The Grey Fairy Book
E487619
The Grey Fairy Book is a volume in Andrew Lang’s famous Fairy Books series, collecting a diverse range of lesser-known folk and fairy tales from around the world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Grey Fairy Book canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4898487 — 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 Grey Fairy Book Context triple: [Andrew Lang, notableWork, The Grey Fairy Book]
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A.
The Red Fairy Book
The Red Fairy Book is a classic 19th-century collection of European and other traditional fairy tales compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang.
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B.
The Yellow Fairy Book
The Yellow Fairy Book is a classic 1894 collection of traditional fairy tales from various cultures, compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang as part of his famous "Coloured" Fairy Book series.
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C.
The Green Fairy Book
The Green Fairy Book is a classic 1892 collection of fairy tales compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang as part of his famous "Coloured" Fairy Books series.
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D.
The Blue Fairy Book
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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E.
The Pink Fairy Book
The Pink Fairy Book is a classic 1897 collection of fairy tales from around the world, compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang as part of his famous "Coloured" Fairy Books series.
- 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 Grey Fairy Book Target entity description: The Grey Fairy Book is a volume in Andrew Lang’s famous Fairy Books series, collecting a diverse range of lesser-known folk and fairy tales from around the world.
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A.
The Red Fairy Book
The Red Fairy Book is a classic 19th-century collection of European and other traditional fairy tales compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang.
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B.
The Yellow Fairy Book
The Yellow Fairy Book is a classic 1894 collection of traditional fairy tales from various cultures, compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang as part of his famous "Coloured" Fairy Book series.
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C.
The Green Fairy Book
The Green Fairy Book is a classic 1892 collection of fairy tales compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang as part of his famous "Coloured" Fairy Books series.
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D.
The Blue Fairy Book
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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E.
The Pink Fairy Book
The Pink Fairy Book is a classic 1897 collection of fairy tales from around the world, compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang as part of his famous "Coloured" Fairy Books series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
fairy tale collection ⓘ |
| author | Andrew Lang ⓘ |
| containsWorkType |
fairy tale
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folk tale ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| editor | Andrew Lang ⓘ |
| followsInSeries | The Pink Fairy Book ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
ⓘ
fairy tales ⓘ folk tales ⓘ |
| hasColorDesignation | grey ⓘ |
| hasNotableCharacteristic |
collects lesser-known tales
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includes stories from multiple cultures ⓘ part of a famous coloured fairy book series ⓘ |
| hasNotableStory |
Donkey Skin
ⓘ
linked to:
Donkeyskin
The Brown Bear of Norway ⓘ
linked to:
"The Brown Bear of Norway"
The Daughter of Buk Ettemsuch ⓘ The Death of Koshchei the Deathless ⓘ
linked to:
Kashchei the Immortal
The Fairy Nurse ⓘ The Master Thief ⓘ
linked to:
"The Master Thief"
The Story of Bensurdatu ⓘ The Story of the Queen of the Flowery Isles ⓘ The Story of the Three Brothers and the Golden Apple ⓘ
linked to:
"The Three Brothers"
The Story of the Three Dogs ⓘ
linked to:
"The Three Dogs"
The Story of the Three Sons of Hali ⓘ The White Wolf ⓘ The Wonderful Tune ⓘ
linked to:
"The Wonderful Tune"
|
| illustrator | H. J. Ford ⓘ |
| includesTaleOrigin |
African folklore
ⓘ
Australian folklore ⓘ Brazilian folklore ⓘ French folklore ⓘ German folklore ⓘ Indian folklore ⓘ Italian folklore ⓘ Polish folklore ⓘ Portuguese folklore ⓘ Romany folklore ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| partOf | The Coloured Fairy Books ⓘ |
| precedesInSeries | The Violet Fairy Book ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1900 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Longmans, Green, and Co.
ⓘ
linked to:
Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer
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| series | Andrew Lang's Fairy Books ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
children
ⓘ
general readers ⓘ |
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Subject: The Grey Fairy Book Description of subject: The Grey Fairy Book is a volume in Andrew Lang’s famous Fairy Books series, collecting a diverse range of lesser-known folk and fairy tales from around the world.
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