The Cay
E921967
The Cay is a 1969 young adult novel by Theodore Taylor about a boy and an elderly West Indian man stranded on a Caribbean cay during World War II, exploring themes of survival, racism, and friendship.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Cay canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11372910 — 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 Cay Context triple: [Alfred Lutter, appearedIn, The Cay]
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A.
The Learning Tree
The Learning Tree is a semi-autobiographical novel by Gordon Parks that portrays an African American boy’s coming-of-age in 1920s Kansas amid racism and moral conflict.
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B.
Railroad Boy
"Railroad Boy" is a traditional folk ballad interpreted and popularized by Joan Baez on her early album "Joan Baez, Vol. 2."
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C.
The Incredible Journey
The Incredible Journey is a 1963 Disney adventure film, based on Sheila Burnford’s novel, that follows three pets on a perilous trek across the Canadian wilderness to reunite with their owners.
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D.
The Swiss Family Robinson
The Swiss Family Robinson is a classic 1812 adventure novel by Johann David Wyss about a shipwrecked Swiss family who use ingenuity and cooperation to survive and build a new life on a deserted island.
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E.
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
The Watsons Go to Birmingham is a 2013 television film adaptation of Christopher Paul Curtis’s novel about an African American family’s life-changing trip from Flint, Michigan, to Birmingham, Alabama, during the civil rights era.
- 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 Cay Target entity description: The Cay is a 1969 young adult novel by Theodore Taylor about a boy and an elderly West Indian man stranded on a Caribbean cay during World War II, exploring themes of survival, racism, and friendship.
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A.
The Learning Tree
The Learning Tree is a semi-autobiographical novel by Gordon Parks that portrays an African American boy’s coming-of-age in 1920s Kansas amid racism and moral conflict.
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B.
Railroad Boy
"Railroad Boy" is a traditional folk ballad interpreted and popularized by Joan Baez on her early album "Joan Baez, Vol. 2."
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C.
The Incredible Journey
The Incredible Journey is a 1963 Disney adventure film, based on Sheila Burnford’s novel, that follows three pets on a perilous trek across the Canadian wilderness to reunite with their owners.
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D.
The Swiss Family Robinson
The Swiss Family Robinson is a classic 1812 adventure novel by Johann David Wyss about a shipwrecked Swiss family who use ingenuity and cooperation to survive and build a new life on a deserted island.
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E.
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
The Watsons Go to Birmingham is a 2013 television film adaptation of Christopher Paul Curtis’s novel about an African American family’s life-changing trip from Flint, Michigan, to Birmingham, Alabama, during the civil rights era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
children's novel
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novel ⓘ young adult novel ⓘ |
| adaptationType | television film ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | The Cay (1974 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Theodore Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Jane Addams Children's Book Award
NERFINISHED
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Lewis Carroll Shelf Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controversy | challenged in schools for perceived racial stereotyping ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| educationalUse | school reading curriculum ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Patrick Garland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationStar | James Earl Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
ⓘ
survival fiction ⓘ war novel ⓘ young adult fiction ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Timothy of the Cay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Grace Enright
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Phillip Enright NERFINISHED ⓘ Phillip Enright Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Timothy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Phillip Enright NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | 160 ⓘ |
| plotElement |
blindness of the protagonist
ⓘ
shipwreck ⓘ |
| protagonist | Phillip Enright NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1969 ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday ⓘ |
| setInCountry | Curaçao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| setInRegion | Caribbean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingFeature | deserted cay ⓘ |
| supportingCharacter | Timothy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | middle-grade readers ⓘ |
| theme |
coming of age
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friendship ⓘ interracial friendship ⓘ overcoming prejudice ⓘ racism ⓘ self-reliance ⓘ survival ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Cay Description of subject: The Cay is a 1969 young adult novel by Theodore Taylor about a boy and an elderly West Indian man stranded on a Caribbean cay during World War II, exploring themes of survival, racism, and friendship.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.