Tarzan
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Tarzan is a fictional jungle hero, raised by apes and known for his extraordinary strength, agility, and deep connection to the natural world.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tarzan canonical | 28 |
| Edgar Rice Burroughs’ fictional character Tarzan | 1 |
| Tarzan (newspaper comic strip) | 1 |
| Tarzan / John Clayton | 1 |
| Tarzan universe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4663284 — 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: Tarzan Context triple: [Tarzan and the Lost City, hasHero, Tarzan]
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A.
Tarzan
Tarzan is a 1999 animated adventure film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, adapting Edgar Rice Burroughs’ story of a man raised by apes in the African jungle.
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B.
The Legend of Tarzan
The Legend of Tarzan is a 2016 action-adventure film that reimagines Edgar Rice Burroughs’ classic jungle hero as he returns to the Congo to confront a deadly conspiracy.
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C.
Tarzan Goes to India
Tarzan Goes to India is a 1962 adventure film in the Tarzan franchise, featuring the jungle hero’s exploits in India and directed by John Guillermin.
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D.
Tarzan and the Lost City
Tarzan and the Lost City is a 1998 adventure film adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' jungle hero story, featuring Tarzan returning to Africa to protect a fabled city from treasure hunters.
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E.
Tarzan and the Mermaids
Tarzan and the Mermaids is a 1948 adventure film in the Tarzan series, notable for being Johnny Weissmuller’s final appearance as Tarzan and featuring exotic island settings and underwater sequences.
- 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: Tarzan Target entity description: Tarzan is a fictional jungle hero, raised by apes and known for his extraordinary strength, agility, and deep connection to the natural world.
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A.
Tarzan
Tarzan is a 1999 animated adventure film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, adapting Edgar Rice Burroughs’ story of a man raised by apes in the African jungle.
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B.
The Legend of Tarzan
The Legend of Tarzan is a 2016 action-adventure film that reimagines Edgar Rice Burroughs’ classic jungle hero as he returns to the Congo to confront a deadly conspiracy.
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C.
Tarzan Goes to India
Tarzan Goes to India is a 1962 adventure film in the Tarzan franchise, featuring the jungle hero’s exploits in India and directed by John Guillermin.
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D.
Tarzan and the Lost City
Tarzan and the Lost City is a 1998 adventure film adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' jungle hero story, featuring Tarzan returning to Africa to protect a fabled city from treasure hunters.
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E.
Tarzan and the Mermaids
Tarzan and the Mermaids is a 1948 adventure film in the Tarzan series, notable for being Johnny Weissmuller’s final appearance as Tarzan and featuring exotic island settings and underwater sequences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
jungle hero ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| alignment | heroic ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Lord of the Jungle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tarzan of the Apes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium |
animated films
ⓘ
comic books ⓘ comic strips ⓘ films ⓘ novels ⓘ radio programs ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| birthName | John Clayton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Korak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Edgar Rice Burroughs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalStatus | iconic pulp hero ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Tarzan series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceInWork | Tarzan of the Apes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1912 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| homeRegion | fictional African coast near equator ⓘ |
| influenced | jungle adventure genre ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | lost child raised by animals motif ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ ape language ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
adventure fiction
ⓘ
pulp fiction ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableAbility |
ability to communicate with animals
ⓘ
extraordinary agility ⓘ extraordinary strength ⓘ proficiency in jungle survival ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
deep connection to the natural world
ⓘ
moral code based on natural justice ⓘ |
| publisher | All-Story Magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| raisedBy |
Mangani apes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
apes ⓘ |
| seriesContains |
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tarzan of the Apes NERFINISHED ⓘ The Beasts of Tarzan NERFINISHED ⓘ The Return of Tarzan NERFINISHED ⓘ The Son of Tarzan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | African jungle ⓘ |
| signatureElement | jungle yell ⓘ |
| spouse | Jane Porter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Lord Greystoke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| weaponOfChoice | knife ⓘ |
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: Tarzan Description of subject: Tarzan is a fictional jungle hero, raised by apes and known for his extraordinary strength, agility, and deep connection to the natural world.
Referenced by (32)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tarzan
linked to: Tarzan
subject linked to:
The Adventures of Tarzan (serial involvement noted historically)
subject linked to:
The Adventures of Tarzan (serial involvement noted historically)
linked to: Tarzan
subject linked to:
The Adventures of Tarzan (serial involvement noted historically)
linked to: Tarzan
subject linked to:
Chief Mbonga in The Legend of Tarzan