The Turn-Tale Wolf
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The Turn-Tale Wolf is a Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short directed by Robert McKimson that parodies the classic "Three Little Pigs" fairy tale.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Turn-Tale Wolf canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11716813 — 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 Turn-Tale Wolf Context triple: [Robert McKimson, notableWork, The Turn-Tale Wolf]
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A.
White Fang
White Fang is a classic adventure novel by Jack London that follows the brutal yet redemptive life of a wolfdog in the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush.
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B.
The Wolf
The Wolf is a country rock album by Shooter Jennings that blends traditional outlaw country influences with modern rock elements.
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C.
Red Fox and His Canoe
"Red Fox and His Canoe" is a children's book by Nathaniel Benchley that follows the humorous adventures of a young Native American boy whose magically expanding canoe leads to escalating chaos.
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D.
The Twa Dogs
The Twa Dogs is a satirical poem by Robert Burns in which two dogs discuss and contrast the lives of the rich and the poor in 18th-century Scotland.
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E.
El perro del hortelano
El perro del hortelano is a celebrated Spanish Golden Age comedy play by Lope de Vega that satirically explores love, jealousy, and social class.
- 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 Turn-Tale Wolf Target entity description: The Turn-Tale Wolf is a Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short directed by Robert McKimson that parodies the classic "Three Little Pigs" fairy tale.
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A.
White Fang
White Fang is a classic adventure novel by Jack London that follows the brutal yet redemptive life of a wolfdog in the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush.
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B.
The Wolf
The Wolf is a country rock album by Shooter Jennings that blends traditional outlaw country influences with modern rock elements.
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C.
Red Fox and His Canoe
"Red Fox and His Canoe" is a children's book by Nathaniel Benchley that follows the humorous adventures of a young Native American boy whose magically expanding canoe leads to escalating chaos.
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D.
The Twa Dogs
The Twa Dogs is a satirical poem by Robert Burns in which two dogs discuss and contrast the lives of the rich and the poor in 18th-century Scotland.
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E.
El perro del hortelano
El perro del hortelano is a celebrated Spanish Golden Age comedy play by Lope de Vega that satirically explores love, jealousy, and social class.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Merrie Melodies cartoon
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Warner Bros. cartoon ⓘ animated short film ⓘ |
| animationStudio | Warner Bros. Cartoons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Three Little Pigs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Robert McKimson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Big Bad Wolf
NERFINISHED
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Fairy tale characters ⓘ Three Little Pigs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| franchise | Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
animated comedy
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parody film ⓘ |
| hasDirector | Robert McKimson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Warner Bros. theatrical shorts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | traditional animation ⓘ |
| narrativeFormat | fairy tale parody ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| parodies | Three Little Pigs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Edward Selzer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. Cartoons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Merrie Melodies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audiences ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Turn-Tale Wolf Description of subject: The Turn-Tale Wolf is a Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short directed by Robert McKimson that parodies the classic "Three Little Pigs" fairy tale.
Referenced by (1)
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