"The Hairy Man"
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"The Hairy Man" is a European folk tale, popularized in Andrew Lang’s *The Crimson Fairy Book*, about a wild, shaggy man whose capture and later release intertwine with a prince’s coming-of-age and redemption.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| "The Hairy Man" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20184120 — 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 Hairy Man" Context triple: [The Crimson Fairy Book, hasStory, "The Hairy Man"]
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A.
The Baldy Man
The Baldy Man is a British television comedy character, portrayed by Gregor Fisher, known for his slapstick humor and distinctive bald-headed appearance.
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B.
The Shaggy Man
The Shaggy Man is a powerful, nearly indestructible DC Comics monster often depicted as a formidable adversary of the Justice League.
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C.
The Shaggy Man
The Shaggy Man is a kindly, eccentric wanderer from L. Frank Baum’s Oz series, known for his unkempt appearance, magical love magnet, and loyal friendship with Dorothy and her companions.
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D.
"The Dirtiest Man in the World"
"The Dirtiest Man in the World" is a humorous children's poem by Shel Silverstein that playfully exaggerates a character's extreme filthiness to comic effect.
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E.
The Man with Three Buttocks
The Man with Three Buttocks is a classic absurdist sketch from the British comedy group Monty Python, featuring a mock television interview with a man whose supposed deformity is treated with deadpan seriousness.
- 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 Hairy Man" Target entity description: "The Hairy Man" is a European folk tale, popularized in Andrew Lang’s *The Crimson Fairy Book*, about a wild, shaggy man whose capture and later release intertwine with a prince’s coming-of-age and redemption.
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A.
The Baldy Man
The Baldy Man is a British television comedy character, portrayed by Gregor Fisher, known for his slapstick humor and distinctive bald-headed appearance.
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B.
The Shaggy Man
The Shaggy Man is a powerful, nearly indestructible DC Comics monster often depicted as a formidable adversary of the Justice League.
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C.
The Shaggy Man
The Shaggy Man is a kindly, eccentric wanderer from L. Frank Baum’s Oz series, known for his unkempt appearance, magical love magnet, and loyal friendship with Dorothy and her companions.
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D.
"The Dirtiest Man in the World"
"The Dirtiest Man in the World" is a humorous children's poem by Shel Silverstein that playfully exaggerates a character's extreme filthiness to comic effect.
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E.
The Man with Three Buttocks
The Man with Three Buttocks is a classic absurdist sketch from the British comedy group Monty Python, featuring a mock television interview with a man whose supposed deformity is treated with deadpan seriousness.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.