The Yellow Fairy Book
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The Yellow Fairy Book is a classic 1894 collection of traditional fairy tales from various cultures, compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang as part of his famous "Coloured" Fairy Book series.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Yellow Fairy Book canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Yellow Fairy Book Context triple: [Andrew Lang, notableWork, The Yellow Fairy Book]
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A.
The Blue Fairy Book
The Blue Fairy Book is a classic 1889 collection of traditional fairy tales compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang, famous for helping popularize many well-known stories in the English-speaking world.
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B.
The Red Fairy Book
The Red Fairy Book is a classic 19th-century collection of European and other traditional fairy tales compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang.
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C.
The Green Fairy Book
The Green Fairy Book is a classic 1892 collection of fairy tales compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang as part of his famous "Coloured" Fairy Books series.
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D.
Twice-Told Tales
Twice-Told Tales is a collection of short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores moral and psychological themes through allegorical and Gothic narratives.
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E.
Tales of Mother Goose
Tales of Mother Goose is a classic collection of French fairy tales by Charles Perrault that includes famous stories such as Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Little Red Riding Hood.
- 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 Yellow Fairy Book Target entity description: The Yellow Fairy Book is a classic 1894 collection of traditional fairy tales from various cultures, compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang as part of his famous "Coloured" Fairy Book series.
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A.
The Blue Fairy Book
The Blue Fairy Book is a classic 1889 collection of traditional fairy tales compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang, famous for helping popularize many well-known stories in the English-speaking world.
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B.
The Red Fairy Book
The Red Fairy Book is a classic 19th-century collection of European and other traditional fairy tales compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang.
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C.
The Green Fairy Book
The Green Fairy Book is a classic 1892 collection of fairy tales compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang as part of his famous "Coloured" Fairy Books series.
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D.
Twice-Told Tales
Twice-Told Tales is a collection of short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores moral and psychological themes through allegorical and Gothic narratives.
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E.
Tales of Mother Goose
Tales of Mother Goose is a classic collection of French fairy tales by Charles Perrault that includes famous stories such as Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Little Red Riding Hood.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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fairy tale collection ⓘ short story collection ⓘ |
| author | Andrew Lang ⓘ |
| basedOn | traditional fairy tales ⓘ |
| compiler | Andrew Lang ⓘ |
| containsWorkType |
folk tale
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literary fairy tale ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| editor | Andrew Lang ⓘ |
| editorNationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| followsInSeries |
The Blue Fairy Book
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The Red Fairy Book ⓘ |
| genre |
fairy tales
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folklore ⓘ |
| hasApproximateNumberOfTales | about 48 ⓘ |
| hasColorDesignation | yellow ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
ebook
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hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ |
| hasIllustrations | yes ⓘ |
| hasLibraryOfCongressClassification | PZ8 ⓘ |
| hasPublicDomainStatus | public domain in many countries ⓘ |
| hasSubjectCategory |
children's short story collections
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fairy tales—collections ⓘ |
| hasTitleColorTheme | yellow ⓘ |
| includesTalesFrom |
African folklore
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American folklore ⓘ Asian folklore ⓘ European folklore ⓘ |
| influenced | later fairy tale collections ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
children
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general readers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being part of Andrew Lang's influential fairy book series
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collecting fairy tales from various cultures ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1894 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Andrew Lang's Coloured Fairy Books
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linked to:
Andrew Lang's Fairy Books
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| precedesInSeries | The Pink Fairy Book ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| publisher |
Longmans, Green, and Co.
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linked to:
Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer
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| seriesCreator | Andrew Lang ⓘ |
| subject |
children's literature
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legends ⓘ mythology ⓘ |
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Subject: The Yellow Fairy Book Description of subject: The Yellow Fairy Book is a classic 1894 collection of traditional fairy tales from various cultures, compiled and edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang as part of his famous "Coloured" Fairy Book series.
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