Moon Kahani
E157040
Moon Kahani is a fantastical, story-filled moon in Salman Rushdie’s novel "Haroun and the Sea of Stories," where the world’s tales originate and are protected.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Moon Kahani canonical | 3 |
| Kahani | 2 |
| Moon Kahani (fictional setting) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1368956 — 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: Moon Kahani Context triple: [Haroun and the Sea of Stories, setting, Moon Kahani]
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A.
Karthika Deepam
Karthika Deepam is a prominent Hindu festival, especially in South India, celebrated with rows of oil lamps and special worship of Lord Shiva and light.
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B.
Aayega Aanewala
"Aayega Aanewala" is a landmark Hindi film song from the 1949 movie Mahal, celebrated for its haunting melody and for bringing playback singer Lata Mangeshkar to national prominence.
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C.
Manjira
Manjira is a major river in southern India that flows through the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Telangana before joining the Godavari River.
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D.
Kesari
Kesari is a figure in Hindu mythology known as the vanara chief and father of the deity Hanuman.
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E.
Star of India
The Star of India is a historic emblem and chivalric order created by the British Crown to honor loyalty and service among princes and officials in colonial India.
- 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: Moon Kahani Target entity description: Moon Kahani is a fantastical, story-filled moon in Salman Rushdie’s novel "Haroun and the Sea of Stories," where the world’s tales originate and are protected.
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A.
Karthika Deepam
Karthika Deepam is a prominent Hindu festival, especially in South India, celebrated with rows of oil lamps and special worship of Lord Shiva and light.
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B.
Aayega Aanewala
"Aayega Aanewala" is a landmark Hindi film song from the 1949 movie Mahal, celebrated for its haunting melody and for bringing playback singer Lata Mangeshkar to national prominence.
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C.
Manjira
Manjira is a major river in southern India that flows through the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Telangana before joining the Godavari River.
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D.
Kesari
Kesari is a figure in Hindu mythology known as the vanara chief and father of the deity Hanuman.
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E.
Star of India
The Star of India is a historic emblem and chivalric order created by the British Crown to honor loyalty and service among princes and officials in colonial India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
ⓘ
fictional moon ⓘ setting in a novel ⓘ |
| accessedBy |
Walrus’s P2C2E machine
ⓘ
linked to:
Pegasos II
|
| appearsInWork | Haroun and the Sea of Stories ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
censorship
ⓘ
political allegory ⓘ power of stories ⓘ |
| centralThemeIn | Haroun and the Sea of Stories ⓘ |
| contains |
Chup City
ⓘ
linked to:
Gup City
Gup City ⓘ Ocean of the Streams of Story ⓘ P2C2E House ⓘ Sea of Stories ⓘ |
| createdBy | Salman Rushdie ⓘ |
| firstPublicationAppearanceYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn |
children’s literature
ⓘ
fantasy literature ⓘ |
| governedBy | Guppees ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
fantastical
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story-filled ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | name derived from the Urdu word “kahani” meaning “story” ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
protector of stories
ⓘ
repository of stories ⓘ source of the world’s stories ⓘ |
| hasRegion |
Chup
ⓘ
Gup ⓘ Twilight Strip ⓘ |
| hasSide |
dark side
ⓘ
light side ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy |
Chupwalas
ⓘ
Guppees ⓘ Pages of the Book ⓘ Plentimaw Fishes ⓘ |
| languageOfOriginalWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalUniverse | universe of Haroun and the Sea of Stories ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | primary setting for Haroun’s adventure ⓘ |
| orbits |
Earth (in the fictional setting)
ⓘ
linked to:
Earth
|
| protectedBy |
Guppees
ⓘ
storytellers ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
freedom of speech
ⓘ
imagination ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
Khattam-Shud
ⓘ
pollution of the Sea of Stories ⓘ |
| travelMethodTo | mechanical bird Butt the Hoopoe ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Moon Kahani Description of subject: Moon Kahani is a fantastical, story-filled moon in Salman Rushdie’s novel "Haroun and the Sea of Stories," where the world’s tales originate and are protected.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Moon Kahani
linked to: Moon Kahani
linked to: Moon Kahani