The Elephant’s Child by Rudyard Kipling
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"The Elephant’s Child" is a classic children’s story by Rudyard Kipling, part of his "Just So Stories," that humorously explains how the elephant got its long trunk through a curious youngster’s adventure.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Elephant's Child | 1 |
| The Elephant’s Child by Rudyard Kipling canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T543035 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Elephant’s Child by Rudyard Kipling Context triple: [Limpopo River, mentionedInWork, The Elephant’s Child by Rudyard Kipling]
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A.
The Magic Faraway Tree
The Magic Faraway Tree is a classic children's fantasy novel by Enid Blyton about a group of children who discover an enchanted tree whose top leads to a series of magical, ever-changing lands.
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B.
The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows is a classic 1908 children’s novel by Kenneth Grahame that follows the adventures and friendships of anthropomorphic animals along an English riverbank.
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C.
Twice-Told Tales
Twice-Told Tales is a collection of short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores moral and psychological themes through allegorical and Gothic narratives.
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D.
The Wishing-Chair
The Wishing-Chair is a classic children's fantasy book by Enid Blyton about a magical flying chair that takes two siblings on a series of whimsical adventures.
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E.
Life in the Undergrowth
Life in the Undergrowth is a BBC nature documentary series exploring the hidden world and remarkable behaviors of invertebrates, presented and narrated by David Attenborough.
- 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 Elephant’s Child by Rudyard Kipling Target entity description: "The Elephant’s Child" is a classic children’s story by Rudyard Kipling, part of his "Just So Stories," that humorously explains how the elephant got its long trunk through a curious youngster’s adventure.
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A.
The Magic Faraway Tree
The Magic Faraway Tree is a classic children's fantasy novel by Enid Blyton about a group of children who discover an enchanted tree whose top leads to a series of magical, ever-changing lands.
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B.
The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows is a classic 1908 children’s novel by Kenneth Grahame that follows the adventures and friendships of anthropomorphic animals along an English riverbank.
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C.
Twice-Told Tales
Twice-Told Tales is a collection of short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores moral and psychological themes through allegorical and Gothic narratives.
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D.
The Wishing-Chair
The Wishing-Chair is a classic children's fantasy book by Enid Blyton about a magical flying chair that takes two siblings on a series of whimsical adventures.
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E.
Life in the Undergrowth
Life in the Undergrowth is a BBC nature documentary series exploring the hidden world and remarkable behaviors of invertebrates, presented and narrated by David Attenborough.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
children’s story
ⓘ
literary work ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| author | Rudyard Kipling ⓘ |
| centralAnimal | elephant ⓘ |
| collectionType | Just So Stories is a collection of origin tales ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| explains | how the elephant got its trunk ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
Just So Stories
ⓘ
surface form:
Just So Stories for Little Children
|
| genre |
animal fiction
ⓘ
children’s literature ⓘ fantasy ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
audio recordings
ⓘ
radio adaptations ⓘ stage adaptations ⓘ television adaptations ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationsBy | Rudyard Kipling ⓘ |
| hasMoral | curiosity can lead to unexpected outcomes ⓘ |
| hasReputation | classic of children’s literature ⓘ |
| hasTargetAgeRange |
early readers
ⓘ
middle childhood ⓘ |
| includedIn | many collected editions of Kipling’s children’s stories ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | children ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Edwardian era ⓘ |
| literarySeriesPosition | story in the Just So Stories collection ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Elephant’s Child ⓘ |
| mainCharacterTrait | curious ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | origin story ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
didactic
ⓘ
humorous ⓘ |
| originalPublicationMedium | book ⓘ |
| partOf | Just So Stories ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1902 ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstBookEdition |
Macmillan and Co.
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surface form:
Macmillan & Co.
|
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
How the Camel Got His Hump
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How the Leopard Got His Spots ⓘ How the Whale Got His Throat ⓘ The Cat That Walked by Himself ⓘ |
| setting | Africa ⓘ |
| theme |
consequences of asking questions
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curiosity ⓘ growth and transformation ⓘ |
| usesMotif |
animal transformation
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curious child protagonist ⓘ etiological myth ⓘ |
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Subject: The Elephant’s Child by Rudyard Kipling Description of subject: "The Elephant’s Child" is a classic children’s story by Rudyard Kipling, part of his "Just So Stories," that humorously explains how the elephant got its long trunk through a curious youngster’s adventure.
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this entity surface form:
The Elephant's Child