moral tale
C10625
concept
A moral tale is a narrative designed to illustrate ethical principles or lessons through the actions and consequences experienced by its characters.
All labels observed (17)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| moral tale canonical | 22 |
| Aesop's fable | 20 |
| folk tale | 17 |
| didactic tale | 4 |
| didactic story | 3 |
| fable | 3 |
| morality tale | 3 |
| cautionary tale | 2 |
| morality play | 2 |
| cautionary story | 1 |
| folk tale type ATU 545B | 1 |
| moral exemplum | 1 |
| moral tales | 1 |
| moralistic tale | 1 |
| moralizing text | 1 |
| traditional Islamic tale | 1 |
| wisdom tale | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: moral tale
Generated description
A moral tale is a narrative designed to illustrate ethical principles or lessons through the actions and consequences experienced by its characters.
Instances (59)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Solomon and the hoopoe | — |
| The Tale of the Ensorcelled Prince | folk tale |
| Jack and the Beanstalk | folk tale |
| Jack and Jill | folk tale |
| Bufkin | fable |
| The Butterfly That Stamped | fable |
| The Physician's Tale | — |
| The Tale of Melibee | — |
| Jedermann | morality play |