The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats
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"The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats" is a classic European folktale popularized by the Brothers Grimm, telling a cautionary story about a deceitful wolf who tricks and devours young goats before ultimately being outwitted and punished.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats canonical | 1 |
| The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9244171 — 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: The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats Context triple: [Brothers Grimm fairy tales, includesWork, The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats]
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A.
The Lonely Goatherd
"The Lonely Goatherd" is a yodel-filled, folk-style song from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *The Sound of Music*, often remembered for its playful puppet-show performance in the film adaptation.
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B.
The Hireling Shepherd
The Hireling Shepherd is an 1851 oil painting by William Holman Hunt that exemplifies the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood’s vivid detail, moral symbolism, and intense naturalism in a rural English setting.
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C.
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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D.
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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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 Wolf and the Seven Young Goats Target entity description: "The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats" is a classic European folktale popularized by the Brothers Grimm, telling a cautionary story about a deceitful wolf who tricks and devours young goats before ultimately being outwitted and punished.
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A.
The Lonely Goatherd
"The Lonely Goatherd" is a yodel-filled, folk-style song from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *The Sound of Music*, often remembered for its playful puppet-show performance in the film adaptation.
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B.
The Hireling Shepherd
The Hireling Shepherd is an 1851 oil painting by William Holman Hunt that exemplifies the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood’s vivid detail, moral symbolism, and intense naturalism in a rural English setting.
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C.
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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D.
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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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 (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
children's story
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fairy tale ⓘ folktale ⓘ literary work ⓘ |
| collector | Brothers Grimm ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| culture | European ⓘ |
| featuresEvent |
mother goat cuts open the sleeping wolf's belly
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mother goat rescues the kids from the wolf's belly ⓘ stones are placed in the wolf's belly ⓘ wolf disguises his voice to trick the goats ⓘ wolf drowns or dies because of the stones ⓘ wolf eats six of the seven young goats ⓘ youngest goat hides and survives ⓘ |
| genre |
cautionary tale
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fairy tale ⓘ folktale ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
animated film adaptations
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picture book adaptations ⓘ stage adaptations ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Brothers Grimm ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationTradition | European children's book illustration ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
animals acting like humans
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rescue from the belly of a monster ⓘ trickster punished ⓘ wolf as deceiver ⓘ |
| hasPart |
character: mother goat
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character: seven young goats ⓘ character: wolf ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Grimms' Fairy Tales
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linked to:
Brothers Grimm fairy tales
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| intendedAudience | children ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| mainAntagonist | wolf ⓘ |
| mainProtagonist |
mother goat
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youngest goat ⓘ |
| moral |
children should obey their parents' warnings
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deceit and cruelty are ultimately punished ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A wolf deceives seven young goats and eats them, but the mother goat and the surviving youngest kid rescue the others and punish the wolf. ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Little Red Riding Hood
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The Three Little Pigs ⓘ |
| theme |
danger of strangers
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deception ⓘ obedience ⓘ parental protection ⓘ punishment of evil ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats Description of subject: "The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats" is a classic European folktale popularized by the Brothers Grimm, telling a cautionary story about a deceitful wolf who tricks and devours young goats before ultimately being outwitted and punished.
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linked to: The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats