fairy tale

C12537
concept

A fairy tale is a short, traditional story featuring magical events, fantastical creatures, and moral lessons, often intended for children.

All labels observed (24)

Label Occurrences
fairy tale canonical 42
German fairy tale 12
French fairy tale 9

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: fairy tale
Generated description
A fairy tale is a short, traditional story featuring magical events, fantastical creatures, and moral lessons, often intended for children.

Instances (76)

Instance Via concept surface
Le Petit Poucet fairyTale
Hop-o'-My-Thumb French fairy tale
La Barbe bleue —
Les Fées —
Diamonds and Toads —
Riquet à la houppe French fairy tale
Ricky of the Tuft French fairy tale
Peau d’Âne —
Donkeyskin —
Riquet with the Tuft French fairy tale
The Ridiculous Wishes French fairy tale
The Master Cat European fairy tale
The Fairy —
The Robber Bridegroom —
The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish —
Sassi Punnun South Asian folklore narrative
The Snow Queen —
Cinderella (fairy tale) —
La Belle au bois dormant —
Peter and the Wolf symphonic fairy tale
Peter and the Wolf symphonic fairy tale
Little Briar Rose —
The Frog Prince —
Aladdin (folk tale) Middle Eastern folk tale
The Princess and the Pea —
Madīnat al-Nuḥās folkTale
Beauty and the Beast —
The Seventh Bride retelling of Bluebeard
The Daughter of Owls —
The Ugly Duckling —
The Emperor's New Clothes —
Thumbelina fairyTale
The Little Match Girl —
The Red Shoes —
The Steadfast Tin Soldier —
The Brave Little Tailor —
The Three Little Pigs —
The Twelve Dancing Princesses —
Princess Furball European fairy tale
The Thief of Always modern fairy tale
The Fairy-Tale of Tim Stoutheart (Tim Ross) —
Rhodopis fairyTale
The Little Glass Slipper —
E. T. A. Hoffmann’s The Nutcracker and the Mouse King —
The Bremen Town Musicians German folktale
The Goose Girl German fairy tale
The Elves and the Shoemaker —
The Golden Goose —
The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats —
The Fisherman and His Wife German fairy tale