHED
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Dragonbreath series NERFINISHED ⓘ Hamster Princess series NERFINISHED ⓘ Nurk: The Strange, Surprising Adventures of a (Somewhat) Brave Shrew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPenName | T. Kingfisher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking
NERFINISHED
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Castle Hangnail NERFINISHED ⓘ Digger NERFINISHED ⓘ Dragonbreath NERFINISHED ⓘ Hamster Princess series NERFINISHED ⓘ Jackalope Wives NERFINISHED ⓘ Minor Mage NERFINISHED ⓘ Nettle & Bone NERFINISHED ⓘ Nurk: The Strange, Surprising Adventures of a (Somewhat) Brave Shrew NERFINISHED ⓘ Summer in Orcus NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hollow Places NERFINISHED ⓘ The Raven and the Reindeer NERFINISHED ⓘ The Seventh Bride NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tomato Thief NERFINISHED ⓘ The Twisted Ones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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cartoonist ⓘ children's writer ⓘ comic strip creator ⓘ fantasy writer ⓘ illustrator ⓘ novelist ⓘ |
| usesPenName | T. Kingfisher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writesUnderName | T. Kingfisher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Ursula Vernon Description of subject: Ursula Vernon is an American author and illustrator best known for her fantasy novels, children’s books, and webcomics, including works published under the pen name T. Kingfisher.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.