The Old Woman and Her Pig
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"The Old Woman and Her Pig" is a traditional English cumulative folk tale about a woman’s comically escalating attempts to persuade a series of characters and objects to help her get her stubborn pig home.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Old Woman and Her Pig canonical | 1 |
| The Old Woman and the Little Pig | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17049582 — 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 Old Woman and Her Pig Context triple: [English Fairy Tales, hasPart, The Old Woman and Her Pig]
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A.
The Stork and the Plow
The Stork and the Plow is an environmental and population studies book co-authored by Anne H. Ehrlich that examines the relationship between human population growth, food production, and ecological sustainability.
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B.
The Old Lady
The Old Lady is a recurring comic character from Fontaine Fox’s early 20th-century newspaper strip "Toonerville Folks," known for embodying the quaint, humorous charm of small-town life.
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C.
The Poultry Seller
The Poultry Seller is a 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Gabriel Metsu depicting a lively market scene centered on a vendor selling poultry.
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D.
The Farmer and the Stork
"The Farmer and the Stork" is a classic Aesop fable that teaches a moral about shared responsibility and the consequences of keeping bad company.
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E.
The Sick Goat
"The Sick Goat" is a 17th-century pastoral genre painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Karel Dujardin, known for its detailed depiction of animals and rural 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: The Old Woman and Her Pig Target entity description: "The Old Woman and Her Pig" is a traditional English cumulative folk tale about a woman’s comically escalating attempts to persuade a series of characters and objects to help her get her stubborn pig home.
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A.
The Stork and the Plow
The Stork and the Plow is an environmental and population studies book co-authored by Anne H. Ehrlich that examines the relationship between human population growth, food production, and ecological sustainability.
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B.
The Old Lady
The Old Lady is a recurring comic character from Fontaine Fox’s early 20th-century newspaper strip "Toonerville Folks," known for embodying the quaint, humorous charm of small-town life.
-
C.
The Poultry Seller
The Poultry Seller is a 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Gabriel Metsu depicting a lively market scene centered on a vendor selling poultry.
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D.
The Farmer and the Stork
"The Farmer and the Stork" is a classic Aesop fable that teaches a moral about shared responsibility and the consequences of keeping bad company.
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E.
The Sick Goat
"The Sick Goat" is a 17th-century pastoral genre painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Karel Dujardin, known for its detailed depiction of animals and rural life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs
subject linked to:
English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs
linked to: The Old Woman and Her Pig