Shere Khan
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Shere Khan is the fearsome, man-hating Bengal tiger who serves as the primary antagonist in Rudyard Kipling’s "The Jungle Book" and its adaptations.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shere Khan canonical | 10 |
| Shere Khan (Disney live-action) | 1 |
| tiger Shere Khan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1124704 — 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: Shere Khan Context triple: [George Sanders, portrayedCharacter, Shere Khan]
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A.
Growltiger
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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B.
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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C.
Lion
Lion is a 2016 biographical drama film about an Indian boy separated from his family and adopted in Australia who later uses Google Earth to find his way home.
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D.
Lion
Lion was a prominent warship of the Royal Scots Navy, recognized for its significant role in Scotland’s early modern naval history.
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E.
Derawali
Derawali is a regional dialect of the Saraiki language spoken primarily in and around the Dera Ghazi Khan and Dera Ismail Khan areas of Pakistan.
- 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: Shere Khan Target entity description: Shere Khan is the fearsome, man-hating Bengal tiger who serves as the primary antagonist in Rudyard Kipling’s "The Jungle Book" and its adaptations.
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A.
Growltiger
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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B.
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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C.
Lion
Lion is a 2016 biographical drama film about an Indian boy separated from his family and adopted in Australia who later uses Google Earth to find his way home.
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D.
Lion
Lion was a prominent warship of the Royal Scots Navy, recognized for its significant role in Scotland’s early modern naval history.
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E.
Derawali
Derawali is a regional dialect of the Saraiki language spoken primarily in and around the Dera Ghazi Khan and Dera Ismail Khan areas of Pakistan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antagonist
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ tiger ⓘ |
| alignment | villain ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Jungle Book
ⓘ
surface form:
Mowgli stories
The Jungle Book ⓘ The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling ⓘ
surface form:
The Jungle Book (1894 short story collection)
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| basedOn | Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) ⓘ |
| characterIn |
Jungle Cubs (TV series)
ⓘ
The Jungle Book (1967 film) ⓘ The Jungle Book (1994 film) ⓘ The Jungle Book (2016 film) ⓘ The Jungle Book ⓘ
surface form:
The Jungle Book (book)
The Jungle Book 2 ⓘ
surface form:
The Jungle Book 2 (2003 film)
|
| creator | Rudyard Kipling ⓘ |
| diesIn |
The Jungle Book
ⓘ
surface form:
story "Tiger! Tiger!" (in The Jungle Book)
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| enemyOf |
Akela
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Bagheera ⓘ Baloo ⓘ Mowgli ⓘ humans ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
ⓘ
surface form:
The Jungle Book (1894)
|
| franchise | The Jungle Book franchise ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
ⓘ
children's literature ⓘ |
| killedBy |
Mowgli
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surface form:
Mowgli (with help of buffalo herd)
|
| kills | humans (in the original stories) ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium |
animated film
ⓘ
literature ⓘ live-action film ⓘ |
| motivation |
desire to kill Mowgli
ⓘ
hatred and fear of man ⓘ |
| nameMeaning |
"Khan" is a title of nobility or respect
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"Shere" means "tiger" in some Indo-Persian languages ⓘ |
| nationality | Indian (fictional setting) ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
cruelty
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cunning ⓘ fear of fire ⓘ hatred of humans ⓘ physical strength ⓘ pride ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Benedict Cumberbatch
ⓘ
George Sanders ⓘ Idris Elba ⓘ Tony Jay ⓘ |
| publisher | Macmillan Publishers ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative | primary antagonist ⓘ |
| setting | Indian jungle ⓘ |
| species | Bengal tiger ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Shere Khan Description of subject: Shere Khan is the fearsome, man-hating Bengal tiger who serves as the primary antagonist in Rudyard Kipling’s "The Jungle Book" and its adaptations.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Jungle Book
this entity surface form:
tiger Shere Khan
subject surface form:
Bagheera (Disney live-action)
this entity surface form:
Shere Khan (Disney live-action)