The Blue Fairy Book
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The Blue Fairy Book is a classic 1889 collection of traditional fairy tales compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang, famous for helping popularize many well-known stories in the English-speaking world.
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| The Blue Fairy Book canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4898482 — 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 Blue Fairy Book Context triple: [Andrew Lang, notableWork, The Blue Fairy Book]
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A.
Twice-Told Tales
Twice-Told Tales is a collection of short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores moral and psychological themes through allegorical and Gothic narratives.
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B.
Tales of Mother Goose
Tales of Mother Goose is a classic collection of French fairy tales by Charles Perrault that includes famous stories such as Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Little Red Riding Hood.
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C.
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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D.
The Happy Prince and Other Tales
The Happy Prince and Other Tales is a collection of literary fairy stories by Oscar Wilde, noted for their blend of fantasy, social criticism, and poignant moral themes.
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E.
English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs
English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs is a classic 1890 collection of traditional English folk and fairy stories that helped popularize many well-known tales in modern English literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Blue Fairy Book Target entity description: The Blue Fairy Book is a classic 1889 collection of traditional fairy tales compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang, famous for helping popularize many well-known stories in the English-speaking world.
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A.
Twice-Told Tales
Twice-Told Tales is a collection of short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores moral and psychological themes through allegorical and Gothic narratives.
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B.
Tales of Mother Goose
Tales of Mother Goose is a classic collection of French fairy tales by Charles Perrault that includes famous stories such as Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Little Red Riding Hood.
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C.
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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D.
The Happy Prince and Other Tales
The Happy Prince and Other Tales is a collection of literary fairy stories by Oscar Wilde, noted for their blend of fantasy, social criticism, and poignant moral themes.
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E.
English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs
English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs is a classic 1890 collection of traditional English folk and fairy stories that helped popularize many well-known tales in modern English literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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fairy tale collection ⓘ short story collection ⓘ |
| author | Andrew Lang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | traditional European fairy tales ⓘ |
| compiler | Andrew Lang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsWork |
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
NERFINISHED
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Beauty and the Beast NERFINISHED ⓘ Cinderella NERFINISHED ⓘ East of the Sun and West of the Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ Hansel and Gretel NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack the Giant-Killer NERFINISHED ⓘ Little Red Riding Hood NERFINISHED ⓘ Little Thumb NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess NERFINISHED ⓘ Rumpelstiltskin NERFINISHED ⓘ Sleeping Beauty NERFINISHED ⓘ Snow-White and Rose-Red NERFINISHED ⓘ The Bronze Ring NERFINISHED ⓘ The Forty Thieves NERFINISHED ⓘ The Goose-Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ The History of Whittington NERFINISHED ⓘ The Master-Maid NERFINISHED ⓘ The Princess on the Glass Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ The Red Etin NERFINISHED ⓘ The Terrible Head NERFINISHED ⓘ The Three Bears NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tinder-Box NERFINISHED ⓘ The Water of Life NERFINISHED ⓘ The White Cat NERFINISHED ⓘ The Wonderful Sheep NERFINISHED ⓘ The Yellow Dwarf NERFINISHED ⓘ Why the Sea is Salt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| editor | Andrew Lang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Red Fairy Book NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
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fairy tale ⓘ fantasy literature ⓘ |
| hasIllustrator |
G. P. Jacomb Hood
NERFINISHED
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H. J. Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfStories | 37 ⓘ |
| influenced | popularization of fairy tales in the English-speaking world ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | introducing many continental European fairy tales to English readers ⓘ |
| partOf | late 19th-century folklore revival ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | first volume ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1889 ⓘ |
| publisher | Longmans, Green, and Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Andrew Lang's Fairy Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | children ⓘ |
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Subject: The Blue Fairy Book Description of subject: The Blue Fairy Book is a classic 1889 collection of traditional fairy tales compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang, famous for helping popularize many well-known stories in the English-speaking world.
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