The North Wind and the Sun
E1026550
"The North Wind and the Sun" is a classic Aesop fable that contrasts force and persuasion through a contest between the wind and the sun to remove a traveler's cloak, illustrating the superior power of gentle influence over brute strength.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The North Wind and the Sun canonical | 2 |
| Aesop's fable "The North Wind and the Sun" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13198583 — 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 North Wind and the Sun Context triple: [Aesop's Fables, hasNotableFable, The North Wind and the Sun]
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A.
The Ant and the Grasshopper
"The Ant and the Grasshopper" is one of Aesop’s fables that contrasts a hardworking ant with a carefree grasshopper to teach a moral lesson about the virtues of preparation and diligence.
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B.
The Hireling Shepherd
The Hireling Shepherd is an 1851 oil painting by William Holman Hunt that exemplifies the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood’s vivid detail, moral symbolism, and intense naturalism in a rural English setting.
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C.
Three Tales
Three Tales is a collection of three short stories by Gustave Flaubert that exemplify his precise realist style and exploration of human psychology and faith.
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D.
The Stork and the Plow
The Stork and the Plow is an environmental and population studies book co-authored by Anne H. Ehrlich that examines the relationship between human population growth, food production, and ecological sustainability.
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E.
The Storyteller
The Storyteller is a novel by Jodi Picoult that intertwines contemporary drama with historical revelations about the Holocaust and moral responsibility.
- 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 North Wind and the Sun Target entity description: "The North Wind and the Sun" is a classic Aesop fable that contrasts force and persuasion through a contest between the wind and the sun to remove a traveler's cloak, illustrating the superior power of gentle influence over brute strength.
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A.
The Ant and the Grasshopper
"The Ant and the Grasshopper" is one of Aesop’s fables that contrasts a hardworking ant with a carefree grasshopper to teach a moral lesson about the virtues of preparation and diligence.
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B.
The Hireling Shepherd
The Hireling Shepherd is an 1851 oil painting by William Holman Hunt that exemplifies the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood’s vivid detail, moral symbolism, and intense naturalism in a rural English setting.
-
C.
Three Tales
Three Tales is a collection of three short stories by Gustave Flaubert that exemplify his precise realist style and exploration of human psychology and faith.
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D.
The Stork and the Plow
The Stork and the Plow is an environmental and population studies book co-authored by Anne H. Ehrlich that examines the relationship between human population growth, food production, and ecological sustainability.
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E.
The Storyteller
The Storyteller is a novel by Jodi Picoult that intertwines contemporary drama with historical revelations about the Holocaust and moral responsibility.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aesop's fable
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didactic story ⓘ moral tale ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| featuresEvent |
attempts to remove a traveler’s cloak
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contest between the North Wind and the Sun ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
animated shorts
ⓘ
children's theatre ⓘ picture books ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Aesop ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
the North Wind
ⓘ
linked to:
North Wind
the Sun ⓘ the traveler ⓘ the traveler’s cloak ⓘ |
| hasCollection |
Aesop's Fables
ⓘ
linked to:
Aesop's fables
|
| hasCulturalOrigin |
Ancient Greece
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linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
| hasEducationalUse |
teaching language and phonetics
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teaching morals ⓘ teaching rhetoric and persuasion ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
children's literature
ⓘ
fable ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasMoral |
Gentle persuasion is more effective than brute force.
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Kindness and mildness can achieve what violence cannot. ⓘ |
| hasMotive | demonstrating superiority of persuasion over coercion ⓘ |
| hasNotableUse | sample text for International Phonetic Alphabet demonstrations ⓘ |
| hasOutcome |
the North Wind fails to remove the cloak
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the Sun wins the contest ⓘ the traveler removes his cloak because of warmth ⓘ |
| hasSymbolism |
the North Wind symbolizes force
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linked to:
North Wind
the Sun symbolizes persuasion ⓘ the cloak symbolizes resistance ⓘ the traveler symbolizes ordinary people ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience |
children
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general readers ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
competition
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ineffectiveness of brute force ⓘ persuasion versus force ⓘ power of gentleness ⓘ |
| hasTimeOfOrigin | classical antiquity ⓘ |
| isUsedAs | standard text in phonetic transcription practice ⓘ |
| isUsedBy |
linguists
ⓘ
phoneticians ⓘ |
| plotSummary | The North Wind and the Sun compete to make a traveler remove his cloak; the Sun wins by warming him rather than using force. ⓘ |
| usesAnthropomorphism |
the North Wind
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linked to:
North Wind
the Sun ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The North Wind and the Sun Description of subject: "The North Wind and the Sun" is a classic Aesop fable that contrasts force and persuasion through a contest between the wind and the sun to remove a traveler's cloak, illustrating the superior power of gentle influence over brute strength.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.