Jack the Giant Killer
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Jack the Giant Killer is a British fairy tale hero famed for his cleverness and bravery in slaying giants in the time of King Arthur.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jack the Giant Killer canonical | 13 |
| Jack the Giant-Killer | 2 |
| Jack the Giant Killer (1962 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T733666 — 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: Jack the Giant Killer Context triple: [Jack, featuredInWork, Jack the Giant Killer]
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A.
Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk is a classic English fairy tale about a poor boy who climbs a magical beanstalk to a giant’s castle in the sky, encountering danger and treasure.
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B.
Much the Miller's Son
Much the Miller's Son is a member of Robin Hood’s band of Merry Men, often portrayed as a loyal but somewhat simple outlaw companion in English folklore.
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C.
Robin Hood
Robin Hood is a legendary English folk hero and outlaw famed for stealing from the rich to give to the poor, typically depicted as a master archer living in Sherwood Forest with his band of Merry Men.
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D.
Saint George and the Dragon
Saint George and the Dragon is a legendary Christian tale and iconic motif depicting Saint George heroically slaying a dragon, symbolizing the triumph of good over evil.
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E.
The Witty Fair One
The Witty Fair One is a Caroline-era comedy play by English dramatist James Shirley, known for its witty dialogue and intricate romantic intrigue.
- 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: Jack the Giant Killer Target entity description: Jack the Giant Killer is a British fairy tale hero famed for his cleverness and bravery in slaying giants in the time of King Arthur.
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A.
Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk is a classic English fairy tale about a poor boy who climbs a magical beanstalk to a giant’s castle in the sky, encountering danger and treasure.
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B.
Much the Miller's Son
Much the Miller's Son is a member of Robin Hood’s band of Merry Men, often portrayed as a loyal but somewhat simple outlaw companion in English folklore.
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C.
Robin Hood
Robin Hood is a legendary English folk hero and outlaw famed for stealing from the rich to give to the poor, typically depicted as a master archer living in Sherwood Forest with his band of Merry Men.
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D.
Saint George and the Dragon
Saint George and the Dragon is a legendary Christian tale and iconic motif depicting Saint George heroically slaying a dragon, symbolizing the triumph of good over evil.
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E.
The Witty Fair One
The Witty Fair One is a Caroline-era comedy play by English dramatist James Shirley, known for its witty dialogue and intricate romantic intrigue.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fairy tale character
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ folk hero ⓘ |
| alignment | heroic ⓘ |
| associatedCreature | giant Cormoran ⓘ |
| associatedLocation |
Cornwall
ⓘ
Land’s End ⓘ
linked to:
Land's End
|
| associatedWith |
Arthurian legend
ⓘ
King Arthur ⓘ |
| basedOn | English oral tradition ⓘ |
| characteristic | trickster-like hero ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| culture | British folklore ⓘ |
| distinctFrom | Jack from Jack and the Beanstalk ⓘ |
| enemy | giants ⓘ |
| firstAttestedIn | 18th-century chapbooks ⓘ |
| genre |
fairy tale
ⓘ
folk tale ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
children’s books
ⓘ
films ⓘ stage plays ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
defender of the weak
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hero rewarded by royalty ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | giant-slayer ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Jack the Giant Killer ⓘ |
| influenced | later children’s literature adaptations ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| moralTheme |
courage against tyranny
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wit over strength ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| narrativeUniverse | British fairy tales ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bravery
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cleverness ⓘ slaying giants ⓘ |
| partOf | English fairy-tale canon ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | young man ⓘ |
| recursIn | multiple tale variants ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | time of King Arthur ⓘ |
| sharesNameWith | Jack and the Beanstalk protagonist ⓘ |
| uses |
cunning
ⓘ
traps ⓘ |
| weapon |
magic sword
ⓘ
sword ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Jack the Giant Killer Description of subject: Jack the Giant Killer is a British fairy tale hero famed for his cleverness and bravery in slaying giants in the time of King Arthur.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs
linked to: Jack the Giant Killer
subject linked to:
giant Cormoran
linked to: Jack the Giant Killer
linked to: Jack the Giant Killer