Come Away from the Water, Shirley
E718048
Come Away from the Water, Shirley is a picture book by John Burningham that contrasts a child's vivid seaside imagination with her parents' mundane concerns through minimal text and expressive illustrations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Come Away from the Water, Shirley canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8186939 — 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: Come Away from the Water, Shirley Context triple: [John Burningham, notableWork, Come Away from the Water, Shirley]
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A.
Home from the Sea
"Home from the Sea" is a painting by the English Pre-Raphaelite artist Arthur Hughes, reflecting his characteristic romantic and detailed style.
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B.
What the Water Gave Me
"What the Water Gave Me" is an ethereal, art-rock-influenced song by English band Florence and the Machine, known for its sweeping vocals, literary references, and richly layered production.
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C.
The Water Mill
The Water Mill is a celebrated 17th-century landscape painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Meindert Hobbema, renowned for its detailed rural scenery and atmospheric depiction of water and light.
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D.
The Quiet Pools
The Quiet Pools is a science fiction novel by Michael Kube-McDowell that explores the social and psychological impact of humanity’s first interstellar colonization effort.
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E.
Going to Sea in a Sieve
Going to Sea in a Sieve is the first volume of British broadcaster and writer Danny Baker’s memoirs, recounting his working-class South London childhood and early media career with humor and vivid storytelling.
- 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: Come Away from the Water, Shirley Target entity description: Come Away from the Water, Shirley is a picture book by John Burningham that contrasts a child's vivid seaside imagination with her parents' mundane concerns through minimal text and expressive illustrations.
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A.
Home from the Sea
"Home from the Sea" is a painting by the English Pre-Raphaelite artist Arthur Hughes, reflecting his characteristic romantic and detailed style.
-
B.
What the Water Gave Me
"What the Water Gave Me" is an ethereal, art-rock-influenced song by English band Florence and the Machine, known for its sweeping vocals, literary references, and richly layered production.
-
C.
The Water Mill
The Water Mill is a celebrated 17th-century landscape painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Meindert Hobbema, renowned for its detailed rural scenery and atmospheric depiction of water and light.
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D.
The Quiet Pools
The Quiet Pools is a science fiction novel by Michael Kube-McDowell that explores the social and psychological impact of humanity’s first interstellar colonization effort.
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E.
Going to Sea in a Sieve
Going to Sea in a Sieve is the first volume of British broadcaster and writer Danny Baker’s memoirs, recounting his working-class South London childhood and early media career with humor and vivid storytelling.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
children's book
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picture book ⓘ |
| author | John Burningham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | John Burningham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
a child's vivid seaside adventure
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parents focused on mundane concerns ⓘ |
| genre |
children's picture book
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fantasy ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationStyle |
loose line drawings
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watercolor washes ⓘ |
| hasReputation | classic of British children's literature ⓘ |
| illustrator | John Burningham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Shirley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | minimal text ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
contrasting perspectives of child and parents
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expressive illustrations ⓘ |
| pageLayout | juxtaposed images of child and parents ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| publisher | Jonathan Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | seaside ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
early readers
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young children ⓘ |
| theme |
childhood autonomy
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contrast between fantasy and reality ⓘ imagination ⓘ parental control ⓘ |
| toldFromPerspective | third-person perspective ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Come Away from the Water, Shirley Description of subject: Come Away from the Water, Shirley is a picture book by John Burningham that contrasts a child's vivid seaside imagination with her parents' mundane concerns through minimal text and expressive illustrations.
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