"The Cunning Shoemaker"
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"The Cunning Shoemaker" is a folk tale included in Andrew Lang’s *The Red Fairy Book*, featuring a clever cobbler who uses his wits to overcome challenges.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| "The Cunning Shoemaker" canonical | 2 |
| The Cunning Shoemaker | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19251548 — 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 Cunning Shoemaker" Context triple: [The Red Fairy Book, hasPart, "The Cunning Shoemaker"]
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A.
The Elves and the Shoemaker
"The Elves and the Shoemaker" is a classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale about a poor shoemaker who receives secret nighttime help from kindly elves, leading to prosperity and gratitude.
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B.
Tale of the miller and his wife
The "Tale of the Miller and His Wife" is a short inset story from Apuleius’ Metamorphoses that illustrates themes of marital conflict, deception, and domestic misfortune within the larger narrative.
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C.
The Brave Little Tailor
The Brave Little Tailor is a classic fairy tale, popularized by the Brothers Grimm and later adapted by Disney, about a clever tailor who uses his wits and exaggerated boasts to overcome seemingly impossible challenges.
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D.
The Fisherman and His Wife
The Fisherman and His Wife is a German fairy tale about a poor fisherman and his increasingly greedy wife, whose endless wishes to a magical fish ultimately lead to their downfall.
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E.
Ugu the Shoemaker
Ugu the Shoemaker is a powerful and ambitious magician in L. Frank Baum’s Oz series who steals the Magic Picture and Glinda’s Great Book of Records in his bid to conquer Oz.
- 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 Cunning Shoemaker" Target entity description: "The Cunning Shoemaker" is a folk tale included in Andrew Lang’s *The Red Fairy Book*, featuring a clever cobbler who uses his wits to overcome challenges.
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A.
The Elves and the Shoemaker
"The Elves and the Shoemaker" is a classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale about a poor shoemaker who receives secret nighttime help from kindly elves, leading to prosperity and gratitude.
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B.
Tale of the miller and his wife
The "Tale of the Miller and His Wife" is a short inset story from Apuleius’ Metamorphoses that illustrates themes of marital conflict, deception, and domestic misfortune within the larger narrative.
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C.
The Brave Little Tailor
The Brave Little Tailor is a classic fairy tale, popularized by the Brothers Grimm and later adapted by Disney, about a clever tailor who uses his wits and exaggerated boasts to overcome seemingly impossible challenges.
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D.
The Fisherman and His Wife
The Fisherman and His Wife is a German fairy tale about a poor fisherman and his increasingly greedy wife, whose endless wishes to a magical fish ultimately lead to their downfall.
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E.
Ugu the Shoemaker
Ugu the Shoemaker is a powerful and ambitious magician in L. Frank Baum’s Oz series who steals the Magic Picture and Glinda’s Great Book of Records in his bid to conquer Oz.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: "The Cunning Shoemaker"