The Tale of the Ensorcelled Prince
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The Tale of the Ensorcelled Prince is a classic magical narrative from the Arabian Nights in which a prince is transformed by sorcery and ultimately redeemed through courage and cleverness.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Tale of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Peri-Banu | 1 |
| The Tale of the Ensorcelled Prince canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T711358 — 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 Tale of the Ensorcelled Prince Context triple: [The Arabian Nights, hasPart, The Tale of the Ensorcelled Prince]
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A.
The Sleeping Prince
The Sleeping Prince is a 1953 romantic comedy play by British dramatist Terence Rattigan, best known today as the stage work later adapted into the film "The Prince and the Showgirl" starring Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier.
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B.
The Tale
The Tale is a 2018 autobiographical drama film written and directed by Jennifer Fox, in which she reexamines a sexual relationship from her youth to confront the nature of memory and abuse.
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C.
The Magic Sword
The Magic Sword is a 1962 fantasy film directed by Bert I. Gordon, loosely based on the Saint George and the Dragon legend and known for its campy special effects and fairy-tale adventure plot.
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D.
The Doubtful Heir
The Doubtful Heir is a Caroline-era tragicomedy play by English dramatist James Shirley, centered on courtly intrigue, disputed succession, and romantic entanglements.
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E.
The Hunchback’s Tale
The Hunchback’s Tale is a comic and intricately framed story within The Arabian Nights, involving a series of characters who each claim responsibility for the apparent death of a hunchback.
- 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 Tale of the Ensorcelled Prince Target entity description: The Tale of the Ensorcelled Prince is a classic magical narrative from the Arabian Nights in which a prince is transformed by sorcery and ultimately redeemed through courage and cleverness.
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A.
The Sleeping Prince
The Sleeping Prince is a 1953 romantic comedy play by British dramatist Terence Rattigan, best known today as the stage work later adapted into the film "The Prince and the Showgirl" starring Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier.
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B.
The Tale
The Tale is a 2018 autobiographical drama film written and directed by Jennifer Fox, in which she reexamines a sexual relationship from her youth to confront the nature of memory and abuse.
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C.
The Magic Sword
The Magic Sword is a 1962 fantasy film directed by Bert I. Gordon, loosely based on the Saint George and the Dragon legend and known for its campy special effects and fairy-tale adventure plot.
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D.
The Doubtful Heir
The Doubtful Heir is a Caroline-era tragicomedy play by English dramatist James Shirley, centered on courtly intrigue, disputed succession, and romantic entanglements.
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E.
The Hunchback’s Tale
The Hunchback’s Tale is a comic and intricately framed story within The Arabian Nights, involving a series of characters who each claim responsibility for the apparent death of a hunchback.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fairy tale
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fantasy story ⓘ folk tale ⓘ literary work ⓘ |
| associatedWith | story cycle of Scheherazade ⓘ |
| audience | general audience ⓘ |
| centralCharacter | an ensorcelled prince ⓘ |
| collection |
The Arabian Nights
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surface form:
Arabian Nights
|
| containsElement |
enchanted transformation
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magic ⓘ quest for deliverance ⓘ sorcerer or sorceress ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin | Arab world ⓘ |
| genre |
fairy tale
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fantasy ⓘ folk narrative ⓘ magic realism ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
breaking a spell
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enchanted royal ⓘ hidden identity ⓘ supernatural intervention ⓘ trial of character ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
cleverness
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courage ⓘ good versus evil ⓘ magic ⓘ redemption ⓘ sorcery ⓘ transformation ⓘ |
| literaryTradition |
Islamic Golden Age storytelling
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Middle Eastern literature ⓘ |
| moralFocus |
perseverance
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virtue rewarded ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | frame tale episode ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Arabian Nights
ⓘ
surface form:
One Thousand and One Nights
|
| periodOfOrigin | medieval era ⓘ |
| plotElement |
eventual redemption
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magical curse ⓘ prince transformed by sorcery ⓘ use of cleverness ⓘ use of courage ⓘ |
| protagonistRole | prince ⓘ |
| setting | a magical kingdom ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Tale of the Ensorcelled Prince Description of subject: The Tale of the Ensorcelled Prince is a classic magical narrative from the Arabian Nights in which a prince is transformed by sorcery and ultimately redeemed through courage and cleverness.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Tale of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Peri-Banu