"The Tinder-box"
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"The Tinder-box" is a classic fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a soldier who acquires a magical tinderbox that grants him the aid of powerful dogs, leading to wealth and a royal marriage.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| "The Tinder-box" canonical | 1 |
| The Tinder-Box | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19251532 — 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 Tinder-box" Context triple: [The Red Fairy Book, hasPart, "The Tinder-box"]
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A.
The Snow Queen
The Snow Queen is an 1844 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a powerful, cold-hearted queen and the perilous journey of a young girl to rescue her friend from the queen’s icy realm.
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B.
The Snow Queen
The Snow Queen is a novel by Michael Cunningham that intertwines the lives of two brothers in contemporary New York as they grapple with love, illness, and spiritual longing.
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C.
The Wishing-Chair
The Wishing-Chair is a classic children's fantasy book by Enid Blyton about a magical flying chair that takes two siblings on a series of whimsical adventures.
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D.
The Old Nurse's Story
"The Old Nurse's Story" is a classic Victorian ghost story by Elizabeth Gaskell, known for its atmospheric Gothic setting and exploration of family secrets and moral consequences.
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E.
The Cottage in the Wood
The Cottage in the Wood is a lesser-known literary work by Patrick Brontë, the father of the famous Brontë sisters and an Anglican clergyman and writer.
- 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 Tinder-box" Target entity description: "The Tinder-box" is a classic fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a soldier who acquires a magical tinderbox that grants him the aid of powerful dogs, leading to wealth and a royal marriage.
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A.
The Snow Queen
The Snow Queen is an 1844 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a powerful, cold-hearted queen and the perilous journey of a young girl to rescue her friend from the queen’s icy realm.
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B.
The Snow Queen
The Snow Queen is a novel by Michael Cunningham that intertwines the lives of two brothers in contemporary New York as they grapple with love, illness, and spiritual longing.
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C.
The Wishing-Chair
The Wishing-Chair is a classic children's fantasy book by Enid Blyton about a magical flying chair that takes two siblings on a series of whimsical adventures.
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D.
The Old Nurse's Story
"The Old Nurse's Story" is a classic Victorian ghost story by Elizabeth Gaskell, known for its atmospheric Gothic setting and exploration of family secrets and moral consequences.
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E.
The Cottage in the Wood
The Cottage in the Wood is a lesser-known literary work by Patrick Brontë, the father of the famous Brontë sisters and an Anglican clergyman and writer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: "The Tinder-box"