The Hungry Tiger
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The Hungry Tiger is a memorable character from L. Frank Baum’s Oz series, depicted as a large, talking tiger who is constantly tormented by an insatiable appetite yet too compassionate to satisfy it.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hungry Tiger | 1 |
| The Hungry Tiger canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11438441 — 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: The Hungry Tiger Context triple: [The Magic of Oz, mainCharacter, The Hungry Tiger]
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A.
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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B.
El otro tigre
"El otro tigre" is a short poem by Jorge Luis Borges that meditates on the tension between the real, physical tiger and its imagined, literary counterpart.
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C.
The Sleeping Tiger
The Sleeping Tiger is a 1954 British film noir drama directed by Joseph Losey, notable as one of the early screen roles of actress Sheila Sim.
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D.
Tiger at the Gates
Tiger at the Gates is a 1935 play by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux that offers a witty, philosophical reimagining of the events leading up to the Trojan War.
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E.
The Tiger in the Well
The Tiger in the Well is a historical mystery novel by Philip Pullman featuring young detective Sally Lockhart as she confronts a sinister conspiracy in Victorian London.
- 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: The Hungry Tiger Target entity description: The Hungry Tiger is a memorable character from L. Frank Baum’s Oz series, depicted as a large, talking tiger who is constantly tormented by an insatiable appetite yet too compassionate to satisfy it.
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A.
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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B.
El otro tigre
"El otro tigre" is a short poem by Jorge Luis Borges that meditates on the tension between the real, physical tiger and its imagined, literary counterpart.
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C.
The Sleeping Tiger
The Sleeping Tiger is a 1954 British film noir drama directed by Joseph Losey, notable as one of the early screen roles of actress Sheila Sim.
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D.
Tiger at the Gates
Tiger at the Gates is a 1935 play by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux that offers a witty, philosophical reimagining of the events leading up to the Trojan War.
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E.
The Tiger in the Well
The Tiger in the Well is a historical mystery novel by Philip Pullman featuring young detective Sally Lockhart as she confronts a sinister conspiracy in Victorian London.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
talking animal ⓘ tiger ⓘ |
| ability | speech ⓘ |
| alignment | good ⓘ |
| allyOf |
Cowardly Lion
ⓘ
linked to:
The Cowardly Lion
|
| appearsIn |
Oz series
ⓘ
linked to:
Oz book series
The Emerald City of Oz ⓘ The Hungry Tiger of Oz ⓘ Tik-Tok of Oz ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium | novel ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Emerald City palace
ⓘ
linked to:
Emerald City
Ozma’s court ⓘ |
| basedOn | Baum’s recurring theme of moral dilemmas ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
compassion
ⓘ
constant hunger ⓘ kindness ⓘ moral conscience ⓘ |
| creator | L. Frank Baum ⓘ |
| desire | to eat a fat baby ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Land of Oz ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Ozma of Oz ⓘ |
| friendOf |
Cowardly Lion
ⓘ
linked to:
The Cowardly Lion
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasCompanion |
Cowardly Lion
ⓘ
linked to:
The Cowardly Lion
|
| hasEthicalCode | refuses to harm innocents ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | children’s fantasy ⓘ |
| locatedInFictional | Land of Oz ⓘ |
| moralConflict | insatiable appetite versus compassion ⓘ |
| moralTheme |
ethics of appetite
ⓘ
self-restraint ⓘ |
| nationalityOfWork | American literature ⓘ |
| notableFor |
humorous yet dark cravings
ⓘ
inner moral struggle ⓘ |
| oftenDepictedAs | large tiger with expressive face ⓘ |
| publisher |
Reilly & Lee
ⓘ
linked to:
Reilly & Britton
|
| reasonForRefusal |
compassion for victims
ⓘ
fear of causing pain ⓘ |
| refusesToDo | eat a fat baby ⓘ |
| refusesToSatisfy | own cruel appetites ⓘ |
| residence | Emerald City ⓘ |
| role |
Ozma’s bodyguard
ⓘ
companion of Ozma ⓘ |
| serves | Princess Ozma ⓘ |
| species | tiger ⓘ |
| titleCharacterOf | The Hungry Tiger of Oz ⓘ |
| tormentedBy | insatiable hunger ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Hungry Tiger Description of subject: The Hungry Tiger is a memorable character from L. Frank Baum’s Oz series, depicted as a large, talking tiger who is constantly tormented by an insatiable appetite yet too compassionate to satisfy it.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
talking hen Billina
linked to: The Hungry Tiger