Growltiger
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Growltiger is a fictional pirate cat character from T. S. Eliot’s *Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats*, later featured in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical *Cats*.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Growltiger canonical | 5 |
| Growltiger the Terror of the Thames | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T971282 — 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: Growltiger Context triple: [Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, hasCharacter, Growltiger]
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A.
Holdsclaw
Holdsclaw is the surname of Chamique Holdsclaw, a prominent former American professional basketball player and Women’s Basketball Hall of Famer.
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B.
Blaze the Dragon
Blaze the Dragon is the fiery dragon mascot representing the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s athletic teams.
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C.
Chinthe
The Chinthe is a mythical lion-like creature in Burmese and Southeast Asian culture, commonly seen as a guardian statue flanking the entrances of temples and pagodas.
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D.
Jagjaguwar
Jagjaguwar is an American independent record label known for releasing critically acclaimed indie and experimental music, including albums by Bon Iver.
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E.
Oliphant
Oliphant is a surname most notably associated with Australian physicist Sir Mark Oliphant, a pioneer in nuclear physics and radar technology.
- 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: Growltiger Target entity description: Growltiger is a fictional pirate cat character from T. S. Eliot’s *Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats*, later featured in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical *Cats*.
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A.
Holdsclaw
Holdsclaw is the surname of Chamique Holdsclaw, a prominent former American professional basketball player and Women’s Basketball Hall of Famer.
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B.
Blaze the Dragon
Blaze the Dragon is the fiery dragon mascot representing the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s athletic teams.
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C.
Chinthe
The Chinthe is a mythical lion-like creature in Burmese and Southeast Asian culture, commonly seen as a guardian statue flanking the entrances of temples and pagodas.
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D.
Jagjaguwar
Jagjaguwar is an American independent record label known for releasing critically acclaimed indie and experimental music, including albums by Bon Iver.
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E.
Oliphant
Oliphant is a surname most notably associated with Australian physicist Sir Mark Oliphant, a pioneer in nuclear physics and radar technology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cat
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ pirate ⓘ |
| adaptedBy | Andrew Lloyd Webber ⓘ |
| affiliation | river pirate cats ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Cats (musical)
ⓘ
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats ⓘ |
| appearsInAdaptation | various stage productions of Cats ⓘ |
| basedOn | poem "Growltiger's Last Stand" ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | T. S. Eliot ⓘ |
| enemy | Siamese cats ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Cats (musical) universe
ⓘ
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats universe ⓘ
linked to:
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
comic verse
ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ |
| hasAlias |
Growltiger the Terror of the Thames
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linked to:
Growltiger
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| hasCreatorRole | author T. S. Eliot ⓘ |
| hasFate | overthrown by Siamese cats ⓘ |
| hasPart |
song "Growltiger's Last Stand" (in Cats)
ⓘ
linked to:
Cats (musical)
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| hasTheme | parody of melodramatic adventure tales ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | nautical and pirate stereotypes ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| literarySource |
"Growltiger's Last Stand" in Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
ⓘ
linked to:
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
|
| mediumOfAppearance |
poetry
ⓘ
stage musical theatre ⓘ |
| musicalNumberType | character song ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | antagonist ⓘ |
| notableWork |
"Growltiger's Last Stand"
ⓘ
linked to:
Growltiger's Last Stand
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| occupation | pirate ⓘ |
| partOf |
the Jellicle cat mythos
ⓘ
linked to:
Jellicle cats
|
| partOfWork |
Cats (musical) second act in many productions
ⓘ
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (poetry collection) ⓘ
linked to:
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
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| portrayedAs |
battle-scarred
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ferocious ⓘ one-eyed ⓘ villainous ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | stage musical ⓘ |
| publisherOfSourceWork | Faber and Faber ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity |
River Thames
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linked to:
Thames
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| species | cat ⓘ |
| timeOfCreation | 1930s ⓘ |
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: Growltiger Description of subject: Growltiger is a fictional pirate cat character from T. S. Eliot’s *Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats*, later featured in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical *Cats*.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Growltiger
subject linked to:
poem "Growltiger's Last Stand"
subject linked to:
poem "Growltiger's Last Stand"