King's Men
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King's Men was the leading early 17th-century English playing company, famously patronized by King James I and home to many of William Shakespeare’s later works and performances.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King's Men canonical | 13 |
| King’s Men | 5 |
| Lord Chamberlain's Men | 5 |
| Lord Chamberlain’s Men | 2 |
| King’s Men company | 1 |
| Shakespeare’s company | 1 |
| the Lord Chamberlain's Men | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T912176 — 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: King's Men Context triple: [The Gamester, associatedWithTheatreCompany, King's Men]
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A.
Merry Men
The Merry Men are the legendary band of outlaws who accompany Robin Hood in English folklore, known for robbing the rich to aid the poor.
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B.
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, was a prominent English nobleman and Parliamentarian general during the early years of the English Civil War, known for leading forces against King Charles I before resigning his command under the Self-Denying Ordinance.
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C.
Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club
Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club is one of the oldest and most prominent student drama societies at the University of Cambridge, known for producing a wide range of theatrical performances and nurturing notable acting and writing talent.
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D.
Royal Company of Archers
The Royal Company of Archers is a historic ceremonial unit that serves as the Sovereign’s Bodyguard in Scotland.
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E.
Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company is a renowned British theatre company based in Stratford-upon-Avon and London, celebrated for its productions of Shakespearean and classical plays.
- 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: King's Men Target entity description: King's Men was the leading early 17th-century English playing company, famously patronized by King James I and home to many of William Shakespeare’s later works and performances.
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A.
Merry Men
The Merry Men are the legendary band of outlaws who accompany Robin Hood in English folklore, known for robbing the rich to aid the poor.
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B.
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, was a prominent English nobleman and Parliamentarian general during the early years of the English Civil War, known for leading forces against King Charles I before resigning his command under the Self-Denying Ordinance.
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C.
Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club
Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club is one of the oldest and most prominent student drama societies at the University of Cambridge, known for producing a wide range of theatrical performances and nurturing notable acting and writing talent.
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D.
Royal Company of Archers
The Royal Company of Archers is a historic ceremonial unit that serves as the Sovereign’s Bodyguard in Scotland.
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E.
Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company is a renowned British theatre company based in Stratford-upon-Avon and London, celebrated for its productions of Shakespearean and classical plays.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English playing company
ⓘ
early modern theatre company ⓘ |
| activeFrom | 1603 ⓘ |
| activeUntil | mid-17th century ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The King’s Men ⓘ |
| associatedMonarch |
Charles I of England
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James VI and I ⓘ
surface form:
James I of England
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| basedIn |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dissolutionCause | closure of the theatres under the English Civil War and Interregnum ⓘ |
| field | theatre ⓘ |
| genre | Renaissance drama ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Caroline era
ⓘ
Stuart period ⓘ
surface form:
Jacobean era
|
| mainVenue |
Blackfriars Theatre
ⓘ
The Globe Theatre ⓘ
surface form:
Globe Theatre
|
| notableFor |
being the leading London company in the early 17th century
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staging many of Shakespeare’s later plays ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Augustine Phillips
ⓘ
Henry Condell ⓘ John Heminges ⓘ John Lowin ⓘ Joseph Taylor ⓘ Nathan Field ⓘ Richard Burbage ⓘ William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| patron |
James VI and I
ⓘ
surface form:
James I of England
|
| performedWork |
Antony and Cleopatra
ⓘ
Coriolanus ⓘ Cymbeline ⓘ Hamlet ⓘ Henry VIII of England ⓘ
surface form:
Henry VIII
King Lear ⓘ Macbeth ⓘ Measure for Measure ⓘ Othello (play) ⓘ
surface form:
Othello
The Tempest ⓘ The Two Noble Kinsmen ⓘ The Winter's Tale ⓘ plays by Francis Beaumont ⓘ plays by John Fletcher ⓘ plays by Philip Massinger ⓘ |
| predecessor |
King's Men
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Lord Chamberlain's Men
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| royalPatentGrantedBy |
James VI and I
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surface form:
James I of England
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| royalPatentYear | 1603 ⓘ |
| status | official royal playing company ⓘ |
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: King's Men Description of subject: King's Men was the leading early 17th-century English playing company, famously patronized by King James I and home to many of William Shakespeare’s later works and performances.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lord Chamberlain's Men
this entity surface form:
Lord Chamberlain's Men
this entity surface form:
the Lord Chamberlain's Men
this entity surface form:
Shakespeare’s company
this entity surface form:
King’s Men
this entity surface form:
King’s Men
this entity surface form:
King’s Men
this entity surface form:
King’s Men company
this entity surface form:
Lord Chamberlain's Men
this entity surface form:
Lord Chamberlain’s Men
this entity surface form:
King’s Men
this entity surface form:
Lord Chamberlain’s Men
this entity surface form:
King’s Men
this entity surface form:
Lord Chamberlain's Men
this entity surface form:
Lord Chamberlain's Men