Macbeth
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Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that follows a Scottish nobleman’s bloody rise to power after a prophecy and his own unchecked ambition drive him to murder and tyranny.
All labels observed (20)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1097512 — 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: Macbeth Context triple: [Voodoo Macbeth, basedOn, Macbeth]
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King Lear
King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that portrays an aging monarch’s descent into madness after he divides his kingdom among his daughters, exploring themes of power, loyalty, and human suffering.
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Lear
Lear is the surname of Norman Lear, the influential American television writer and producer known for creating groundbreaking sitcoms such as "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons."
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C.
Lady Macbeth
Lady Macbeth is a 2016 British period drama film in which Florence Pugh delivers a breakout performance as a young woman trapped in a suffocating marriage who resorts to increasingly ruthless measures to claim her freedom.
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D.
Hamlet
Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that follows the Prince of Denmark as he seeks revenge for his father’s murder while grappling with madness, morality, and mortality.
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Voodoo Macbeth
Voodoo Macbeth is a groundbreaking 1936 all-Black adaptation of Shakespeare’s "Macbeth," directed by Orson Welles and set in a Caribbean voodoo context, produced under the U.S. Federal Theatre Project.
- 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: Macbeth Target entity description: Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that follows a Scottish nobleman’s bloody rise to power after a prophecy and his own unchecked ambition drive him to murder and tyranny.
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A.
King Lear
King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that portrays an aging monarch’s descent into madness after he divides his kingdom among his daughters, exploring themes of power, loyalty, and human suffering.
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B.
Lear
Lear is the surname of Norman Lear, the influential American television writer and producer known for creating groundbreaking sitcoms such as "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons."
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C.
Lady Macbeth
Lady Macbeth is a 2016 British period drama film in which Florence Pugh delivers a breakout performance as a young woman trapped in a suffocating marriage who resorts to increasingly ruthless measures to claim her freedom.
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D.
Hamlet
Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that follows the Prince of Denmark as he seeks revenge for his father’s murder while grappling with madness, morality, and mortality.
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E.
Voodoo Macbeth
Voodoo Macbeth is a groundbreaking 1936 all-Black adaptation of Shakespeare’s "Macbeth," directed by Orson Welles and set in a Caribbean voodoo context, produced under the U.S. Federal Theatre Project.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
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tragedy ⓘ |
| author | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| basedOn | historical figure Macbeth, King of Scotland ⓘ |
| centralConflict | Macbeth’s ambition versus moral order ⓘ |
| character |
Banquo
ⓘ
Fleance ⓘ Hecate ⓘ King Duncan ⓘ Lennox ⓘ Macduff ⓘ Malcolm ⓘ Porter ⓘ Ross ⓘ Macbeth self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Three Witches
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| climax | Macduff kills Macbeth ⓘ |
| compositionPeriod | 1603–1606 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| dramaticForm |
blank verse
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verse drama ⓘ |
| famousLine |
“Fair is foul, and foul is fair”
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“Is this a dagger which I see before me” ⓘ “Out, damned spot!” ⓘ “Out, out, brief candle!” ⓘ “Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow” ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceApproximateDate | 1606 ⓘ |
| genre | tragedy ⓘ |
| hasSupernaturalElement |
prophetic witches
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visions and apparitions ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
English Renaissance drama
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surface form:
Elizabethan drama
English Renaissance drama ⓘ
surface form:
Jacobean drama
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| literaryPeriod | English Renaissance ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Lady Macbeth
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Macbeth self-link ⓘ |
| notableScene |
Banquo’s ghost banquet scene
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dagger soliloquy ⓘ sleepwalking scene ⓘ |
| resolution | Malcolm becomes King of Scotland ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Scotland ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 11th century ⓘ |
| structure | five acts ⓘ |
| theme |
ambition
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appearance versus reality ⓘ fate versus free will ⓘ guilt ⓘ masculinity and gender roles ⓘ supernatural ⓘ the corrupting influence of power ⓘ tyranny ⓘ |
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Subject: Macbeth Description of subject: Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that follows a Scottish nobleman’s bloody rise to power after a prophecy and his own unchecked ambition drive him to murder and tyranny.
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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Works of William Shakespeare
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Macbeth by William Shakespeare
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Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5
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The Three Witches
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Macbeth (RSC stage production)
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Macbeth (stage)
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Macbeth (2006 film)
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Macbeth by William Shakespeare
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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Othello
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Shakespeare’s Macbeth
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Macbeth (stage production)
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Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 5
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Act 1 of Macbeth