Hop-o'-My-Thumb
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Hop-o'-My-Thumb is a French fairy tale about a clever, undersized boy who outwits both his impoverished parents and a child-eating ogre to save himself and his brothers.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hop-o'-My-Thumb canonical | 2 |
| Hop-o'-My-Thumb (character) | 2 |
| Hop-o'-My-Thumb_(variousStageAdaptations) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12772013 — 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: Hop-o'-My-Thumb Context triple: [Histoires ou contes du temps passé, containsWork, Hop-o'-My-Thumb]
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A.
Tom Thumb
Tom Thumb was an early experimental American steam locomotive built in 1830 that demonstrated the viability of steam power for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
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B.
Tom Thumb
Tom Thumb is a mischievous little mouse who stars as one of the central characters in Beatrix Potter’s classic children’s story "The Tale of Two Bad Mice."
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C.
Wee Willie Winkie
Wee Willie Winkie is a 1937 American adventure drama film directed by John Ford and starring Shirley Temple, based loosely on a Rudyard Kipling story.
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D.
The Little Orphan
The Little Orphan is a 1949 Tom and Jerry animated short film from MGM, directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, featuring the duo caring for a hungry orphan mouse named Nibbles.
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E.
Tinkle Bells
Tinkle Bells was the original, later-changed title of the classic Christmas song "Silver Bells."
- 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: Hop-o'-My-Thumb Target entity description: Hop-o'-My-Thumb is a French fairy tale about a clever, undersized boy who outwits both his impoverished parents and a child-eating ogre to save himself and his brothers.
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A.
Tom Thumb
Tom Thumb was an early experimental American steam locomotive built in 1830 that demonstrated the viability of steam power for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
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B.
Tom Thumb
Tom Thumb is a mischievous little mouse who stars as one of the central characters in Beatrix Potter’s classic children’s story "The Tale of Two Bad Mice."
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C.
Wee Willie Winkie
Wee Willie Winkie is a 1937 American adventure drama film directed by John Ford and starring Shirley Temple, based loosely on a Rudyard Kipling story.
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D.
The Little Orphan
The Little Orphan is a 1949 Tom and Jerry animated short film from MGM, directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, featuring the duo caring for a hungry orphan mouse named Nibbles.
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E.
Tinkle Bells
Tinkle Bells was the original, later-changed title of the classic Christmas song "Silver Bells."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French fairy tale
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folk tale character ⓘ literary fairy tale ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Little Poucet
ⓘ
Little Thumb ⓘ
linked to:
Tom Thumb
|
| ATUType | ATU 327 ⓘ |
| author |
Charles Perrault
ⓘ
linked to:
Perrault
|
| classificationSystem |
Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index
ⓘ
linked to:
Antti Aarne
|
| collection |
Mother Goose tales
ⓘ
linked to:
Mother Goose
|
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Hop-o'-My-Thumb (character)
ⓘ
linked to:
Hop-o'-My-Thumb
Hop-o'-My-Thumb's brothers ⓘ Hop-o'-My-Thumb's parents ⓘ the ogre ⓘ the ogre's wife ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Histoires ou contes du temps passé ⓘ |
| genre |
fairy tale
ⓘ
literary fairy tale ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
film and television adaptations of Hop-o'-My-Thumb
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illustrated children’s book versions of Hop-o'-My-Thumb ⓘ stage adaptations of Hop-o'-My-Thumb ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationTradition | 19th-century book illustrations ⓘ |
| hasMoral | wit and foresight can overcome adversity ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Contes de ma mère l’Oye
ⓘ
linked to:
Les Contes de ma mère l’Oye
|
| influenced | later European fairy-tale literature ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | French classical age ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Hop-o'-My-Thumb (character)
ⓘ
linked to:
Hop-o'-My-Thumb
|
| motif |
abandoned children in the forest
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child-eating ogre ⓘ magic seven-league boots ⓘ small but clever hero ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | trickster hero ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Le Petit Poucet ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A very small but clever boy saves himself and his brothers from abandonment and from a child-eating ogre through cunning and trickery. ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1697 ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstEdition | Claude Barbin ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Hansel and Gretel
ⓘ
linked to:
Hansel & Gretel
Jack and the Beanstalk ⓘ |
| setting | rural forested area near a poor woodcutter’s home ⓘ |
| targetAudience | children ⓘ |
| theme |
intelligence over physical strength
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poverty and parental desperation ⓘ survival through cunning ⓘ |
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Subject: Hop-o'-My-Thumb Description of subject: Hop-o'-My-Thumb is a French fairy tale about a clever, undersized boy who outwits both his impoverished parents and a child-eating ogre to save himself and his brothers.
Referenced by (5)
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linked to: Hop-o'-My-Thumb