The Shakers
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The Shakers is a modern dance work by the Humphrey-Weidman Company inspired by the religious practices and communal life of the Shaker sect.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shakerism | 1 |
| The Shakers canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18554024 — 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: The Shakers Context triple: [Humphrey-Weidman Company, notableWork, The Shakers]
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A.
Quakers
The Quakers are the athletic teams representing the University of Pennsylvania in collegiate sports.
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B.
Oneida Community
The Oneida Community was a 19th-century utopian religious commune in upstate New York known for its practice of complex marriage, communal property, and progressive social experiments.
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C.
Glasites
Glasites were a small 18th–19th century Christian sect in Britain, known for their strict congregational practices and close adherence to New Testament church patterns, and more widely referred to as Sandemanians.
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D.
Moravians
Moravians are a West Slavic ethnic group historically centered in the region of Moravia, now part of the Czech Republic, with their own distinct cultural and linguistic traditions.
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E.
Millerites
The Millerites were a 19th-century American religious movement that fervently anticipated the imminent Second Coming of Christ based on William Miller’s biblical interpretations.
- 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: The Shakers Target entity description: The Shakers is a modern dance work by the Humphrey-Weidman Company inspired by the religious practices and communal life of the Shaker sect.
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A.
Quakers
The Quakers are the athletic teams representing the University of Pennsylvania in collegiate sports.
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B.
Oneida Community
The Oneida Community was a 19th-century utopian religious commune in upstate New York known for its practice of complex marriage, communal property, and progressive social experiments.
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C.
Glasites
Glasites were a small 18th–19th century Christian sect in Britain, known for their strict congregational practices and close adherence to New Testament church patterns, and more widely referred to as Sandemanians.
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D.
Moravians
Moravians are a West Slavic ethnic group historically centered in the region of Moravia, now part of the Czech Republic, with their own distinct cultural and linguistic traditions.
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E.
Millerites
The Millerites were a 19th-century American religious movement that fervently anticipated the imminent Second Coming of Christ based on William Miller’s biblical interpretations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Shakers