The Goblin and the Grocer
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"The Goblin and the Grocer" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen that contrasts materialism with imagination through the story of a goblin torn between a grocer’s shop and a poet’s attic.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Goblin and the Grocer canonical | 1 |
| The Goblin at the Grocer's | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20096465 — 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 Goblin and the Grocer Context triple: [The Orange Fairy Book, containsWork, The Goblin and the Grocer]
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A.
The Goblin
The Goblin is a supervillain persona in Marvel Comics most closely associated with Spider-Man’s arch-enemy, the Green Goblin.
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B.
The Goblins
The Goblins is a 17th-century tragicomic play by Sir John Suckling, known for its lively blend of romance, intrigue, and witty dialogue in the Caroline theatre tradition.
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C.
The Goblin Pony
The Goblin Pony is a European folk tale about a deceptive, shape-shifting pony that lures children to danger, collected in Andrew Lang’s "The Pink Fairy Book."
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D.
The Grocer’s Shop
The Grocer’s Shop is a finely detailed 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Gerrit Dou, exemplifying his meticulous Leiden fijnschilder style in depicting a shop interior and everyday life.
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E.
The Gashlycrumb Tinies
The Gashlycrumb Tinies is a darkly comic, alphabet-based picture book by Edward Gorey that depicts the morbidly humorous deaths of 26 children, each corresponding to a letter.
- 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 Goblin and the Grocer Target entity description: "The Goblin and the Grocer" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen that contrasts materialism with imagination through the story of a goblin torn between a grocer’s shop and a poet’s attic.
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A.
The Goblin
The Goblin is a supervillain persona in Marvel Comics most closely associated with Spider-Man’s arch-enemy, the Green Goblin.
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B.
The Goblins
The Goblins is a 17th-century tragicomic play by Sir John Suckling, known for its lively blend of romance, intrigue, and witty dialogue in the Caroline theatre tradition.
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C.
The Goblin Pony
The Goblin Pony is a European folk tale about a deceptive, shape-shifting pony that lures children to danger, collected in Andrew Lang’s "The Pink Fairy Book."
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D.
The Grocer’s Shop
The Grocer’s Shop is a finely detailed 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Gerrit Dou, exemplifying his meticulous Leiden fijnschilder style in depicting a shop interior and everyday life.
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E.
The Gashlycrumb Tinies
The Gashlycrumb Tinies is a darkly comic, alphabet-based picture book by Edward Gorey that depicts the morbidly humorous deaths of 26 children, each corresponding to a letter.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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