Kensuke's Kingdom
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Kensuke's Kingdom is a children's adventure novel by Michael Morpurgo about a boy stranded on a Pacific island who befriends a mysterious Japanese man living there.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kensuke's Kingdom canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8155309 — 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: Kensuke's Kingdom Context triple: [Michael Morpurgo, notableWork, Kensuke's Kingdom]
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A.
Monkey Kingdom
Monkey Kingdom is a nature documentary film directed by Alastair Fothergill that follows the lives and social dynamics of a troop of macaque monkeys in the jungles of Sri Lanka.
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B.
Monkey Kingdom
Monkey Kingdom is a British television production company known for creating a range of popular entertainment and reality TV shows.
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C.
White Hare of Inaba
The White Hare of Inaba is a famous Japanese mythological tale about a cunning hare whose encounter with deities, including Ōkuninushi, teaches lessons about compassion, deception, and divine favor.
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D.
Kato Zakros
Kato Zakros is a coastal village and archaeological site on the eastern coast of Crete, known for the remains of a significant Minoan palace complex.
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E.
Kigensetsu
Kigensetsu was a pre-World War II Japanese national holiday that celebrated the mythical founding of Japan and the divine origins of the emperor.
- 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: Kensuke's Kingdom Target entity description: Kensuke's Kingdom is a children's adventure novel by Michael Morpurgo about a boy stranded on a Pacific island who befriends a mysterious Japanese man living there.
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A.
Monkey Kingdom
Monkey Kingdom is a nature documentary film directed by Alastair Fothergill that follows the lives and social dynamics of a troop of macaque monkeys in the jungles of Sri Lanka.
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B.
Monkey Kingdom
Monkey Kingdom is a British television production company known for creating a range of popular entertainment and reality TV shows.
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C.
White Hare of Inaba
The White Hare of Inaba is a famous Japanese mythological tale about a cunning hare whose encounter with deities, including Ōkuninushi, teaches lessons about compassion, deception, and divine favor.
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D.
Kato Zakros
Kato Zakros is a coastal village and archaeological site on the eastern coast of Crete, known for the remains of a significant Minoan palace complex.
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E.
Kigensetsu
Kigensetsu was a pre-World War II Japanese national holiday that celebrated the mythical founding of Japan and the divine origins of the emperor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
children's novel
ⓘ
survival novel ⓘ |
| author | Michael Morpurgo ⓘ |
| awarded | Children's Book Award ⓘ |
| centralRelationship | friendship between Michael and Kensuke ⓘ |
| conflict | Michael's desire to leave the island versus Kensuke's wish to remain hidden ⓘ |
| containsElement |
World War II backstory
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desert island ⓘ message in a bottle ⓘ shipwreck ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Michael Foreman ⓘ |
| educationalUse | frequently studied in primary schools in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
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children's literature ⓘ survival fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
animated film
ⓘ
radio adaptation ⓘ stage play ⓘ |
| hasAnimalCharacter |
dog
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gibbon ⓘ orangutan ⓘ turtle ⓘ |
| hasIllustrator | Michael Foreman ⓘ |
| hasSeafaringElement | round-the-world sailing trip ⓘ |
| ISBN | 9781405221740 ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Kensuke
ⓘ
Michael ⓘ |
| narrationType | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableCharacter | Kensuke ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 160 pages ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A boy named Michael is stranded on a Pacific island and befriends a mysterious Japanese man named Kensuke who lives there. ⓘ |
| protagonist | Michael ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| publisher | Egmont Books ⓘ |
| setting | Pacific island ⓘ |
| targetAudience | children ⓘ |
| theme |
cross-cultural understanding
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family ⓘ friendship ⓘ isolation ⓘ survival ⓘ war and its consequences ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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