Henry IV in Henry IV (stage role)
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Henry IV in *Henry IV* is the title role of the embattled English king in Shakespeare’s history plays, charting his troubled reign, political struggles, and fraught relationship with his son, Prince Hal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Henry IV in Henry IV (stage role) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20223515 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry IV in Henry IV (stage role) Context triple: [Harriet Mary Walter, hasRole, Henry IV in Henry IV (stage role)]
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A.
King Henry II in The Lion in Winter (stage production)
King Henry II in *The Lion in Winter* (stage production) is the powerful, aging 12th-century English monarch at the center of the play’s family and political power struggles.
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B.
Henry IV, Part 1
Henry IV, Part 1 is a history play by William Shakespeare that dramatizes the turbulent reign of King Henry IV and the coming-of-age of his son, Prince Hal, amid rebellion and political unrest in England.
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C.
1 Henry IV
1 Henry IV is a historical play by William Shakespeare that dramatizes the turbulent reign of King Henry IV and the coming-of-age of his son, Prince Hal, alongside the comic exploits of Sir John Falstaff.
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D.
Henry IV, Part 2
Henry IV, Part 2 is a history play by William Shakespeare that continues the story of King Henry IV’s troubled reign and Prince Hal’s journey toward kingship, blending political drama with the comic world of Falstaff and his companions.
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E.
RSC production of Henry IV, Part 2
The RSC production of Henry IV, Part 2 is a Royal Shakespeare Company staging of Shakespeare’s history play, directed by Gregory Doran and noted for its traditional yet psychologically nuanced interpretation.
- 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: Henry IV in Henry IV (stage role) Target entity description: Henry IV in *Henry IV* is the title role of the embattled English king in Shakespeare’s history plays, charting his troubled reign, political struggles, and fraught relationship with his son, Prince Hal.
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A.
King Henry II in The Lion in Winter (stage production)
King Henry II in *The Lion in Winter* (stage production) is the powerful, aging 12th-century English monarch at the center of the play’s family and political power struggles.
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B.
Henry IV, Part 1
Henry IV, Part 1 is a history play by William Shakespeare that dramatizes the turbulent reign of King Henry IV and the coming-of-age of his son, Prince Hal, amid rebellion and political unrest in England.
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C.
1 Henry IV
1 Henry IV is a historical play by William Shakespeare that dramatizes the turbulent reign of King Henry IV and the coming-of-age of his son, Prince Hal, alongside the comic exploits of Sir John Falstaff.
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D.
Henry IV, Part 2
Henry IV, Part 2 is a history play by William Shakespeare that continues the story of King Henry IV’s troubled reign and Prince Hal’s journey toward kingship, blending political drama with the comic world of Falstaff and his companions.
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E.
RSC production of Henry IV, Part 2
The RSC production of Henry IV, Part 2 is a Royal Shakespeare Company staging of Shakespeare’s history play, directed by Gregory Doran and noted for its traditional yet psychologically nuanced interpretation.
- F. None of above. chosen
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