Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes
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Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes is a humorous collection of subversive, darkly comic retellings of classic fairy tales written in verse for children.
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| Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes Context triple: [Martin Pope, notableWork, Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes]
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A.
Dr. Seuss Collection
The Dr. Seuss Collection is an archival repository of original manuscripts, drawings, and related materials by Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss.
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B.
The Gruffalo
The Gruffalo is a popular children's picture book by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler, about a clever mouse who invents a fearsome creature to outwit predators in the deep dark wood.
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C.
The Twits
The Twits is a darkly comic children's book by Roald Dahl about a grotesque, spiteful couple who play cruel tricks on each other and are ultimately outwitted by the animals they abuse.
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D.
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins is a children's book that tells a whimsical, satirical tale about a boy whose hat magically keeps reappearing, exploring themes of authority, humility, and absurdity.
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E.
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.
- 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: Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes Target entity description: Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes is a humorous collection of subversive, darkly comic retellings of classic fairy tales written in verse for children.
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A.
Dr. Seuss Collection
The Dr. Seuss Collection is an archival repository of original manuscripts, drawings, and related materials by Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss.
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B.
The Gruffalo
The Gruffalo is a popular children's picture book by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler, about a clever mouse who invents a fearsome creature to outwit predators in the deep dark wood.
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C.
The Twits
The Twits is a darkly comic children's book by Roald Dahl about a grotesque, spiteful couple who play cruel tricks on each other and are ultimately outwitted by the animals they abuse.
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D.
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins is a children's book that tells a whimsical, satirical tale about a boy whose hat magically keeps reappearing, exploring themes of authority, humility, and absurdity.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
children's book
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fairy tale retelling ⓘ poetry collection ⓘ |
| ageRange | middle-grade children ⓘ |
| author | Roald Dahl ⓘ |
| basedOn | classic fairy tales ⓘ |
| containsStory |
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 and the Seven Dwarfs ⓘ
linked to:
Snow White
The Three Little Pigs ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| followedBy | Dirty Beasts ⓘ |
| genre |
children's poetry
ⓘ
fairy tale parody ⓘ humorous poetry ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Revolting Rhymes (1983 television series)
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linked to:
Revolting Rhymes
Revolting Rhymes (2016 animated film) ⓘ
linked to:
Revolting Rhymes
|
| hasCriticalReception | widely praised for its wit and subversive humor ⓘ |
| hasIllustrations | yes ⓘ |
| hasPoeticDevice |
irony
ⓘ
rhythm and rhyme ⓘ wordplay ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
greed and vanity
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subversion of traditional morality ⓘ violence in fairy tales ⓘ |
| hasTone |
darkly comic
ⓘ
subversive ⓘ |
| illustrator |
Quentin Blake
ⓘ
linked to:
Sir Quentin Blake
|
| intendedUse | read-aloud poetry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | verse ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Cinderella (parodied)
ⓘ
Little Red Riding Hood (parodied) ⓘ
linked to:
Little Red Riding Hood
Snow White (parodied) ⓘ
linked to:
Snow White
The Big Bad Wolf (parodied) ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
contains dark humor
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twists traditional fairy tale endings ⓘ uses rhyming couplets ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | Jonathan Cape ⓘ |
| partOf | Roald Dahl bibliography ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Twits ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| targetAudience | children ⓘ |
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