The Red Shoes
E630019
The Red Shoes is a classic fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a vain girl whose obsession with a pair of enchanted red shoes leads to a tragic and moralistic downfall.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Red Shoes canonical | 6 |
| "The Red Shoes" | 1 |
| The Red Shoes (fairy tale) | 1 |
| The Red Shoes (musical) | 1 |
| The Red Shoes by Hans Christian Andersen | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6920310 — 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 Red Shoes Context triple: [Hans Christian Andersen, notableWork, The Red Shoes]
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A.
National Velvet
National Velvet is a classic 1944 family sports drama film about a young girl and her horse competing in the Grand National steeplechase.
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B.
The White Ballet
The White Ballet is a painting by American Ashcan School artist Everett Shinn that captures an intimate, atmospheric view of a ballet performance.
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C.
Finian's Rainbow
Finian's Rainbow is a 1968 musical fantasy film, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and based on the Broadway stage musical, known for blending romance, satire, and social commentary with song and dance.
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D.
Random Harvest
Random Harvest is a 1942 romantic drama film, based on James Hilton’s novel, renowned for its amnesia-driven love story and considered one of director Mervyn LeRoy’s most enduring works.
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E.
Brigadoon
Brigadoon is a 1954 MGM musical fantasy film, directed by Vincente Minnelli and based on the Lerner and Loewe stage musical, about a mysterious Scottish village that appears for only one day every hundred years.
- 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 Red Shoes Target entity description: The Red Shoes is a classic fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a vain girl whose obsession with a pair of enchanted red shoes leads to a tragic and moralistic downfall.
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A.
National Velvet
National Velvet is a classic 1944 family sports drama film about a young girl and her horse competing in the Grand National steeplechase.
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B.
The White Ballet
The White Ballet is a painting by American Ashcan School artist Everett Shinn that captures an intimate, atmospheric view of a ballet performance.
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C.
Finian's Rainbow
Finian's Rainbow is a 1968 musical fantasy film, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and based on the Broadway stage musical, known for blending romance, satire, and social commentary with song and dance.
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D.
Random Harvest
Random Harvest is a 1942 romantic drama film, based on James Hilton’s novel, renowned for its amnesia-driven love story and considered one of director Mervyn LeRoy’s most enduring works.
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E.
Brigadoon
Brigadoon is a 1954 MGM musical fantasy film, directed by Vincente Minnelli and based on the Lerner and Loewe stage musical, about a mysterious Scottish village that appears for only one day every hundred years.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fairy tale
ⓘ
literary work ⓘ |
| author | Hans Christian Andersen ⓘ |
| centralConflict | conflict between spiritual duty and worldly vanity ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
cursed object
ⓘ
endless dancing as punishment ⓘ repentance before death ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Denmark ⓘ |
| endingType | tragic ending ⓘ |
| featuresObject |
enchanted shoes
ⓘ
red shoes ⓘ |
| genre |
fairy tale
ⓘ
moral tale ⓘ religious tale ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Red Shoes (1948 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Red Shoes
The Red Shoes (ballet adaptations) ⓘ
linked to:
The Red Shoes
The Red Shoes (stage adaptations) ⓘ |
| hasIllustratedEditions | yes ⓘ |
| influenced | later adaptations of cursed-dancing-shoes stories ⓘ |
| intendedEffect | to warn against vanity and disobedience ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 19th-century Danish literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Karen ⓘ |
| moral |
spiritual values are more important than material possessions
ⓘ
vanity and pride lead to downfall ⓘ |
| moralTone | didactic ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Danish ⓘ |
| partOf | Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales corpus ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A vain girl becomes obsessed with a pair of red shoes that force her to dance endlessly as punishment for her pride and disobedience. ⓘ |
| protagonistTrait |
disobedience
ⓘ
vanity ⓘ |
| publicationType | short story ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Christian moral framework ⓘ |
| setting | rural Denmark ⓘ |
| symbolism | red shoes symbolize sinful vanity and temptation ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
children
ⓘ
general readers ⓘ |
| theme |
obsession
ⓘ
pride ⓘ punishment ⓘ redemption ⓘ vanity ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Red Shoes Description of subject: The Red Shoes is a classic fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a vain girl whose obsession with a pair of enchanted red shoes leads to a tragic and moralistic downfall.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Red Shoes
linked to: The Red Shoes
linked to: The Red Shoes
linked to: The Red Shoes