The Boy and the Filberts
E1026562
"The Boy and the Filberts" is a classic Aesop fable that teaches a moral about greed and moderation through the story of a boy who cannot withdraw his overfilled hand from a jar of nuts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Boy and the Filberts canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13198596 — 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 Boy and the Filberts Context triple: [Aesop's Fables, hasNotableFable, The Boy and the Filberts]
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A.
The Biscuit Boys
The Biscuit Boys was an informal nickname for the Royal Berkshire Regiment, a historic infantry regiment of the British Army.
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B.
The Boy with a Cart
The Boy with a Cart is a play by Christopher Fry that dramatizes the life and spiritual journey of the medieval English saint Cuthman of Steyning.
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C.
Bittendes Kind
"Bittendes Kind" is one of the short, characterful piano pieces in Robert Schumann's "Kinderszenen," depicting the tender, pleading mood of a child.
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D.
The Little Friend
The Little Friend is a 2002 novel by Donna Tartt that follows a young girl in Mississippi who becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind her brother’s long-unsolved murder.
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E.
The Boy
The Boy is a 2016 American horror film about a young woman hired to nanny a lifelike doll that may be supernaturally alive.
- 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 Boy and the Filberts Target entity description: "The Boy and the Filberts" is a classic Aesop fable that teaches a moral about greed and moderation through the story of a boy who cannot withdraw his overfilled hand from a jar of nuts.
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A.
The Biscuit Boys
The Biscuit Boys was an informal nickname for the Royal Berkshire Regiment, a historic infantry regiment of the British Army.
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B.
The Boy with a Cart
The Boy with a Cart is a play by Christopher Fry that dramatizes the life and spiritual journey of the medieval English saint Cuthman of Steyning.
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C.
Bittendes Kind
"Bittendes Kind" is one of the short, characterful piano pieces in Robert Schumann's "Kinderszenen," depicting the tender, pleading mood of a child.
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D.
The Little Friend
The Little Friend is a 2002 novel by Donna Tartt that follows a young girl in Mississippi who becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind her brother’s long-unsolved murder.
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E.
The Boy
The Boy is a 2016 American horror film about a young woman hired to nanny a lifelike doll that may be supernaturally alive.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aesop's fable
ⓘ
literary work ⓘ moral tale ⓘ |
| culturalFunction |
illustrating practical wisdom
ⓘ
warning against avarice ⓘ |
| featuresAction |
the boy cannot remove his hand from the jar
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the boy is advised to take fewer nuts ⓘ the boy overfills his hand with nuts ⓘ |
| featuresObject |
a jar of nuts
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filberts ⓘ |
| hasAdviserCharacter | an older person ⓘ |
| hasAuthor |
Aesop
ⓘ
linked to:
Aesop's fables
|
| hasForm | prose narrative ⓘ |
| hasGenre | fable ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryTradition |
didactic literature
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oral tradition ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | a boy ⓘ |
| hasMoral |
be content with enough
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greed leads to trouble ⓘ moderation is wise ⓘ |
| hasStructure | short narrative with explicit moral ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience |
moral instructors
ⓘ
young readers ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
consequences of excess
ⓘ
contentment ⓘ greed ⓘ self-control ⓘ |
| isAdaptedIn |
children's story collections
ⓘ
moral education materials ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Aesop's Fables
ⓘ
linked to:
Aesop's fables
|
| isSimilarTo |
The Dog and the Shadow
ⓘ
The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs ⓘ |
| isUsedFor |
character education
ⓘ
teaching ethics ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| moralExpressedAs |
Do not attempt too much at once.
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You may lose all by grasping for too much. ⓘ |
| originatesFrom |
Ancient Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
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| plotSummary | A boy puts his hand into a jar of filberts, grasps too many, and cannot withdraw his hand until he lets some go. ⓘ |
| teachesLessonTo | children ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Boy and the Filberts Description of subject: "The Boy and the Filberts" is a classic Aesop fable that teaches a moral about greed and moderation through the story of a boy who cannot withdraw his overfilled hand from a jar of nuts.
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subject linked to:
Aesop's fables