Teddy
E948472
Teddy is the young English boy in Rudyard Kipling’s story “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi,” whose life is saved from deadly cobras by the brave mongoose.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Teddy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11824608 — 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: Teddy Context triple: [Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, protects, Teddy]
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A.
Teddy
Teddy is Mr. Bean’s beloved brown teddy bear, a silent yet expressive companion that often serves as his confidant and playmate in the comedy series.
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B.
Teddy
Teddy is a character in Louisa May Alcott’s novel "Jo’s Boys," part of the continuation of the March family saga begun in "Little Women."
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C.
Teddy
Teddy is the nickname of Teddy Kollek, the long-serving and influential former mayor of Jerusalem.
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D.
Teddy
Teddy is a key supporting character in the film "Memento," serving as a dubious ally whose true motives and identity are gradually revealed through the story's nonlinear narrative.
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E.
Teddy
Teddy is a recurring character on the animated TV show "Bob's Burgers," known as the Belcher family's loyal but somewhat bumbling handyman and regular customer.
- 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: Teddy Target entity description: Teddy is the young English boy in Rudyard Kipling’s story “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi,” whose life is saved from deadly cobras by the brave mongoose.
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A.
Teddy
Teddy is Mr. Bean’s beloved brown teddy bear, a silent yet expressive companion that often serves as his confidant and playmate in the comedy series.
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B.
Teddy
Teddy is a character in Louisa May Alcott’s novel "Jo’s Boys," part of the continuation of the March family saga begun in "Little Women."
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C.
Teddy
Teddy is a recurring character on the animated TV show "Bob's Burgers," known as the Belcher family's loyal but somewhat bumbling handyman and regular customer.
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D.
Teddy
Teddy is the nickname of Teddy Kollek, the long-serving and influential former mayor of Jerusalem.
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E.
Teddy
Teddy is a key supporting character in the film "Memento," serving as a dubious ally whose true motives and identity are gradually revealed through the story's nonlinear narrative.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
child character in literature
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| ageGroup | young boy ⓘ |
| antagonistsSpecies | cobra ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Jungle Book NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| audience |
children
ⓘ
general readers ⓘ |
| createdBy | Rudyard Kipling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | British ⓘ |
| familyRole | son ⓘ |
| firstPublication | 1894 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Teddy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPetOrCompanion | Rikki-Tikki-Tavi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeLocation | British-occupied India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeType | bungalow ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| livesWith |
Teddy's father
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Teddy's mother ⓘ |
| medium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | motivates mongoose to protect human family ⓘ |
| nationality | English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protectedBy |
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Teddy's parents ⓘ |
| rescuedBy | Rikki-Tikki-Tavi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInStory | child in danger ⓘ |
| savedFrom | cobra bite ⓘ |
| settingCountry | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| speciesOfCompanion | mongoose ⓘ |
| targetOfAttack | Nagaina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
Nag
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Nagaina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workGenre |
adventure fiction
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children's literature ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| workIncludedIn | The Jungle Book story collection ⓘ |
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: Teddy Description of subject: Teddy is the young English boy in Rudyard Kipling’s story “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi,” whose life is saved from deadly cobras by the brave mongoose.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.