Queen of the Elephants
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Queen of the Elephants is a travel and conservation book by Mark Shand that chronicles his journey across India with an elephant named Tara to highlight the plight of Asian elephants and their mahouts.
All labels observed (1)
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| Queen of the Elephants canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10346383 — 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: Queen of the Elephants Context triple: [Mark Shand, notableWork, Queen of the Elephants]
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A.
The Elephant Queen
The Elephant Queen is a nature documentary film that follows a matriarchal elephant and her herd on an epic journey across the African savannah, highlighting themes of family, survival, and environmental conservation.
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B.
The Elephant
The Elephant is the English name of Surah Al-Fil, a short chapter of the Qur’an that recounts God’s protection of the Kaaba from an invading army accompanied by elephants.
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C.
Memória de Elefante
Memória de Elefante is a psychologically intense novel by Portuguese writer António Lobo Antunes that explores alienation, memory, and inner turmoil through the fragmented consciousness of a Lisbon psychiatrist.
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D.
Elephant Lands
Elephant Lands is a large, naturalistic elephant habitat and exhibit at the Oregon Zoo designed to support the physical and behavioral needs of Asian elephants.
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E.
The Elephant Whisperers
The Elephant Whisperers is an Indian documentary short film that tenderly portrays the bond between an Indigenous couple and the orphaned baby elephants they care for in South 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: Queen of the Elephants Target entity description: Queen of the Elephants is a travel and conservation book by Mark Shand that chronicles his journey across India with an elephant named Tara to highlight the plight of Asian elephants and their mahouts.
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A.
The Elephant Queen
The Elephant Queen is a nature documentary film that follows a matriarchal elephant and her herd on an epic journey across the African savannah, highlighting themes of family, survival, and environmental conservation.
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B.
The Elephant
The Elephant is the English name of Surah Al-Fil, a short chapter of the Qur’an that recounts God’s protection of the Kaaba from an invading army accompanied by elephants.
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C.
Memória de Elefante
Memória de Elefante is a psychologically intense novel by Portuguese writer António Lobo Antunes that explores alienation, memory, and inner turmoil through the fragmented consciousness of a Lisbon psychiatrist.
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D.
Elephant Lands
Elephant Lands is a large, naturalistic elephant habitat and exhibit at the Oregon Zoo designed to support the physical and behavioral needs of Asian elephants.
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E.
The Elephant Whisperers
The Elephant Whisperers is an Indian documentary short film that tenderly portrays the bond between an Indigenous couple and the orphaned baby elephants they care for in South India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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conservation book ⓘ travel book ⓘ |
| about |
lives of mahouts in India
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plight of Asian elephants ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
highlight the conditions of mahouts
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raise awareness of Asian elephant conservation issues ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Asian Elephant Conservation Centre
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elephant tourism in India ⓘ |
| author | Mark Shand ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| features |
first-person narrative
ⓘ
observations on conservation policy ⓘ travelogue-style descriptions ⓘ |
| featuresAnimal |
Asian elephant
ⓘ
Tara the elephant ⓘ |
| followsJourneyOf |
Mark Shand
ⓘ
Tara ⓘ |
| genre |
nature writing
ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | Western traveler in India ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist |
Mark Shand
ⓘ
Tara the elephant ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Indian culture
ⓘ
domesticated elephants ⓘ rural India ⓘ working elephants ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
compassion for animals
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cultural encounters in India ⓘ environmental responsibility ⓘ friendship between human and elephant ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Mark Shand
ⓘ
Tara ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bringing public attention to Asian elephant issues
ⓘ
popularizing Tara the elephant ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Travels on My Elephant ⓘ |
| setting |
Assam
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India ⓘ Kaziranga National Park ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | late 20th century India ⓘ |
| topic |
Asian elephant conservation
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elephant welfare ⓘ human–animal relationships ⓘ mahouts ⓘ wildlife conservation ⓘ |
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