The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs
E1026549
The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs is a classic moral tale about greed and impatience, in which a farmer kills a miraculous goose that lays golden eggs and thereby loses his source of wealth.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13198582 — 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: The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs Context triple: [Aesop's Fables, hasNotableFable, The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs]
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A.
The Golden Goose
The Golden Goose is a classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale about a simpleton who gains a magical goose that causes anyone who touches it to stick fast, leading to humorous adventures and an unexpected happy ending.
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B.
Huevos de oro
Huevos de oro is a 1993 Spanish drama film directed by Bigas Luna, known for its exploration of ambition, masculinity, and excess in contemporary Spain.
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C.
Золотой петушок
«Золотой петушок» — это последняя опера Николая Римского-Корсакова, сатирическая музыкальная сказка по одноимённой поэме Пушкина о самодурстве и гибели самодержавного правителя.
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D.
the hen that lays golden eggs
The hen that lays golden eggs is a magical bird in the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk" that produces valuable golden eggs, symbolizing sudden wealth and greed.
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E.
The Egg
The Egg is an iconic, egg-shaped performing arts venue in Albany, New York, known for its distinctive modernist architecture and role as a cultural center.
- 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 Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs Target entity description: The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs is a classic moral tale about greed and impatience, in which a farmer kills a miraculous goose that lays golden eggs and thereby loses his source of wealth.
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A.
The Golden Goose
The Golden Goose is a classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale about a simpleton who gains a magical goose that causes anyone who touches it to stick fast, leading to humorous adventures and an unexpected happy ending.
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B.
Huevos de oro
Huevos de oro is a 1993 Spanish drama film directed by Bigas Luna, known for its exploration of ambition, masculinity, and excess in contemporary Spain.
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C.
Золотой петушок
«Золотой петушок» — это последняя опера Николая Римского-Корсакова, сатирическая музыкальная сказка по одноимённой поэме Пушкина о самодурстве и гибели самодержавного правителя.
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D.
the hen that lays golden eggs
The hen that lays golden eggs is a magical bird in the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk" that produces valuable golden eggs, symbolizing sudden wealth and greed.
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E.
The Egg
The Egg is an iconic, egg-shaped performing arts venue in Albany, New York, known for its distinctive modernist architecture and role as a cultural center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aesop's fable
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fable ⓘ moral tale ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Aesop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
contentment
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greed ⓘ impatience ⓘ shortsightedness ⓘ |
| featuresAnimal | goose ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic literature
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folklore ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
animated films
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children's picture books ⓘ stage plays ⓘ television episodes ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle |
The Goose that Laid Golden Eggs
NERFINISHED
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The Goose with the Golden Eggs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
farmer
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goose ⓘ |
| hasMoralLessonFor |
economics education
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environmental ethics ⓘ personal finance ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
miraculous animal
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self‑destruction through greed ⓘ unexpected wealth ⓘ |
| hasObject | golden egg ⓘ |
| hasStructure | simple linear narrative ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
children
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general audience ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyAnthologizedIn |
children's story collections
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collections of fables ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Aesop's Fables NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| moral |
Be content with steady gains rather than seeking sudden riches.
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Greed can destroy the source of one's good fortune. ⓘ Impatience leads to loss. ⓘ |
| narrativeForm |
oral tradition
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prose ⓘ |
| originCulture | Ancient Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A farmer owns a goose that lays golden eggs and kills it hoping to get all the gold at once, but finds nothing inside and loses his wealth. ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
the dangers of excessive desire
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unsustainable exploitation of resources ⓘ |
| teaches | consequences of killing the source of profit ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfOrigin | classical antiquity ⓘ |
| usedFor |
character education
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moral education ⓘ teaching about greed ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs Description of subject: The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs is a classic moral tale about greed and impatience, in which a farmer kills a miraculous goose that lays golden eggs and thereby loses his source of wealth.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Aesop's Fables