Toad Hall is taken over by weasels and stoats
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"Toad Hall is taken over by weasels and stoats" refers to a pivotal conflict in Kenneth Grahame’s classic children’s novel *The Wind in the Willows*, in which the villainous animals seize Toad’s ancestral home and must later be ousted by Toad and his friends.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Toad Hall is taken over by weasels and stoats canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T504844 — 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: Toad Hall is taken over by weasels and stoats Context triple: [The Wind in the Willows, plotElement, Toad Hall is taken over by weasels and stoats]
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A.
Frog Hollow
Frog Hollow is a historic, densely populated neighborhood in Hartford, Connecticut, known for its 19th-century architecture, cultural diversity, and role in the city’s industrial and immigrant heritage.
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B.
Wildhaus
Wildhaus is a village in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen, known as the alpine birthplace of Protestant reformer Huldrych Zwingli.
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C.
Swallow’s Nest
Swallow’s Nest is a picturesque neo-Gothic cliffside castle overlooking the Black Sea in Crimea, famous as one of the region’s most iconic tourist attractions.
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D.
Moe the Kangaroo
Moe the Kangaroo is the costumed kangaroo mascot that represents the Virginia Military Institute at its athletic events and school functions.
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E.
The Stump
The Stump is the popular nickname for the towering parish church of St Botolph in Boston, Lincolnshire, renowned for its massive, landmark tower visible for miles across the flat surrounding landscape.
- 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: Toad Hall is taken over by weasels and stoats Target entity description: "Toad Hall is taken over by weasels and stoats" refers to a pivotal conflict in Kenneth Grahame’s classic children’s novel *The Wind in the Willows*, in which the villainous animals seize Toad’s ancestral home and must later be ousted by Toad and his friends.
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A.
Frog Hollow
Frog Hollow is a historic, densely populated neighborhood in Hartford, Connecticut, known for its 19th-century architecture, cultural diversity, and role in the city’s industrial and immigrant heritage.
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B.
Wildhaus
Wildhaus is a village in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen, known as the alpine birthplace of Protestant reformer Huldrych Zwingli.
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C.
Swallow’s Nest
Swallow’s Nest is a picturesque neo-Gothic cliffside castle overlooking the Black Sea in Crimea, famous as one of the region’s most iconic tourist attractions.
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D.
Moe the Kangaroo
Moe the Kangaroo is the costumed kangaroo mascot that represents the Virginia Military Institute at its athletic events and school functions.
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E.
The Stump
The Stump is the popular nickname for the towering parish church of St Botolph in Boston, Lincolnshire, renowned for its massive, landmark tower visible for miles across the flat surrounding landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conflictInLiterature
ⓘ
fictionalEvent ⓘ plotPoint ⓘ |
| antagonists |
stoats
ⓘ
weasels ⓘ |
| appearsInAdaptation |
filmAndTelevisionAdaptationsOfTheWindInTheWillows
ⓘ
stageAdaptationsOfTheWindInTheWillows ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium | novel ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | The Wind in the Willows ⓘ |
| authorOfWork | Kenneth Grahame ⓘ |
| causeOrPrecondition |
Toad's Adventures
ⓘ
surface form:
Toad’sEarlierMisadventures
|
| conflictType |
domesticInvasion
ⓘ
goodVsEvil ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
UnitedKingdom
|
| genreContext |
animalFantasy
ⓘ
children’sLiterature ⓘ |
| involvesCharacter |
Badger
ⓘ
Mole ⓘ J. Thaddeus Toad ⓘ
surface form:
Mr. Toad
Ratty ⓘ |
| involvesGroup | wildWooders ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| leadsTo | battleInToadHall ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
centralConflict
ⓘ
climax ⓘ |
| protagonistOpposed |
Badger
ⓘ
Mole ⓘ Rat ⓘ Toad ⓘ |
| relatedLocation |
TheRiverBank
ⓘ
The Wild Wood ⓘ
surface form:
TheWildWood
|
| resolutionEvent | retakingOfToadHall ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Toad Hall ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
lossOfHome
ⓘ
threatToSocialOrder ⓘ |
| themeIllustrated |
consequencesOfRecklessness
ⓘ
friendship ⓘ homeAndBelonging ⓘ loyalty ⓘ |
| timeOfPublicationContext | early20thCenturyLiterature ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1908 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Toad Hall is taken over by weasels and stoats Description of subject: "Toad Hall is taken over by weasels and stoats" refers to a pivotal conflict in Kenneth Grahame’s classic children’s novel *The Wind in the Willows*, in which the villainous animals seize Toad’s ancestral home and must later be ousted by Toad and his friends.
Referenced by (1)
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