Annie Fellows Johnston
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Annie Fellows Johnston was an American author best known for her popular "Little Colonel" series of children's novels published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Annie Fellows Johnston canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10285825 — 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: Annie Fellows Johnston Context triple: [The Little Colonel, basedOnAuthor, Annie Fellows Johnston]
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A.
Jessie Willcox Smith
Jessie Willcox Smith was a prominent American illustrator of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for her tender, richly colored depictions of children in magazines and books.
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B.
Theodora Sarah Orne Jewett
Theodora Sarah Orne Jewett was a 19th-century American author best known for her local color stories and novels depicting rural life in coastal Maine, particularly "The Country of the Pointed Firs."
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C.
Florence Johnston
Florence Johnston is the sharp-tongued, quick-witted housekeeper on the classic American sitcom "The Jeffersons."
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D.
Anne Drinkard Moss
Anne Drinkard Moss is a gospel singer best known as a member of the pioneering family group The Drinkard Singers, which helped shape modern gospel music.
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E.
Constance Fenimore Woolson
Constance Fenimore Woolson was a 19th-century American novelist and short story writer known for her regionalist fiction and nuanced portrayals of women and post–Civil War American life.
- 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: Annie Fellows Johnston Target entity description: Annie Fellows Johnston was an American author best known for her popular "Little Colonel" series of children's novels published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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A.
Jessie Willcox Smith
Jessie Willcox Smith was a prominent American illustrator of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for her tender, richly colored depictions of children in magazines and books.
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B.
Theodora Sarah Orne Jewett
Theodora Sarah Orne Jewett was a 19th-century American author best known for her local color stories and novels depicting rural life in coastal Maine, particularly "The Country of the Pointed Firs."
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C.
Florence Johnston
Florence Johnston is the sharp-tongued, quick-witted housekeeper on the classic American sitcom "The Jeffersons."
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D.
Anne Drinkard Moss
Anne Drinkard Moss is a gospel singer best known as a member of the pioneering family group The Drinkard Singers, which helped shape modern gospel music.
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E.
Constance Fenimore Woolson
Constance Fenimore Woolson was a 19th-century American novelist and short story writer known for her regionalist fiction and nuanced portrayals of women and post–Civil War American life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
children's writer
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human ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1863-05-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1931-10-05 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Evansville schools ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Johnston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
children's fiction
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regional fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
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juvenile fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Annie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | The Little Colonel (1935 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | popular juvenile fiction in the United States ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | people and settings in Pewee Valley, Kentucky ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | local color writing ⓘ |
| name | Annie Fellows Johnston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacter | The Little Colonel (Lloyd Sherman) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSeries | Little Colonel series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Mary Ware in Texas
NERFINISHED
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Mary Ware's Promised Land NERFINISHED ⓘ The Little Colonel NERFINISHED ⓘ The Little Colonel at Boarding-School NERFINISHED ⓘ The Little Colonel in Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation NERFINISHED ⓘ The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware NERFINISHED ⓘ The Little Colonel's Hero NERFINISHED ⓘ The Little Colonel's Holidays NERFINISHED ⓘ The Little Colonel's House Party NERFINISHED ⓘ The Little Colonel's Knight Comes Riding NERFINISHED ⓘ The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
children's literature author
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novelist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| periodActive |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Evansville, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Pewee Valley, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Louisville, Kentucky
NERFINISHED
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Pewee Valley, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | William L. Johnston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Annie Fellows Johnston Description of subject: Annie Fellows Johnston was an American author best known for her popular "Little Colonel" series of children's novels published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Referenced by (1)
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