The Horse and His Boy
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The Horse and His Boy is a fantasy novel by C. S. Lewis in the Chronicles of Narnia series, following a runaway boy and a talking horse on a perilous journey to Narnia and Archenland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Horse and His Boy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9514884 — 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: The Horse and His Boy Context triple: [The Lion’s World, basedOn, The Horse and His Boy]
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A.
The Book of Three
The Book of Three is a 1964 fantasy novel by Lloyd Alexander that opens the Chronicles of Prydain series, following the adventures of assistant pig-keeper Taran in a myth-inspired Welsh setting.
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B.
The Bridge at Narni
The Bridge at Narni is a celebrated 19th-century landscape painting by French artist Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, depicting an ancient stone bridge in the Italian town of Narni with his characteristic atmospheric light and poetic realism.
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C.
Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a fantasy novel by Salman Rushdie that follows a boy’s quest to restore his storyteller father’s lost gift of storytelling in a richly allegorical, imaginative world.
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D.
The Blue Horse
The Blue Horse was the traditional nickname of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, a cavalry regiment of the British Army.
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E.
The Secret of the Unicorn
The Secret of the Unicorn is a classic Tintin comic adventure by Hergé in which Tintin uncovers a centuries-old treasure mystery linked to Captain Haddock’s seafaring ancestor.
- 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: The Horse and His Boy Target entity description: The Horse and His Boy is a fantasy novel by C. S. Lewis in the Chronicles of Narnia series, following a runaway boy and a talking horse on a perilous journey to Narnia and Archenland.
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A.
The Book of Three
The Book of Three is a 1964 fantasy novel by Lloyd Alexander that opens the Chronicles of Prydain series, following the adventures of assistant pig-keeper Taran in a myth-inspired Welsh setting.
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B.
The Bridge at Narni
The Bridge at Narni is a celebrated 19th-century landscape painting by French artist Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, depicting an ancient stone bridge in the Italian town of Narni with his characteristic atmospheric light and poetic realism.
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C.
Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a fantasy novel by Salman Rushdie that follows a boy’s quest to restore his storyteller father’s lost gift of storytelling in a richly allegorical, imaginative world.
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D.
The Blue Horse
The Blue Horse was the traditional nickname of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, a cavalry regiment of the British Army.
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E.
The Secret of the Unicorn
The Secret of the Unicorn is a classic Tintin comic adventure by Hergé in which Tintin uncovers a centuries-old treasure mystery linked to Captain Haddock’s seafaring ancestor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | fantasy novel ⓘ |
| author | C. S. Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
courage
ⓘ
freedom ⓘ identity ⓘ providence ⓘ |
| chronologicalOrderInSeries | 1 ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
disguise
ⓘ
journey ⓘ royal lineage reveal ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Aslan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King Edmund NERFINISHED ⓘ King Peter NERFINISHED ⓘ Queen Lucy NERFINISHED ⓘ Queen Susan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCulture | Calormene society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresElement | talking horses ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
radio drama
ⓘ
stage play ⓘ |
| hasIllustrator | Pauline Baynes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | 199 ⓘ |
| hasPrequel | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Prince Caspian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literarySeriesNumber | 3 ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Aravis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bree NERFINISHED ⓘ Hwin NERFINISHED ⓘ Shasta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| originalPublisherCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | The Chronicles of Narnia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistGoal |
escape from Calormen
ⓘ
reach Narnia ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1954 ⓘ |
| publicationOrderInSeries | 5 ⓘ |
| publisher | Geoffrey Bles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInFictionalUniverse | Narnia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Archenland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Calormen NERFINISHED ⓘ Narnia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | children ⓘ |
| timeSetting | Golden Age of Narnia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Horse and His Boy Description of subject: The Horse and His Boy is a fantasy novel by C. S. Lewis in the Chronicles of Narnia series, following a runaway boy and a talking horse on a perilous journey to Narnia and Archenland.
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