The Little Glass Slipper
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The Little Glass Slipper is a classic European fairy tale about a mistreated young woman whose magical transformation and iconic glass slipper lead her to marry a prince.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Little Glass Slipper canonical | 3 |
| Cendrillon, ou la petite pantoufle de verre | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Little Glass Slipper Context triple: [Cinderella (fairy tale), hasVariant, The Little Glass Slipper]
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A.
The Glass Slipper
The Glass Slipper is a 1955 MGM musical film adaptation of the Cinderella story, produced by Lawrence Weingarten and starring Leslie Caron.
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B.
The Truth About Cinderella
The Truth About Cinderella is a book by evolutionary psychologists Martin Daly and Margo Wilson that uses parental investment theory to explain patterns of child abuse and favoritism, famously coining the “Cinderella effect.”
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C.
The Trouble With Cinderella
The Trouble With Cinderella is a memoir by jazz clarinetist and bandleader Artie Shaw, in which he reflects on his life, career, and disillusionment with fame and the music industry.
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D.
Another Cinderella Story
Another Cinderella Story is a 2008 teen musical romantic comedy film that offers a modern, dance-focused retelling of the classic Cinderella fairy tale.
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E.
La Cenerentola
La Cenerentola is an opera buffa by Gioachino Rossini that offers a comic, bel canto reimagining of the Cinderella fairy tale.
- 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 Little Glass Slipper Target entity description: The Little Glass Slipper is a classic European fairy tale about a mistreated young woman whose magical transformation and iconic glass slipper lead her to marry a prince.
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A.
The Glass Slipper
The Glass Slipper is a 1955 MGM musical film adaptation of the Cinderella story, produced by Lawrence Weingarten and starring Leslie Caron.
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B.
The Truth About Cinderella
The Truth About Cinderella is a book by evolutionary psychologists Martin Daly and Margo Wilson that uses parental investment theory to explain patterns of child abuse and favoritism, famously coining the “Cinderella effect.”
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C.
The Trouble With Cinderella
The Trouble With Cinderella is a memoir by jazz clarinetist and bandleader Artie Shaw, in which he reflects on his life, career, and disillusionment with fame and the music industry.
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D.
Another Cinderella Story
Another Cinderella Story is a 2008 teen musical romantic comedy film that offers a modern, dance-focused retelling of the classic Cinderella fairy tale.
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E.
La Cenerentola
La Cenerentola is an opera buffa by Gioachino Rossini that offers a comic, bel canto reimagining of the Cinderella fairy tale.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fairy tale
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literary work ⓘ |
| author |
Charles Perrault
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linked to:
Perrault
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| centralMotif |
lost shoe
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magical transformation ⓘ rags to riches ⓘ |
| centralObject | glass slipper ⓘ |
| classifiedIn |
Aarne–Thompson–Uther type 510A
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linked to:
The Types of International Folktales
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| containsCharacterType |
fairy godmother
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prince ⓘ princess-to-be ⓘ wicked stepmother ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin | European folklore ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Histoires ou contes du temps passé ⓘ |
| firstPublishedYear | 1697 ⓘ |
| genre |
fairy tale
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folk tale ⓘ wonder tale ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Cinderella (1950 Disney animated film)
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linked to:
Cinderella (1950 film)
numerous ballet adaptations ⓘ numerous film adaptations ⓘ numerous stage adaptations ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle |
Cendrillon
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Cinderella ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Little Glass Slipper ⓘ |
| influenced | later Cinderella variants in European folklore ⓘ |
| keyEvent |
Cinderella attends the royal ball with the help of a fairy godmother.
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Cinderella loses one of her glass slippers on the palace stairs. ⓘ Cinderella marries the prince after the slipper fits her foot. ⓘ Cinderella must leave the ball at midnight when the magic ends. ⓘ The prince searches the kingdom for the woman whose foot fits the glass slipper. ⓘ
linked to:
the Prince from Cinderella
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| language | French ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Cinderella
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the fairy godmother ⓘ the prince ⓘ the two stepsisters ⓘ the wicked stepmother ⓘ |
| moral |
Cruelty and vanity are punished.
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Kindness and patience are ultimately rewarded. ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A mistreated young woman is magically transformed to attend a royal ball, loses a glass slipper, and is later identified by the prince through the slipper, leading to their marriage. ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Aschenputtel
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linked to:
Cinderella
Cenerentola ⓘ
linked to:
Cendrillon
Ye Xian ⓘ |
| setting | a royal kingdom ⓘ |
| theme |
envy and cruelty
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magic as aid to the oppressed ⓘ reward for virtue ⓘ social mobility ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Cinderella (fairy tale)
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firstWellKnownLiteraryVersionTitle
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Cendrillon, ou la petite pantoufle de verre
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linked to: The Little Glass Slipper