Tarzan (1999 film)
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Tarzan (1999 film) is a 1999 Disney animated feature that adapts Edgar Rice Burroughs’ jungle hero into a musical adventure about a man raised by gorillas who must choose between the world of humans and the family that raised him.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tarzan (1999 film) canonical | 11 |
| Tarzan (1999 animated film) | 4 |
| Disney's Tarzan | 1 |
| Disney's Tarzan (1999 film) | 1 |
| Disney’s animated film Tarzan | 1 |
| Tarzan (animated film, production leadership) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6991971 — 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)
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Target entity: Tarzan (1999 film) Context triple: [Disney animated universe, hasPart, Tarzan (1999 film)]
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A.
Tarzan (2013 film)
Tarzan (2013 film) is a 2013 computer-animated action-adventure adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic jungle hero story, featuring Kellan Lutz as the voice of Tarzan.
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B.
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes is a 1984 British adventure drama film that offers a realistic, character-driven retelling of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan story, focusing on the hero’s dual identity between the African jungle and British aristocracy.
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C.
The Legend of Tarzan
The Legend of Tarzan is a 2016 action-adventure film that reimagines Edgar Rice Burroughs’ classic jungle hero as he returns to the Congo to confront a deadly conspiracy.
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D.
Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981 film)
Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981 film) is a 1981 adventure film that reimagines Edgar Rice Burroughs’ jungle hero largely from Jane’s perspective, noted for its eroticized tone and controversial reception.
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E.
Tarzan films
Tarzan films are a long-running series of adventure movies centered on the jungle-dwelling hero created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, known for their exotic settings, vine-swinging action, and portrayals of the “noble savage” archetype.
- 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: Tarzan (1999 film) Target entity description: Tarzan (1999 film) is a 1999 Disney animated feature that adapts Edgar Rice Burroughs’ jungle hero into a musical adventure about a man raised by gorillas who must choose between the world of humans and the family that raised him.
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A.
Tarzan (2013 film)
Tarzan (2013 film) is a 2013 computer-animated action-adventure adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic jungle hero story, featuring Kellan Lutz as the voice of Tarzan.
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B.
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes is a 1984 British adventure drama film that offers a realistic, character-driven retelling of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan story, focusing on the hero’s dual identity between the African jungle and British aristocracy.
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C.
The Legend of Tarzan
The Legend of Tarzan is a 2016 action-adventure film that reimagines Edgar Rice Burroughs’ classic jungle hero as he returns to the Congo to confront a deadly conspiracy.
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D.
Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981 film)
Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981 film) is a 1981 adventure film that reimagines Edgar Rice Burroughs’ jungle hero largely from Jane’s perspective, noted for its eroticized tone and controversial reception.
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E.
Tarzan films
Tarzan films are a long-running series of adventure movies centered on the jungle-dwelling hero created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, known for their exotic settings, vine-swinging action, and portrayals of the “noble savage” archetype.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | animated feature film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Original Song NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Tarzan character by Edgar Rice Burroughs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tarzan of the Apes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Clayton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jane Porter NERFINISHED ⓘ Kala NERFINISHED ⓘ Kerchak NERFINISHED ⓘ Professor Archimedes Q. Porter NERFINISHED ⓘ Tantor NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarzan NERFINISHED ⓘ Terk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Mark Mancina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director |
Chris Buck
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kevin Lima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresSong |
Son of Man
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Strangers Like Me NERFINISHED ⓘ Trashin’ the Camp NERFINISHED ⓘ Two Worlds NERFINISHED ⓘ You’ll Be in My Heart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure
ⓘ
animation ⓘ drama ⓘ musical ⓘ romance ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
belonging
ⓘ
culture clash ⓘ family ⓘ identity ⓘ man versus nature ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Tarzan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation |
Africa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
jungle ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Disney Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Bonnie Arnold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Walt Disney Feature Animation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Walt Disney Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1999-06-18 ⓘ |
| runtime | 88 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Bob Tzudiker
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dave Reynolds NERFINISHED ⓘ Noni White NERFINISHED ⓘ Tab Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesOrdinal | 37th Walt Disney animated feature film ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Victorian era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| songwriter | Phil Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| voiceActor |
Brian Blessed
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Glenn Close NERFINISHED ⓘ Lance Henriksen NERFINISHED ⓘ Minnie Driver NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigel Hawthorne NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosie O’Donnell NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Goldwyn NERFINISHED ⓘ Wayne Knight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Tarzan (1999 film) Description of subject: Tarzan (1999 film) is a 1999 Disney animated feature that adapts Edgar Rice Burroughs’ jungle hero into a musical adventure about a man raised by gorillas who must choose between the world of humans and the family that raised him.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Disney's Tarzan (1999 film)
subject surface form:
Tarzan’s Treehouse
this entity surface form:
Disney’s animated film Tarzan
subject surface form:
Tarzan’s Treehouse
this entity surface form:
Tarzan (1999 animated film)
this entity surface form:
Tarzan (animated film, production leadership)
this entity surface form:
Tarzan (1999 animated film)
this entity surface form:
Disney's Tarzan
this entity surface form:
Tarzan (1999 animated film)
this entity surface form:
Tarzan (1999 animated film)