Daniel Dravot
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Daniel Dravot is a fictional British adventurer and would-be ruler in Rudyard Kipling’s novella "The Man Who Would Be King," whose overreaching ambition and charisma drive the story’s tragic imperialist fable.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Daniel Dravot canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7465473 — 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: Daniel Dravot Context triple: [The Man Who Would Be King, character, Daniel Dravot]
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A.
Henry Tucker
Henry Tucker was a Bermudian politician who became the territory's first premier and played a key role in modernizing its political and economic landscape.
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B.
Elias Kane
Elias Kane was an early 19th-century American politician and lawyer who served as Illinois’ first secretary of state and later as a U.S. senator.
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C.
Black Larsen
Black Larsen is a villainous outlaw character in Charlie Chaplin’s silent film "The Gold Rush."
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D.
Benjamin d’Urban
Benjamin d’Urban was a 19th-century British army officer and colonial administrator whose name was given to the South African city of Durban.
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E.
Caractacus Potts
Caractacus Potts is an eccentric inventor and widowed father who restores the magical car Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in Ian Fleming’s children’s story and its film adaptation.
- 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: Daniel Dravot Target entity description: Daniel Dravot is a fictional British adventurer and would-be ruler in Rudyard Kipling’s novella "The Man Who Would Be King," whose overreaching ambition and charisma drive the story’s tragic imperialist fable.
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A.
Henry Tucker
Henry Tucker was a Bermudian politician who became the territory's first premier and played a key role in modernizing its political and economic landscape.
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B.
Elias Kane
Elias Kane was an early 19th-century American politician and lawyer who served as Illinois’ first secretary of state and later as a U.S. senator.
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C.
Black Larsen
Black Larsen is a villainous outlaw character in Charlie Chaplin’s silent film "The Gold Rush."
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D.
Benjamin d’Urban
Benjamin d’Urban was a 19th-century British army officer and colonial administrator whose name was given to the South African city of Durban.
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E.
Caractacus Potts
Caractacus Potts is an eccentric inventor and widowed father who restores the magical car Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in Ian Fleming’s children’s story and its film adaptation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
1975 film The Man Who Would Be King
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linked to:
The Man Who Would Be King
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| appearsIn | The Man Who Would Be King ⓘ |
| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| basedOn | British imperial adventurer archetype ⓘ |
| causeOfDownfall |
loss of local support
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overreaching ambition ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
ambitious
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charismatic ⓘ overreaching ⓘ |
| closeAssociate | Peachey Carnehan ⓘ |
| creator | Rudyard Kipling ⓘ |
| deathInWork | dies in Kafiristan ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Man Who Would Be King ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Man Who Would Be King ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenreOfWork |
adventure fiction
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imperial fiction ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| medium | novella ⓘ |
| moralLessonAssociation |
consequences of hubris
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critique of imperial ambition ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
drives plot
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embodies imperialist hubris ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| occupation | adventurer ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | self-styled king ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Sean Connery ⓘ |
| relationshipToPeacheyCarnehan |
friend
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partner in adventure ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
main character
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would-be ruler ⓘ |
| settingOfActions | Kafiristan ⓘ |
| species | human ⓘ |
| storyForm | novella ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
dangers of imperial overreach
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illusion of power ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
colonialism
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hubris ⓘ imperialism ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1888 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Daniel Dravot Description of subject: Daniel Dravot is a fictional British adventurer and would-be ruler in Rudyard Kipling’s novella "The Man Who Would Be King," whose overreaching ambition and charisma drive the story’s tragic imperialist fable.
Referenced by (4)
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