The Violet Fairy Book
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The Violet Fairy Book is a collection of international folk and fairy tales compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang as part of his famous "Coloured" Fairy Book series.
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| The Violet Fairy Book canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4898488 — 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 Violet Fairy Book Context triple: [Andrew Lang, notableWork, The Violet Fairy Book]
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A.
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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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 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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E.
The Grey Fairy Book
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.
- 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 Violet Fairy Book Target entity description: The Violet Fairy Book is a collection of international folk and fairy tales compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang as part of his famous "Coloured" Fairy Book series.
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A.
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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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 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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E.
The Grey Fairy Book
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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children's book ⓘ fairy tale collection ⓘ short story collection ⓘ |
| compiler | Andrew Lang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compilerNationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | H. J. Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Andrew Lang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editorOccupation |
folklorist
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writer ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Crimson Fairy Book NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
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fairy tales ⓘ folk tales ⓘ |
| hasContentFrom |
Africa
NERFINISHED
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Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ France NERFINISHED ⓘ India NERFINISHED ⓘ Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ Native American traditions ⓘ North America NERFINISHED ⓘ Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ Romania NERFINISHED ⓘ Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ Serbia NERFINISHED ⓘ South America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| illustrator | H. J. Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | children ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being part of Andrew Lang's Coloured Fairy Books
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collecting international fairy and folk tales ⓘ |
| numberOfStories | 35 ⓘ |
| partOf | Coloured Fairy Book series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Grey Fairy Book NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1901 ⓘ |
| publisher | Longmans, Green, and Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Andrew Lang's Coloured Fairy Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
folklore
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magic ⓘ mythology ⓘ |
| title | The Violet Fairy Book NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: The Violet Fairy Book Description of subject: The Violet Fairy Book is a collection of international folk and fairy tales compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang as part of his famous "Coloured" Fairy Book series.
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