Old Deuteronomy
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Old Deuteronomy is a wise, elderly, and revered cat character from T. S. Eliot’s poetry, best known as the benevolent leader of the Jellicle cats in the musical "Cats."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Deuteronomy canonical | 5 |
| Old Deuteronomy (poem) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T971272 — 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.
Target entity: Old Deuteronomy Context triple: [Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, containsPoem, Old Deuteronomy]
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Jubilees
Jubilees is an ancient Jewish religious work from the Second Temple period that retells and expands upon the narratives of Genesis and Exodus, often considered part of the pseudepigrapha.
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Blessing of Moses
Blessing of Moses is a biblical poetic passage in which Moses delivers final prophetic blessings to the tribes of Israel before his death.
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Anno Mundi
Anno Mundi is a year-numbering system that dates events from the traditional Jewish calculation of the world's creation in the Hebrew calendar.
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D.
1 Enoch
1 Enoch is an ancient Jewish apocalyptic work, attributed to the biblical figure Enoch, that profoundly influenced early Jewish and Christian thought.
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E.
Ancient of Days
Ancient of Days is a biblical title depicting God as the eternal, sovereign judge who exists from everlasting to everlasting.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Old Deuteronomy Target entity description: Old Deuteronomy is a wise, elderly, and revered cat character from T. S. Eliot’s poetry, best known as the benevolent leader of the Jellicle cats in the musical "Cats."
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A.
Jubilees
Jubilees is an ancient Jewish religious work from the Second Temple period that retells and expands upon the narratives of Genesis and Exodus, often considered part of the pseudepigrapha.
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B.
Blessing of Moses
Blessing of Moses is a biblical poetic passage in which Moses delivers final prophetic blessings to the tribes of Israel before his death.
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C.
Anno Mundi
Anno Mundi is a year-numbering system that dates events from the traditional Jewish calculation of the world's creation in the Hebrew calendar.
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D.
1 Enoch
1 Enoch is an ancient Jewish apocalyptic work, attributed to the biblical figure Enoch, that profoundly influenced early Jewish and Christian thought.
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E.
Ancient of Days
Ancient of Days is a biblical title depicting God as the eternal, sovereign judge who exists from everlasting to everlasting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cat
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fictional character ⓘ musical theatre character ⓘ |
| adaptedBy | Andrew Lloyd Webber ⓘ |
| ageDescriptor | very old ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Cats (1998 video)
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surface form:
Cats (1998 film)
Cats (2019 film) ⓘ Cats (musical) ⓘ Old Deuteronomy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Old Deuteronomy (poem)
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats ⓘ
surface form:
Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
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| appearsInSong |
Cats (musical)
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surface form:
Old Deuteronomy (song from Cats)
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| associatedGroup | Jellicle cats ⓘ |
| basedOnWork |
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
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surface form:
Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
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| characterTrait |
benevolent
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elderly ⓘ revered ⓘ wise ⓘ |
| creator | T. S. Eliot ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Cats (musical)
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surface form:
Cats (musical universe)
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| firstAppearance |
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
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surface form:
Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats (1939)
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| firstBroadwayAppearance |
Cats (musical)
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surface form:
Cats (Broadway, 1982)
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| firstTheatricalAppearance |
Cats (musical)
ⓘ
surface form:
Cats (West End, 1981)
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | biblical Book of Deuteronomy (name origin) ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
choosing the cat who ascends to the Heaviside Layer
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presiding over the Jellicle Ball ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Brian Blessed
ⓘ
Judi Dench ⓘ Ken Page ⓘ various stage actors in West End and Broadway productions ⓘ |
| role | leader of the Jellicle cats ⓘ |
| species | cat ⓘ |
| title | Old Deuteronomy self-link ⓘ |
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Subject: Old Deuteronomy Description of subject: Old Deuteronomy is a wise, elderly, and revered cat character from T. S. Eliot’s poetry, best known as the benevolent leader of the Jellicle cats in the musical "Cats."
Referenced by (6)
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