Revolting Rhymes
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Revolting Rhymes is a darkly comic collection of subversive fairy-tale poems for children written by Roald Dahl and famously adapted into animated films.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Revolting Rhymes canonical | 2 |
| Revolting Rhymes (2016 animated film) | 2 |
| Revolting Rhymes (1983 television series) | 1 |
| Revolting Rhymes (2012 animated short segments) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6296745 — 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: Revolting Rhymes Context triple: [Martin Pope, notableWork, Revolting Rhymes]
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A.
Topsy-Turvy
Topsy-Turvy is a 1999 British period musical drama film directed by Mike Leigh that explores the creation of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera The Mikado.
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B.
Jolly Fellows
Jolly Fellows is a 1934 Soviet musical comedy film, widely regarded as one of the first major Soviet sound comedies and a breakthrough role for actress Lyubov Orlova.
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C.
The Gashlycrumb Tinies
The Gashlycrumb Tinies is a darkly comic, alphabet-based picture book by Edward Gorey that depicts the morbidly humorous deaths of 26 children, each corresponding to a letter.
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D.
Once Upon a Mattress
Once Upon a Mattress is a 1959 Broadway musical comedy, a spoof of "The Princess and the Pea," that helped launch Carol Burnett to stardom.
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E.
Sir Gadabout: The Worst Knight in the Land
Sir Gadabout: The Worst Knight in the Land is a British children's television series that humorously follows an inept knight and his misadventures in a comedic medieval setting.
- 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: Revolting Rhymes Target entity description: Revolting Rhymes is a darkly comic collection of subversive fairy-tale poems for children written by Roald Dahl and famously adapted into animated films.
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A.
Topsy-Turvy
Topsy-Turvy is a 1999 British period musical drama film directed by Mike Leigh that explores the creation of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera The Mikado.
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B.
Jolly Fellows
Jolly Fellows is a 1934 Soviet musical comedy film, widely regarded as one of the first major Soviet sound comedies and a breakthrough role for actress Lyubov Orlova.
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C.
The Gashlycrumb Tinies
The Gashlycrumb Tinies is a darkly comic, alphabet-based picture book by Edward Gorey that depicts the morbidly humorous deaths of 26 children, each corresponding to a letter.
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D.
Once Upon a Mattress
Once Upon a Mattress is a 1959 Broadway musical comedy, a spoof of "The Princess and the Pea," that helped launch Carol Burnett to stardom.
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E.
Sir Gadabout: The Worst Knight in the Land
Sir Gadabout: The Worst Knight in the Land is a British children's television series that humorously follows an inept knight and his misadventures in a comedic medieval setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
children's book
ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ work by Roald Dahl ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
Revolting Rhymes (2012 animated short segments)
ⓘ
linked to:
Revolting Rhymes
Revolting Rhymes (2016 animated film) ⓘ
linked to:
Revolting Rhymes
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| author | Roald Dahl ⓘ |
| basedOn | traditional fairy tales ⓘ |
| containsPoemAbout |
Cinderella
ⓘ
linked to:
Cinderella (fairy tale)
Goldilocks and the Three Bears ⓘ
linked to:
The Three Bears
Jack and the Beanstalk ⓘ Little Red Riding Hood ⓘ Snow White ⓘ The Three Little Pigs ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| followedBy | Dirty Beasts ⓘ |
| genre |
children's poetry
ⓘ
comic verse ⓘ fairy-tale retelling ⓘ parody ⓘ |
| hasAdaptationFormat |
short film
ⓘ
television special ⓘ |
| hasForm |
animated film
ⓘ
book ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationStyle | pen-and-ink drawings ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780224024075 ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | 48 ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
female empowerment in fairy tales
ⓘ
greed and consequences ⓘ subversion of traditional morals ⓘ violence in fairy tales ⓘ |
| illustrationsBy |
Quentin Blake
ⓘ
linked to:
Sir Quentin Blake
|
| illustrator |
Quentin Blake
ⓘ
linked to:
Sir Quentin Blake
|
| intendedAudience | children ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | rhyming couplets ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dark humor
ⓘ
subversive treatment of fairy tales ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Roald Dahl children's books ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| publisher | Jonathan Cape ⓘ |
| targetAgeGroup | middle-grade readers ⓘ |
| tone | darkly comic ⓘ |
| usesLiteraryDevice |
irony
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parody ⓘ satire ⓘ |
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Subject: Revolting Rhymes Description of subject: Revolting Rhymes is a darkly comic collection of subversive fairy-tale poems for children written by Roald Dahl and famously adapted into animated films.
Referenced by (6)
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