Jack and the Beanstalk
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Jack and the Beanstalk is a classic English fairy tale about a poor boy who climbs a magical beanstalk to a giant’s castle in the sky, encountering danger and treasure.
All labels observed (8)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T733665 — 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: Jack and the Beanstalk Context triple: [Jack, featuredInWork, Jack and the Beanstalk]
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A.
The Brave Little Tailor
The Brave Little Tailor is a classic fairy tale, popularized by the Brothers Grimm and later adapted by Disney, about a clever tailor who uses his wits and exaggerated boasts to overcome seemingly impossible challenges.
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B.
The Reluctant Dragon
The Reluctant Dragon is a 1941 Disney film that blends live-action and animation to tell the humorous story of a gentle, poetry-loving dragon who prefers friendship over fighting.
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C.
Peter Pan
Peter Pan is a classic animated fantasy film produced by Walt Disney that follows the adventures of a boy who never grows up and his friends in the magical world of Neverland.
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D.
Life in the Undergrowth
Life in the Undergrowth is a BBC nature documentary series exploring the hidden world and remarkable behaviors of invertebrates, presented and narrated by David Attenborough.
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E.
The Magic Faraway Tree
The Magic Faraway Tree is a classic children's fantasy novel by Enid Blyton about a group of children who discover an enchanted tree whose top leads to a series of magical, ever-changing lands.
- 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: Jack and the Beanstalk Target entity description: Jack and the Beanstalk is a classic English fairy tale about a poor boy who climbs a magical beanstalk to a giant’s castle in the sky, encountering danger and treasure.
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A.
The Brave Little Tailor
The Brave Little Tailor is a classic fairy tale, popularized by the Brothers Grimm and later adapted by Disney, about a clever tailor who uses his wits and exaggerated boasts to overcome seemingly impossible challenges.
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B.
The Reluctant Dragon
The Reluctant Dragon is a 1941 Disney film that blends live-action and animation to tell the humorous story of a gentle, poetry-loving dragon who prefers friendship over fighting.
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C.
Peter Pan
Peter Pan is a classic animated fantasy film produced by Walt Disney that follows the adventures of a boy who never grows up and his friends in the magical world of Neverland.
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D.
Life in the Undergrowth
Life in the Undergrowth is a BBC nature documentary series exploring the hidden world and remarkable behaviors of invertebrates, presented and narrated by David Attenborough.
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E.
The Magic Faraway Tree
The Magic Faraway Tree is a classic children's fantasy novel by Enid Blyton about a group of children who discover an enchanted tree whose top leads to a series of magical, ever-changing lands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English fairy tale
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children's story ⓘ fairy tale ⓘ folk tale ⓘ |
| centralConflict | Jack versus the giant ⓘ |
| collectedIn | English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | traditional European fairy-tale world ⓘ |
| firstMajorCollector | Joseph Jacobs ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
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fantasy ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Jack and the Beanstalk
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Jack and the Beanstalk (children's book retellings)
Jack and the Beanstalk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Jack and the Beanstalk (film)
Jack and the Beanstalk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Jack and the Beanstalk (pantomime)
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| hasCharacter |
Jack
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Jack's mother ⓘ the cow ⓘ the giant ⓘ the giant's wife ⓘ the hen that lays golden eggs ⓘ the magical harp ⓘ |
| hasVariant | Jack the Giant Killer ⓘ |
| keyEvent |
Jack climbs the beanstalk to the giant's castle
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Jack cuts down the beanstalk ⓘ Jack steals treasures from the giant ⓘ Jack trades the family cow for magic beans ⓘ the beanstalk grows overnight into the sky ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| motif |
beheading or felling of the beanstalk
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climbing to the sky ⓘ magic beans ⓘ ogre or giant ⓘ treasure theft ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Jack ⓘ |
| notableQuote | Fee-fi-fo-fum ⓘ |
| openingSituation | Jack and his mother are poor ⓘ |
| plotElement |
beanstalk
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giant's castle in the sky ⓘ golden eggs ⓘ magic beans ⓘ talking harp ⓘ |
| resolution |
Jack and his mother become rich
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the giant falls and dies ⓘ |
| theme |
bravery
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consequences of greed ⓘ poverty and wealth ⓘ risk and reward ⓘ social class mobility ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jack and the Beanstalk Description of subject: Jack and the Beanstalk is a classic English fairy tale about a poor boy who climbs a magical beanstalk to a giant’s castle in the sky, encountering danger and treasure.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Into the Woods (2014 film)
this entity surface form:
Jack (from Jack and the Beanstalk)
this entity surface form:
Jack and the Beanstalk (film)
this entity surface form:
Jack and the Beanstalk (pantomime)
this entity surface form:
Jack and the Beanstalk (children's book retellings)
this entity surface form:
Jack and the Beanstalk (1902 film)
this entity surface form:
Jack and the Beanstalk (1902 film)
this entity surface form:
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
this entity surface form:
Jack and the Beanstalk (2009 film)
subject surface form:
English Fairy Tales