comic tale
C14961
concept
A comic tale is a humorous narrative that uses wit, exaggeration, and amusing situations to entertain and provoke laughter.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| humorous short story | 8 |
| comic fiction work | 5 |
| comic short story | 5 |
| humorous story | 4 |
| comic ghost story | 2 |
| comic tale canonical | 2 |
| comic literature | 1 |
| fabliau-like story | 1 |
| tall tale | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: comic tale
Generated description
A comic tale is a humorous narrative that uses wit, exaggeration, and amusing situations to entertain and provoke laughter.
Instances (28)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
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Milesian Tales
linked to:
Milesian Tales – erotic tales
|
comic literature |
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The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
linked to:
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (film, story)
|
comic fiction work |
| A Pelican at Blandings | comic short story |
| Came the Dawn | humorous short story |
| The Inimitable Jeeves | comic fiction work |
| The Canterville Ghost | comic ghost story |
| The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County | humorous short story |
| The Summoner's Tale | fabliau-like story |
| The Nun's Priest's Tale | — |
| The Ponder Heart | comic fiction work |
| Silence, Please | humorous short story |
| The Man Who Ploughed the Sea | humorous short story |
| The Last Trump | humorous short story |
| Spotted Horses | comic short story |
| The Masked Troubadour | comic short story |
| First Aid for Dora | humorous story |
| Jeeves and the Hard-boiled Egg | humorous story |
| Jeeves and the Song of Songs | comic fiction work |
| Love Is a Fallacy | humorous short story |
| Bingo and the Little Woman | comic short story |
| The Delayed Exit of Claude and Eustace | humorous story |
| Bingo and the Peke Crisis | humorous story |
| Jeeves in the Springtime | comic fiction work |
| Allamagoosa | humorous short story |
| The Green Man | comic ghost story |
| Christmas ’59 | humorous short story |
| The Boarding-House | comic short story |
| The Hunchback’s Tale | — |