Tiger! Tiger!
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"Tiger! Tiger!" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling that follows Mowgli’s return to human society and his final confrontation with the tiger Shere Khan.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tiger! Tiger! canonical | 2 |
| “Tiger! Tiger!” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9996135 — 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: Tiger! Tiger! Context triple: [The Jungle Book, containsStory, Tiger! Tiger!]
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A.
Moon Tiger
Moon Tiger is a Booker Prize–winning novel by Penelope Lively that explores memory, history, and a dying historian’s reflections on her life and loves.
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B.
Mr. Tiger
Mr. Tiger is the nickname of Al Kaline, the Hall of Fame right fielder who became a legendary figure for the Detroit Tigers in Major League Baseball.
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C.
The Tiger and the Snow
The Tiger and the Snow is a 2005 Italian romantic comedy-drama film directed by and starring Roberto Benigni, blending humor and tragedy against the backdrop of the Iraq War.
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D.
Old Tige
Old Tige was the nickname of William L. Cabell, a Confederate general who later became a prominent postwar civic leader and mayor of Dallas, Texas.
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E.
Send Away the Tigers
Send Away the Tigers is a 2007 rock album by Welsh band Manic Street Preachers that marked a return to their more anthemic, politically charged sound.
- 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: Tiger! Tiger! Target entity description: "Tiger! Tiger!" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling that follows Mowgli’s return to human society and his final confrontation with the tiger Shere Khan.
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A.
Moon Tiger
Moon Tiger is a Booker Prize–winning novel by Penelope Lively that explores memory, history, and a dying historian’s reflections on her life and loves.
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B.
Mr. Tiger
Mr. Tiger is the nickname of Al Kaline, the Hall of Fame right fielder who became a legendary figure for the Detroit Tigers in Major League Baseball.
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C.
The Tiger and the Snow
The Tiger and the Snow is a 2005 Italian romantic comedy-drama film directed by and starring Roberto Benigni, blending humor and tragedy against the backdrop of the Iraq War.
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D.
Old Tige
Old Tige was the nickname of William L. Cabell, a Confederate general who later became a prominent postwar civic leader and mayor of Dallas, Texas.
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E.
Send Away the Tigers
Send Away the Tigers is a 2007 rock album by Welsh band Manic Street Preachers that marked a return to their more anthemic, politically charged sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
short story
ⓘ
work of fiction ⓘ |
| antagonistSpecies | Bengal tiger ⓘ |
| author | Rudyard Kipling ⓘ |
| collection | Mowgli stories ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Buldeo
ⓘ
Grey Brother ⓘ Messua ⓘ Mowgli ⓘ Shere Khan ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | New York ⓘ |
| follows |
"Kaa's Hunting"
ⓘ
linked to:
Kaa's Hunting
|
| genre |
adventure fiction
ⓘ
children's literature ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
film adaptations of The Jungle Book
ⓘ
stage adaptations of The Jungle Book ⓘ television adaptations of The Jungle Book ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationBy |
Paul Frenzeny
ⓘ
W. H. Drake ⓘ |
| hasMoralDimension | exploration of human versus animal law ⓘ |
| includedIn | various editions of The Jungle Book ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
children
ⓘ
general readers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mainAntagonist | Shere Khan ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Mowgli ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
Mowgli's confrontation with Shere Khan
ⓘ
Mowgli's return to human society ⓘ |
| originalPublicationDate | 1893 ⓘ |
| originalPublicationMedium | St. Nicholas Magazine ⓘ |
| partOf | The Jungle Book ⓘ |
| precedes |
"Letting in the Jungle"
ⓘ
linked to:
Letting in the Jungle
|
| protagonistSpecies | human ⓘ |
| publisher | The Century Company ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
"Mowgli's Brothers"
ⓘ
linked to:
Mowgli's Brothers
"Tiger! Tiger!" chapter in some Jungle Book editions ⓘ |
| series |
The Jungle Book stories
ⓘ
linked to:
The Jungle Book
|
| setting |
Indian jungle
ⓘ
Indian village ⓘ |
| theme |
belonging
ⓘ
conflict between nature and civilization ⓘ identity ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | line from William Blake's poem "The Tyger" ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tiger! Tiger! Description of subject: "Tiger! Tiger!" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling that follows Mowgli’s return to human society and his final confrontation with the tiger Shere Khan.
Referenced by (3)
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