"The Flying Ship"
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"The Flying Ship" is a traditional Eastern European folk tale, popularized in English through Andrew Lang’s fairy tale collections, about a simpleton who gains a magical flying vessel and wins a princess with the help of extraordinary companions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| "The Flying Ship" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20184147 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: "The Flying Ship" Context triple: [The Crimson Fairy Book, hasStory, "The Flying Ship"]
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A.
The Star Flyer
The Star Flyer is a tall swing ride attraction at Copenhagen's Tivoli Gardens that lifts riders high into the air for panoramic views of the city.
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B.
The Winged Wonder
The Winged Wonder is an alias of Carter Hall, the reincarnated hero better known as DC Comics’ winged warrior Hawkman.
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C.
The Flying Fleet
The Flying Fleet is a 1929 silent aviation drama film centered on U.S. Navy pilots, notable for its early depiction of military aviation and association with screenwriter and former naval aviator Frank Wead.
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D.
“Ship of Miracles”
“Ship of Miracles” is the nickname given to the SS Meredith Victory, a U.S. merchant ship famed for its extraordinary rescue of thousands of Korean civilians during the Korean War.
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E.
“The Stone Fleet”
“The Stone Fleet” is a Civil War–themed poem by Herman Melville, included in his collection *Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War*, that reflects on the Union’s deliberate sinking of old ships to blockade Confederate ports.
- 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 Flying Ship" Target entity description: "The Flying Ship" is a traditional Eastern European folk tale, popularized in English through Andrew Lang’s fairy tale collections, about a simpleton who gains a magical flying vessel and wins a princess with the help of extraordinary companions.
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A.
The Star Flyer
The Star Flyer is a tall swing ride attraction at Copenhagen's Tivoli Gardens that lifts riders high into the air for panoramic views of the city.
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B.
The Winged Wonder
The Winged Wonder is an alias of Carter Hall, the reincarnated hero better known as DC Comics’ winged warrior Hawkman.
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C.
The Flying Fleet
The Flying Fleet is a 1929 silent aviation drama film centered on U.S. Navy pilots, notable for its early depiction of military aviation and association with screenwriter and former naval aviator Frank Wead.
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D.
“Ship of Miracles”
“Ship of Miracles” is the nickname given to the SS Meredith Victory, a U.S. merchant ship famed for its extraordinary rescue of thousands of Korean civilians during the Korean War.
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E.
“The Stone Fleet”
“The Stone Fleet” is a Civil War–themed poem by Herman Melville, included in his collection *Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War*, that reflects on the Union’s deliberate sinking of old ships to blockade Confederate ports.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.