The Ridiculous Wishes

E1002979

French fairy tale humorous tale literary fairy tale

The Ridiculous Wishes is a humorous French fairy tale, often attributed to Charles Perrault, about a man granted three wishes that he and his wife squander in foolish ways.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
The Foolish Wishes	1
The Ridiculous Wishes canonical	1
The Ridiculous Wishes (English title)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12772065 — 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 Ridiculous Wishes
Context triple: [Tales of Mother Goose, hasPart, The Ridiculous Wishes]

A. A Simple Wish
A Simple Wish is a 1997 family fantasy-comedy film in which a young girl tries to help her bumbling fairy godfather save the North American Fairy Godmothers Association.
B. Careful What You Wish For
Careful What You Wish For is a 2015 erotic thriller film starring Nick Jonas and Isabel Lucas, centered on a dangerous affair that spirals into crime and deception.
C. With Every Wish
"With Every Wish" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1992 album "Human Touch," noted for its introspective lyrics and jazz-influenced arrangement.
D. Don’t Wish Me Well
"Don’t Wish Me Well" is a reflective, R&B-influenced track by Solange from her critically acclaimed album *A Seat at the Table*, exploring themes of self-preservation and emotional boundaries.
E. Dead Wishes
"Dead Wishes" is a song by American singer-songwriter Chris Cornell from his 2015 solo album *Higher Truth*.
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 Ridiculous Wishes
Target entity description: The Ridiculous Wishes is a humorous French fairy tale, often attributed to Charles Perrault, about a man granted three wishes that he and his wife squander in foolish ways.

A. A Simple Wish
A Simple Wish is a 1997 family fantasy-comedy film in which a young girl tries to help her bumbling fairy godfather save the North American Fairy Godmothers Association.
B. Careful What You Wish For
Careful What You Wish For is a 2015 erotic thriller film starring Nick Jonas and Isabel Lucas, centered on a dangerous affair that spirals into crime and deception.
C. With Every Wish
"With Every Wish" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1992 album "Human Touch," noted for its introspective lyrics and jazz-influenced arrangement.
D. Don’t Wish Me Well
"Don’t Wish Me Well" is a reflective, R&B-influenced track by Solange from her critically acclaimed album *A Seat at the Table*, exploring themes of self-preservation and emotional boundaries.
E. Dead Wishes
"Dead Wishes" is a song by American singer-songwriter Chris Cornell from his 2015 solo album *Higher Truth*.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French fairy tale ⓘ humorous tale ⓘ literary fairy tale ⓘ
attributedTo	Charles Perrault ⓘ linked to: Perrault
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
ending	the couple end up no better off than before receiving the wishes ⓘ
featuresSupernaturalElement	wish-granting being ⓘ
genre	fairy tale ⓘ folk tale ⓘ humorous fiction ⓘ
hasAlternativeAttribution	Marie-Jeanne L'Héritier ⓘ other French conteurs of the 17th century ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle	Les Souhaits ridicules ⓘ The Ridiculous Wishes (English title) ⓘ linked to: The Ridiculous Wishes
hasMainCharacter	woodcutter ⓘ woodcutter's wife ⓘ
influenced	later European three-wishes tales ⓘ
keyEvent	a sausage is wished for in anger ⓘ a supernatural being grants a woodcutter three wishes ⓘ the final wish is used to remove the sausage from the wife's nose ⓘ the sausage becomes attached to the wife's nose by a wish ⓘ the wife provokes the husband into making a hasty wish ⓘ
literaryTradition	French contes de fées ⓘ
moral	discontent can ruin good fortune ⓘ people often waste great opportunities on trivial desires ⓘ think carefully before speaking or wishing ⓘ
motif	three magical wishes ⓘ wish used to undo previous wish ⓘ wish wasted on food ⓘ
narrativeTheme	consequences of impulsive speech ⓘ folly ⓘ greed and dissatisfaction ⓘ marital conflict ⓘ three wishes ⓘ waste of opportunity ⓘ
originalLanguage	French ⓘ
partOf	French fairy-tale canon ⓘ
periodOfOrigin	late 17th century ⓘ
plotSummary	A poor woodcutter is granted three wishes but he and his wife squander them on trivial and foolish desires. ⓘ
setting	rural France ⓘ
targetAudience	children ⓘ general readers ⓘ
teaches	contentment with one's lot ⓘ prudence ⓘ
tone	comic ⓘ satirical ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tales of Mother Goose → hasPart → The Ridiculous Wishes ⓘ

Tales of Mother Goose → hasPart → The Foolish Wishes ⓘ

linked to: The Ridiculous Wishes

The Ridiculous Wishes → hasAlternativeTitle → The Ridiculous Wishes (English title) ⓘ