The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs

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Aesop's fable fable moral tale

The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs is a classic moral tale about greed and impatience, in which a farmer kills a miraculous goose that lays golden eggs and thereby loses his source of wealth.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs canonical	2
The Goose that Laid Golden Eggs	1
The Goose with the Golden Eggs	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13198582 — 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 Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs
Context triple: [Aesop's Fables, hasNotableFable, The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs]

A. The Golden Goose
The Golden Goose is a classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale about a simpleton who gains a magical goose that causes anyone who touches it to stick fast, leading to humorous adventures and an unexpected happy ending.
B. Huevos de oro
Huevos de oro is a 1993 Spanish drama film directed by Bigas Luna, known for its exploration of ambition, masculinity, and excess in contemporary Spain.
C. Золотой петушок
«Золотой петушок» — это последняя опера Николая Римского-Корсакова, сатирическая музыкальная сказка по одноимённой поэме Пушкина о самодурстве и гибели самодержавного правителя.
D. the hen that lays golden eggs
The hen that lays golden eggs is a magical bird in the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk" that produces valuable golden eggs, symbolizing sudden wealth and greed.
E. The Egg
The Egg is an iconic, egg-shaped performing arts venue in Albany, New York, known for its distinctive modernist architecture and role as a cultural center.
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 Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs
Target entity description: The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs is a classic moral tale about greed and impatience, in which a farmer kills a miraculous goose that lays golden eggs and thereby loses his source of wealth.

A. The Golden Goose
The Golden Goose is a classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale about a simpleton who gains a magical goose that causes anyone who touches it to stick fast, leading to humorous adventures and an unexpected happy ending.
B. Huevos de oro
Huevos de oro is a 1993 Spanish drama film directed by Bigas Luna, known for its exploration of ambition, masculinity, and excess in contemporary Spain.
C. Золотой петушок
«Золотой петушок» — это последняя опера Николая Римского-Корсакова, сатирическая музыкальная сказка по одноимённой поэме Пушкина о самодурстве и гибели самодержавного правителя.
D. the hen that lays golden eggs
The hen that lays golden eggs is a magical bird in the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk" that produces valuable golden eggs, symbolizing sudden wealth and greed.
E. The Egg
The Egg is an iconic, egg-shaped performing arts venue in Albany, New York, known for its distinctive modernist architecture and role as a cultural center.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Aesop's fable ⓘ fable ⓘ moral tale ⓘ
attributedTo	Aesop ⓘ linked to: Aesop's fables
centralTheme	contentment ⓘ greed ⓘ impatience ⓘ shortsightedness ⓘ
featuresAnimal	goose ⓘ
genre	didactic literature ⓘ folklore ⓘ
hasAdaptation	animated films ⓘ children's picture books ⓘ stage plays ⓘ television episodes ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle	The Goose that Laid Golden Eggs ⓘ linked to: The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs The Goose with the Golden Eggs ⓘ linked to: The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs
hasMainCharacter	farmer ⓘ goose ⓘ
hasMoralLessonFor	economics education ⓘ environmental ethics ⓘ personal finance ⓘ
hasMotif	miraculous animal ⓘ self‑destruction through greed ⓘ unexpected wealth ⓘ
hasObject	golden egg ⓘ
hasStructure	simple linear narrative ⓘ
intendedAudience	children ⓘ general audience ⓘ
isFrequentlyAnthologizedIn	children's story collections ⓘ collections of fables ⓘ
isPartOf	Aesop's Fables ⓘ linked to: Aesop's fables
languageOfOrigin	Ancient Greek ⓘ
moral	Be content with steady gains rather than seeking sudden riches. ⓘ Greed can destroy the source of one's good fortune. ⓘ Impatience leads to loss. ⓘ
narrativeForm	oral tradition ⓘ prose ⓘ
originCulture	Ancient Greece ⓘ linked to: Greek Antiquity
plotSummary	A farmer owns a goose that lays golden eggs and kills it hoping to get all the gold at once, but finds nothing inside and loses his wealth. ⓘ
symbolizes	the dangers of excessive desire ⓘ unsustainable exploitation of resources ⓘ
teaches	consequences of killing the source of profit ⓘ
timePeriodOfOrigin	classical antiquity ⓘ
usedFor	character education ⓘ moral education ⓘ teaching about greed ⓘ

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

Aesop's Fables → hasNotableFable → The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs ⓘ

subject linked to: Aesop's fables

The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs → hasAlternativeTitle → The Goose with the Golden Eggs ⓘ

linked to: The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs

The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs → hasAlternativeTitle → The Goose that Laid Golden Eggs ⓘ

linked to: The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs

The Boy and the Filberts → isSimilarTo → The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs ⓘ

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