The Brown Fairy Book
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The Brown Fairy Book is a classic 1904 collection of fairy tales from various cultures around the world, compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang as part of his famous "Coloured" Fairy Book series.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Brown Fairy Book canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4898490 — 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 Brown Fairy Book Context triple: [Andrew Lang, notableWork, The Brown 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 Crimson Fairy Book
The Crimson Fairy Book is a classic 1903 collection of fairy tales from around the world, 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 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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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 Brown Fairy Book Target entity description: The Brown Fairy Book is a classic 1904 collection of fairy tales from various cultures around the world, compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang as part of his famous "Coloured" Fairy Book series.
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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 Crimson Fairy Book
The Crimson Fairy Book is a classic 1903 collection of fairy tales from around the world, 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 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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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 (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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children's book ⓘ fairy tale collection ⓘ short story collection ⓘ |
| author | Andrew Lang ⓘ |
| compiler | Andrew Lang ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| editor | Andrew Lang ⓘ |
| editorNationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Orange Fairy Book ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
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fairy tale ⓘ folklore ⓘ |
| hasColorDesignation | brown ⓘ |
| hasContentFrom |
African folklore
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Asian folklore ⓘ European folklore ⓘ Native American folklore ⓘ various cultures around the world ⓘ |
| illustrator | H. J. Ford ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being part of the coloured fairy book series
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collecting fairy tales from multiple world cultures ⓘ |
| originalPublisher |
Longmans, Green, and Co.
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linked to:
Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer
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| partOf | Andrew Lang's Fairy Books ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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| precededBy | The Crimson Fairy Book ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1904 ⓘ |
| series |
Andrew Lang's Coloured Fairy Books
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linked to:
The Coloured Fairy Books
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| targetAudience |
children
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general readers interested in folklore ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Brown Fairy Book Description of subject: The Brown Fairy Book is a classic 1904 collection of fairy tales from various cultures around the world, compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang as part of his famous "Coloured" Fairy Book series.
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