Cecily
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Cecily is a character in Tom Stoppard's play "Travesties," serving as a witty and idealistic young woman who becomes entangled in the play's farcical and intellectual conflicts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cecily canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13518798 — 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: Cecily Context triple: [Travesties, hasCharacter, Cecily]
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A.
Cecily Latham
Cecily Latham is the central female protagonist in the psychological thriller film "The Two Mrs. Carrolls," around whom the suspenseful plot of romantic obsession and danger revolves.
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B.
Cecily Harriet d'Autremont
Cecily Harriet d'Autremont was the wife of longtime CIA counterintelligence chief James Jesus Angleton and a figure in Washington’s mid-20th-century intelligence social circles.
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C.
Gwendolen
Gwendolen is the given name of Gwen Raverat, a notable British wood engraver and granddaughter of Charles Darwin.
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D.
Cecily Shackleton
Cecily Shackleton was a daughter of the famed Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.
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E.
Emily Brent
Emily Brent is a rigid, judgmental spinster in Agatha Christie’s mystery novel "And Then There Were None," known for her strict moralism and lack of remorse.
- 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: Cecily Target entity description: Cecily is a character in Tom Stoppard's play "Travesties," serving as a witty and idealistic young woman who becomes entangled in the play's farcical and intellectual conflicts.
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A.
Cecily Latham
Cecily Latham is the central female protagonist in the psychological thriller film "The Two Mrs. Carrolls," around whom the suspenseful plot of romantic obsession and danger revolves.
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B.
Cecily Harriet d'Autremont
Cecily Harriet d'Autremont was the wife of longtime CIA counterintelligence chief James Jesus Angleton and a figure in Washington’s mid-20th-century intelligence social circles.
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C.
Gwendolen
Gwendolen is the given name of Gwen Raverat, a notable British wood engraver and granddaughter of Charles Darwin.
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D.
Cecily Shackleton
Cecily Shackleton was a daughter of the famed Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.
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E.
Emily Brent
Emily Brent is a rigid, judgmental spinster in Agatha Christie’s mystery novel "And Then There Were None," known for her strict moralism and lack of remorse.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
theatre character ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Travesties ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
art and politics
ⓘ
idealism versus pragmatism ⓘ memory and distortion ⓘ |
| characterInPlay | Travesties ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy | Tom Stoppard ⓘ |
| engagesWith |
aesthetic debates in Travesties
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literary allusions in Travesties ⓘ political debates in Travesties ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceOfWork | 1974 ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | play ⓘ |
| hasDialogueStyle |
intellectual
ⓘ
witty ⓘ |
| hasRoleInNarrative |
idealistic young woman
ⓘ
witty young woman ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
farcical conflicts in Travesties
ⓘ
intellectual conflicts in Travesties ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| mediumOfPerformance | stage ⓘ |
| nameInOriginalLanguage | Cecily ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
comic figure
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foil to more cynical characters ⓘ romantic interest ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalUniverse | Travesties fictional world ⓘ |
| setInPlaceOfWork | Zurich ⓘ |
| setInTimePeriodOfWork | World War I era ⓘ |
| workPremieredAt |
Aldwych Theatre, London
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linked to:
Aldwych Theatre
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cecily Description of subject: Cecily is a character in Tom Stoppard's play "Travesties," serving as a witty and idealistic young woman who becomes entangled in the play's farcical and intellectual conflicts.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.