Peau d’Âne
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Peau d’Âne is a classic French fairy tale by Charles Perrault about a princess who escapes her father’s incestuous intentions by disguising herself in a magical donkey skin.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peau d’Âne canonical | 2 |
| Peau d’Âne (1970 film) | 1 |
| Peau d’âne | 1 |
| The Donkey Skin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12772020 — 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: Peau d’Âne Context triple: [Histoires ou contes du temps passé, containsWork, Peau d’Âne]
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A.
Le Cheval
Le Cheval is a renowned early 20th-century Cubist sculpture by Raymond Duchamp-Villon that depicts a stylized, mechanized horse and is considered a key work of modernist sculpture.
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B.
La Basoche
La Basoche is an opéra-comique by André Messager, first performed in 1890 and known for its lively score and humorous depiction of medieval Parisian law clerks.
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C.
La Rascasse
La Rascasse is a famous tight right-hand hairpin near the end of the Monaco Grand Prix circuit, known for its low speed and role in overtaking and race-defining incidents.
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D.
Al d’Ossché
Al d’Ossché is a notable musician recognized for his influential performances and contributions to the tradition of Appalachian dulcimer music.
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E.
La Chèvre
La Chèvre is a 1981 French comedy film directed by Francis Veber, known for its odd-couple pairing of a chronically unlucky man and a private detective on a chaotic search mission in Mexico.
- 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: Peau d’Âne Target entity description: Peau d’Âne is a classic French fairy tale by Charles Perrault about a princess who escapes her father’s incestuous intentions by disguising herself in a magical donkey skin.
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A.
Le Cheval
Le Cheval is a renowned early 20th-century Cubist sculpture by Raymond Duchamp-Villon that depicts a stylized, mechanized horse and is considered a key work of modernist sculpture.
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B.
La Basoche
La Basoche is an opéra-comique by André Messager, first performed in 1890 and known for its lively score and humorous depiction of medieval Parisian law clerks.
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C.
La Rascasse
La Rascasse is a famous tight right-hand hairpin near the end of the Monaco Grand Prix circuit, known for its low speed and role in overtaking and race-defining incidents.
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D.
Al d’Ossché
Al d’Ossché is a notable musician recognized for his influential performances and contributions to the tradition of Appalachian dulcimer music.
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E.
La Chèvre
La Chèvre is a 1981 French comedy film directed by Francis Veber, known for its odd-couple pairing of a chronically unlucky man and a private detective on a chaotic search mission in Mexico.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French literary fairy tale
ⓘ
fairy tale ⓘ literary work ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Donkey-Skin
ⓘ
linked to:
Donkeyskin
Donkeyskin ⓘ |
| antagonistRole | father king ⓘ |
| author |
Charles Perrault
ⓘ
linked to:
Perrault
|
| basedOn | oral folk tradition ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
fairy godmother
ⓘ
king ⓘ prince ⓘ queen (deceased mother) ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| culturalImpact |
considered a classic of French children’s literature
ⓘ
subject of scholarly analysis for its incest motif ⓘ |
| genre |
fairy tale
ⓘ
folk tale ⓘ literary fairy tale ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Peau d’Âne (1970 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Peau d’Âne
stage adaptations ⓘ television adaptations ⓘ |
| includedIn | Histoires ou contes du temps passé ⓘ |
| influenced | later retellings of Donkeyskin tale type ⓘ |
| keyObject |
donkey skin
ⓘ
magic dresses ⓘ ring ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 17th century French literature ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | French fairy-tale tradition ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | princess ⓘ |
| motif |
forbidden marriage
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magical animal skin disguise ⓘ recognition by ring ⓘ tasks of the heroine ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation |
royal court
ⓘ
rural farm or estate ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A princess flees her father’s desire to marry her by disguising herself in a donkey skin and working as a scullion before being recognized and marrying a prince. ⓘ |
| protagonistRole | persecuted heroine ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Allerleirauh
ⓘ
Catskin ⓘ |
| taleTypeClassification |
Aarne–Thompson–Uther type 510B
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linked to:
The Types of International Folktales
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| theme |
disguise
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escape from abuse ⓘ incestuous desire ⓘ marriage ⓘ persecution of heroine ⓘ social mobility ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Peau d’Âne Description of subject: Peau d’Âne is a classic French fairy tale by Charles Perrault about a princess who escapes her father’s incestuous intentions by disguising herself in a magical donkey skin.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Peau d’Âne
linked to: Peau d’Âne
linked to: Peau d’Âne