The Little Mermaid (fairy tale)

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"The Little Mermaid" is a classic 1837 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a young mermaid who sacrifices everything for the chance to gain a human soul and the love of a human prince.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
The Little Mermaid	7
Andersen's The Little Mermaid (loosely)	1
Andersen’s tale of a mermaid	1
Ariel in Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid (loosely)	1
Hans Christian Andersen’s Little Mermaid	1
The Little Mermaid (fairy tale) canonical	1
The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14055494 — 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 Little Mermaid (fairy tale)
Context triple: [Den lille Havfrue, inspiredBy, The Little Mermaid (fairy tale)]

A. The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid is a beloved 1989 animated musical fantasy film that revitalized Disney animation with its fairy-tale romance, memorable songs, and vibrant undersea world.
B. The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid is a famous bronze statue in Copenhagen depicting Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy-tale character, and is one of Denmark’s most iconic tourist attractions.
C. Voyage of the Little Mermaid
Voyage of the Little Mermaid was a live musical stage show at Disney's Hollywood Studios that retold Disney’s animated film "The Little Mermaid" using actors, puppetry, and special effects.
D. Mermaid
"Mermaid" is a poetry collection by British poet Christopher Reid, noted for its lyrical exploration of love, loss, and memory.
E. The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning
The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning is a 2008 direct-to-video animated prequel to Disney’s The Little Mermaid that explores Ariel’s early life and the origins of her love of music under the sea.
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 Little Mermaid (fairy tale)
Target entity description: "The Little Mermaid" is a classic 1837 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a young mermaid who sacrifices everything for the chance to gain a human soul and the love of a human prince.

A. The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid is a beloved 1989 animated musical fantasy film that revitalized Disney animation with its fairy-tale romance, memorable songs, and vibrant undersea world.
B. The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid is a famous bronze statue in Copenhagen depicting Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy-tale character, and is one of Denmark’s most iconic tourist attractions.
C. Voyage of the Little Mermaid
Voyage of the Little Mermaid was a live musical stage show at Disney's Hollywood Studios that retold Disney’s animated film "The Little Mermaid" using actors, puppetry, and special effects.
D. Mermaid
"Mermaid" is a poetry collection by British poet Christopher Reid, noted for its lyrical exploration of love, loss, and memory.
E. The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning
The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning is a 2008 direct-to-video animated prequel to Disney’s The Little Mermaid that explores Ariel’s early life and the origins of her love of music under the sea.
F. None of above. chosen

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Den lille Havfrue → inspiredBy → The Little Mermaid (fairy tale) ⓘ

Rusalka (character) → oftenComparedTo → Hans Christian Andersen’s Little Mermaid ⓘ

subject linked to: Rusalka in Dvořák’s "Rusalka"