Alibius
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Alibius is a jealous, elderly doctor of alchemy in Thomas Middleton and William Rowley’s play "The Changeling," known for obsessively guarding his young wife and employing a supposed fool as her keeper.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alibius canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18515078 — 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: Alibius Context triple: [The Changeling, hasSubplotCharacter, Alibius]
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A.
Vipsanius
Vipsanius is a Roman nomen (family name) associated with members of the Vipsania gens in ancient Rome.
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B.
Didius
Didius was the family name of the Roman emperor Didius Julianus, associated with a senatorial lineage in ancient Rome.
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C.
Aelius
Aelius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen) associated with several notable figures of the Roman Empire, including emperors and high-ranking officials.
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D.
Quintillus
Quintillus was a short-reigning 3rd-century Roman emperor who briefly ruled after Claudius Gothicus and before Aurelian during the Crisis of the Third Century.
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E.
Albinus
Albinus is an alternative name for Alcuin of York, the influential 8th-century Anglo-Saxon scholar, theologian, and advisor at Charlemagne’s court.
- 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: Alibius Target entity description: Alibius is a jealous, elderly doctor of alchemy in Thomas Middleton and William Rowley’s play "The Changeling," known for obsessively guarding his young wife and employing a supposed fool as her keeper.
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A.
Vipsanius
Vipsanius is a Roman nomen (family name) associated with members of the Vipsania gens in ancient Rome.
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B.
Didius
Didius was the family name of the Roman emperor Didius Julianus, associated with a senatorial lineage in ancient Rome.
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C.
Aelius
Aelius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen) associated with several notable figures of the Roman Empire, including emperors and high-ranking officials.
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D.
Quintillus
Quintillus was a short-reigning 3rd-century Roman emperor who briefly ruled after Claudius Gothicus and before Aurelian during the Crisis of the Third Century.
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E.
Albinus
Albinus is an alternative name for Alcuin of York, the influential 8th-century Anglo-Saxon scholar, theologian, and advisor at Charlemagne’s court.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.