Inventing Aladdin
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"Inventing Aladdin" is a short story by Neil Gaiman, included in his collection Fragile Things, that reimagines and reflects on the origins and nature of the Aladdin tale.
All labels observed (1)
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| Inventing Aladdin canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6875565 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Inventing Aladdin Context triple: [Fragile Things, hasStory, Inventing Aladdin]
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A.
The Magic Carpets of Aladdin
The Magic Carpets of Aladdin is a family-friendly spinning ride at Disney parks that lets guests soar in flying carpets inspired by Disney’s Aladdin film.
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B.
Aladdin
Aladdin is a popular 1992 animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, inspired by the Middle Eastern folk tale from One Thousand and One Nights.
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C.
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
Aladdin and the King of Thieves is a direct-to-video animated Disney film that continues Aladdin’s adventures as he confronts the legendary King of Thieves and discovers the truth about his long-lost father.
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D.
Aladdin (folk tale)
Aladdin (folk tale) is a famous Middle Eastern story, best known from the One Thousand and One Nights collection, about a poor young man who discovers a magical lamp containing a powerful genie.
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E.
Aladdin (2019 film)
Aladdin (2019 film) is a live-action musical fantasy adaptation of Disney’s 1992 animated classic, following a street urchin, a princess, and a charismatic Genie in a vibrant reimagining of the original story.
- 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: Inventing Aladdin Target entity description: "Inventing Aladdin" is a short story by Neil Gaiman, included in his collection Fragile Things, that reimagines and reflects on the origins and nature of the Aladdin tale.
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A.
The Magic Carpets of Aladdin
The Magic Carpets of Aladdin is a family-friendly spinning ride at Disney parks that lets guests soar in flying carpets inspired by Disney’s Aladdin film.
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B.
Aladdin
Aladdin is a popular 1992 animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, inspired by the Middle Eastern folk tale from One Thousand and One Nights.
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C.
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
Aladdin and the King of Thieves is a direct-to-video animated Disney film that continues Aladdin’s adventures as he confronts the legendary King of Thieves and discovers the truth about his long-lost father.
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D.
Aladdin (folk tale)
Aladdin (folk tale) is a famous Middle Eastern story, best known from the One Thousand and One Nights collection, about a poor young man who discovers a magical lamp containing a powerful genie.
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E.
Aladdin (2019 film)
Aladdin (2019 film) is a live-action musical fantasy adaptation of Disney’s 1992 animated classic, following a street urchin, a princess, and a charismatic Genie in a vibrant reimagining of the original story.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
short story ⓘ |
| author | Neil Gaiman ⓘ |
| authorOfCollection | Neil Gaiman ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Aladdin
ⓘ
One Thousand and One Nights ⓘ
linked to:
The Arabian Nights
|
| collectionPublicationYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| collectionTitle | Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Fragile Things ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy fiction
ⓘ
metafiction ⓘ short fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| includedIn | Fragile Things ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Neil Gaiman short fiction ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | HarperCollins ⓘ |
| reflectsOn |
the creation of myths
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the nature of the Aladdin story ⓘ |
| reimagines | the Aladdin tale ⓘ |
| subject |
myth and folklore
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narrative invention ⓘ origins of stories ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| workTitle | Inventing Aladdin ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Inventing Aladdin Description of subject: "Inventing Aladdin" is a short story by Neil Gaiman, included in his collection Fragile Things, that reimagines and reflects on the origins and nature of the Aladdin tale.
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