Richard Shakespeare
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Richard Shakespeare was the father of the playwright William Shakespeare and a glover and local official in Stratford-upon-Avon in the 16th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Richard Shakespeare canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18668012 — 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: Richard Shakespeare Context triple: [Shakespeare’s family, hasMember, Richard Shakespeare]
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A.
Robert Shakespeare
Robert Shakespeare is a music producer best known for his work on the song "Equal Rights."
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B.
Henry Hope Shakespear
Henry Hope Shakespear was a British civil servant in colonial India and the father of modernist artist Dorothy Shakespear.
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C.
Gill Shakespeare
Gill Shakespeare is a songwriter best known for co-writing the 1974 pop hit "Beach Baby" for the British band The First Class.
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D.
John Shakespeare
John Shakespeare was an English glover, wool dealer, and municipal official in Stratford-upon-Avon, best known as the father of playwright William Shakespeare.
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E.
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language and world literature.
- 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: Richard Shakespeare Target entity description: Richard Shakespeare was the father of the playwright William Shakespeare and a glover and local official in Stratford-upon-Avon in the 16th century.
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A.
Robert Shakespeare
Robert Shakespeare is a music producer best known for his work on the song "Equal Rights."
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B.
Henry Hope Shakespear
Henry Hope Shakespear was a British civil servant in colonial India and the father of modernist artist Dorothy Shakespear.
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C.
Gill Shakespeare
Gill Shakespeare is a songwriter best known for co-writing the 1974 pop hit "Beach Baby" for the British band The First Class.
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D.
John Shakespeare
John Shakespeare was an English glover, wool dealer, and municipal official in Stratford-upon-Avon, best known as the father of playwright William Shakespeare.
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E.
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language and world literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.