Moon Tiger
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Moon Tiger is a Booker Prize–winning novel by Penelope Lively that explores memory, history, and a dying historian’s reflections on her life and loves.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Moon Tiger canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6983874 — 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: Moon Tiger Context triple: [Best of the Booker, hasNominee, Moon Tiger]
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A.
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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B.
The Tigress
The Tigress is a 1927 silent crime drama film starring Dorothy Revier as a seductive and dangerous femme fatale.
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C.
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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D.
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail is a 1945 Japanese period drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa, adapted from a traditional kabuki play about a disguised lord and his loyal retainers.
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E.
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.
- 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: Moon Tiger Target entity description: Moon Tiger is a Booker Prize–winning novel by Penelope Lively that explores memory, history, and a dying historian’s reflections on her life and loves.
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A.
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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B.
The Tigress
The Tigress is a 1927 silent crime drama film starring Dorothy Revier as a seductive and dangerous femme fatale.
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C.
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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D.
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail is a 1945 Japanese period drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa, adapted from a traditional kabuki play about a disguised lord and his loyal retainers.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Penelope Lively NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Booker Prize
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Booker Prize for Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| explores |
interplay between personal memory and public history
ⓘ
unreliability of memory ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Claudia Hampton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
historical novel
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Gordon Hampton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jasper NERFINISHED ⓘ Lisa NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Southern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780140124173 ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
family relationships
ⓘ
historiography ⓘ personal recollection of war ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ sibling rivalry ⓘ |
| includedIn | Booker Prize winners list ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th-century British literature ⓘ |
| literaryRecognition | considered one of Penelope Lively's major works ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
death
ⓘ
history ⓘ love ⓘ memory ⓘ subjectivity of historical narrative ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | multiple perspectives ⓘ |
| openingSituation | protagonist on her deathbed ⓘ |
| protagonist | Claudia Hampton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | historian ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| publisher | André Deutsch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
20th century
ⓘ
Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ hospital room ⓘ |
| structure | shifting time frames ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Penelope Lively NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Moon Tiger Description of subject: Moon Tiger is a Booker Prize–winning novel by Penelope Lively that explores memory, history, and a dying historian’s reflections on her life and loves.
Referenced by (1)
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