The Princess and the Pea
E372971
The Princess and the Pea is a classic fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a young woman whose royal identity is proven by her sensitivity to a pea hidden beneath many mattresses.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Princess and the Pea canonical | 8 |
| The Princess on the Pea | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3621798 — 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 Princess and the Pea Context triple: [Once Upon a Mattress, basedOn, The Princess and the Pea]
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A.
The Frog Prince
The Frog Prince is a classic European fairy tale, popularized by the Brothers Grimm, about an enchanted frog who transforms into a prince after winning the love or compassion of a princess.
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B.
The Brave Little Tailor
The Brave Little Tailor is a classic fairy tale, popularized by the Brothers Grimm and later adapted by Disney, about a clever tailor who uses his wits and exaggerated boasts to overcome seemingly impossible challenges.
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C.
The Snow Queen
The Snow Queen is an 1844 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a powerful, cold-hearted queen and the perilous journey of a young girl to rescue her friend from the queen’s icy realm.
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D.
Histoire d’un casse-noisette
Histoire d’un casse-noisette is the original French title of Alexandre Dumas’s literary adaptation of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s fairy tale that later inspired Tchaikovsky’s famous ballet The Nutcracker.
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E.
Rumpelteazer
Rumpelteazer is a mischievous and thieving cat character from T. S. Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats," later popularized in the musical "Cats."
- 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 Princess and the Pea Target entity description: The Princess and the Pea is a classic fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a young woman whose royal identity is proven by her sensitivity to a pea hidden beneath many mattresses.
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A.
The Frog Prince
The Frog Prince is a classic European fairy tale, popularized by the Brothers Grimm, about an enchanted frog who transforms into a prince after winning the love or compassion of a princess.
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B.
The Brave Little Tailor
The Brave Little Tailor is a classic fairy tale, popularized by the Brothers Grimm and later adapted by Disney, about a clever tailor who uses his wits and exaggerated boasts to overcome seemingly impossible challenges.
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C.
The Snow Queen
The Snow Queen is an 1844 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a powerful, cold-hearted queen and the perilous journey of a young girl to rescue her friend from the queen’s icy realm.
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D.
Histoire d’un casse-noisette
Histoire d’un casse-noisette is the original French title of Alexandre Dumas’s literary adaptation of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s fairy tale that later inspired Tchaikovsky’s famous ballet The Nutcracker.
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E.
Rumpelteazer
Rumpelteazer is a mischievous and thieving cat character from T. S. Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats," later popularized in the musical "Cats."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fairy tale
ⓘ
literary work ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
ballet
ⓘ
film ⓘ picture book ⓘ stage play ⓘ television production ⓘ |
| author | Hans Christian Andersen ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Denmark ⓘ |
| culturalImpact | commonly referenced in discussions of hypersensitivity and delicacy ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1835 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Eventyr, fortalte for Børn, Første Hefte ⓘ |
| firstPublishedInEnglish |
Fairy Tales Told for Children
ⓘ
surface form:
Wonderful Stories for Children
|
| genre |
children's literature
ⓘ
fairy tale ⓘ |
| hasAlternateTitle |
Prinsessen paa Ærten
ⓘ
The Princess and the Pea ⓘ
surface form:
The Princess on the Pea
|
| hasFolkTaleType | ATU 704 ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationTradition | yes ⓘ |
| hasLength | short story ⓘ |
| hasMoral |
small things can have great significance
ⓘ
true nobility is revealed through inner qualities rather than appearances ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
marriage to a prince
ⓘ
recognition of true princess ⓘ test of sensitivity ⓘ |
| hasSymbol |
bed
ⓘ
mattresses ⓘ pea ⓘ |
| hasTargetAgeRange | young children ⓘ |
| includedIn | many collections of classic fairy tales ⓘ |
| influenced | later retellings of princess identity tests in children's literature ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | children ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Danish literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
the prince
ⓘ
the princess ⓘ the queen ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
royal identity
ⓘ
sensitivity as a mark of nobility ⓘ testing of character ⓘ |
| numberOfFeatherbedsInTest | 20 ⓘ |
| numberOfMattressesInTest | 20 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Danish ⓘ |
| partOf | Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A young woman proves her royal sensitivity when she can feel a pea placed under many mattresses and featherbeds. ⓘ |
| setting | a royal castle ⓘ |
| testObject | a pea ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Princess and the Pea Description of subject: The Princess and the Pea is a classic fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a young woman whose royal identity is proven by her sensitivity to a pea hidden beneath many mattresses.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Princess on the Pea