Antonio
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Antonio is the melancholic Venetian merchant who serves as the title character and central figure in William Shakespeare’s play "The Merchant of Venice."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Antonio canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20012545 — 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: Antonio Context triple: [Gratiano, speaksTo, Antonio]
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A.
Antonio
Antonio is a masculine given name of Latin origin, widely used in Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese-speaking cultures.
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B.
Antonio
Antonio is a minor but loyal and protective character in William Shakespeare’s comedy "Much Ado About Nothing," known as Leonato’s brother who helps defend Hero’s honor.
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C.
Antonio
Antonio is a central antagonist in Thomas Adès’s opera *The Tempest*, portrayed as the usurping brother whose betrayal drives much of the drama.
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D.
Antonio
Antonio is a minor character who appears in the subplot of the early 17th-century tragedy "The Changeling" by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley.
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E.
Salanio
Salanio is a minor character in Shakespeare's play "The Merchant of Venice," one of Antonio's friends who often provides commentary on the unfolding events.
- 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: Antonio Target entity description: Antonio is the melancholic Venetian merchant who serves as the title character and central figure in William Shakespeare’s play "The Merchant of Venice."
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A.
Antonio
Antonio is a masculine given name of Latin origin, widely used in Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese-speaking cultures.
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B.
Antonio
Antonio is a minor but loyal and protective character in William Shakespeare’s comedy "Much Ado About Nothing," known as Leonato’s brother who helps defend Hero’s honor.
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C.
Antonio
Antonio is a central antagonist in Thomas Adès’s opera *The Tempest*, portrayed as the usurping brother whose betrayal drives much of the drama.
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D.
Antonio
Antonio is a minor character who appears in the subplot of the early 17th-century tragedy "The Changeling" by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley.
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E.
Salanio
Salanio is a minor character in Shakespeare's play "The Merchant of Venice," one of Antonio's friends who often provides commentary on the unfolding events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.