The Crow and the Pitcher
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"The Crow and the Pitcher" is a classic Aesop fable that illustrates the power of ingenuity and persistence through the story of a thirsty crow cleverly raising the water level in a pitcher by dropping stones into it.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Crow and the Pitcher canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13198585 — 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 Crow and the Pitcher Context triple: [Aesop's Fables, hasNotableFable, The Crow and the Pitcher]
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A.
The White Pitcher
"The White Pitcher" is a modernist painting by American artist Milton Avery, known for its simplified forms and bold, flattened areas of color.
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B.
The Lion and the Mouse
"The Lion and the Mouse" is a 1905 stage play by Charles Klein that became a popular early 20th-century drama about political corruption and moral courage, later adapted into several film versions.
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C.
The Lion and the Mouse
"The Lion and the Mouse" is a painting by Flemish Baroque artist Frans Snyders, known for his dynamic animal scenes and vivid depictions of wildlife.
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D.
How the Camel Got His Hump
"How the Camel Got His Hump" is a classic Rudyard Kipling short story from his "Just So Stories" collection that whimsically explains, in a myth-like fashion, how the camel acquired its distinctive hump.
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E.
The Wise Little Hen
The Wise Little Hen is a 1934 Walt Disney animated short film best known for introducing the character Donald Duck.
- 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 Crow and the Pitcher Target entity description: "The Crow and the Pitcher" is a classic Aesop fable that illustrates the power of ingenuity and persistence through the story of a thirsty crow cleverly raising the water level in a pitcher by dropping stones into it.
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A.
The White Pitcher
"The White Pitcher" is a modernist painting by American artist Milton Avery, known for its simplified forms and bold, flattened areas of color.
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B.
The Lion and the Mouse
"The Lion and the Mouse" is a 1905 stage play by Charles Klein that became a popular early 20th-century drama about political corruption and moral courage, later adapted into several film versions.
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C.
The Lion and the Mouse
"The Lion and the Mouse" is a painting by Flemish Baroque artist Frans Snyders, known for his dynamic animal scenes and vivid depictions of wildlife.
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D.
How the Camel Got His Hump
"How the Camel Got His Hump" is a classic Rudyard Kipling short story from his "Just So Stories" collection that whimsically explains, in a myth-like fashion, how the camel acquired its distinctive hump.
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E.
The Wise Little Hen
The Wise Little Hen is a 1934 Walt Disney animated short film best known for introducing the character Donald Duck.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aesop's fable
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literary work ⓘ moral tale ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
animated short
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children's picture book ⓘ illustrated story ⓘ |
| author | Aesop ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
ingenuity
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persistence ⓘ problem-solving ⓘ |
| conflictType | character versus environment ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Ancient Greece
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linked to:
Greek Antiquity
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| didacticFunction |
illustrates cause and effect
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illustrates incremental progress ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
crow
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pitcher ⓘ |
| genre | fable ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
container
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stones ⓘ thirst ⓘ water ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | crow ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience |
children
ⓘ
educators ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Aesop's Fables collections
ⓘ
linked to:
Aesop's fables
|
| influenced | modern retellings of Aesop's fables ⓘ |
| literaryTradition |
Aesopic tradition
ⓘ
linked to:
Aesop's fables
|
| moral |
Little by little does the trick
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Necessity is the mother of invention ⓘ Use ingenuity to overcome difficulties ⓘ |
| moralCategory |
prudence
ⓘ
temperance ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| oftenPairedWith |
The Ant and the Grasshopper
ⓘ
The Tortoise and the Hare ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A thirsty crow finds a pitcher with water too low to reach and raises the water level by dropping stones into it until it can drink ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
educational curricula
ⓘ
literary analysis ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
intelligence
ⓘ
practical wisdom ⓘ scientific reasoning ⓘ |
| teaches |
creative thinking
ⓘ
patience ⓘ resourcefulness ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfOrigin | classical antiquity ⓘ |
| usedIn |
children's literature
ⓘ
moral education ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: The Crow and the Pitcher Description of subject: "The Crow and the Pitcher" is a classic Aesop fable that illustrates the power of ingenuity and persistence through the story of a thirsty crow cleverly raising the water level in a pitcher by dropping stones into it.
Referenced by (1)
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subject linked to:
Aesop's fables