Evangelist
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The Evangelist in Bach’s *St Matthew Passion* is the tenor soloist who serves as the principal narrator, declaiming the Gospel text in recitative to relate the story of Christ’s Passion.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Evangelist canonical | 2 |
| narrator (Evangelist) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22520205 — 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: Evangelist Context triple: [Matthäus-Passion, narratorRole, Evangelist]
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A.
Evangelist
Evangelist is an honorific title traditionally given to Saint John as one of the four authors of the canonical Gospels in the New Testament.
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B.
Evangelist
Evangelist is a guiding Christian figure in John Bunyan’s allegory "The Pilgrim’s Progress" who directs the protagonist Christian toward the path of salvation.
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C.
Evangel
Evangel is the nickname of Evangelical "Evangel" M. Lindbergh, likely a distinctive personal or professional moniker used to identify them.
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D.
Evangelin
Evangelin is a feminine given name, often used as a variant or shortened form of Evangelina.
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E.
Reverend Salvation
Reverend Salvation is a character in the musical play "The Cradle Will Rock," representing a satirical portrait of religious authority entangled with political and economic corruption.
- 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: Evangelist Target entity description: The Evangelist in Bach’s *St Matthew Passion* is the tenor soloist who serves as the principal narrator, declaiming the Gospel text in recitative to relate the story of Christ’s Passion.
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A.
Evangelist
Evangelist is an honorific title traditionally given to Saint John as one of the four authors of the canonical Gospels in the New Testament.
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B.
Evangelist
Evangelist is a guiding Christian figure in John Bunyan’s allegory "The Pilgrim’s Progress" who directs the protagonist Christian toward the path of salvation.
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C.
Evangel
Evangel is the nickname of Evangelical "Evangel" M. Lindbergh, likely a distinctive personal or professional moniker used to identify them.
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D.
Evangelin
Evangelin is a feminine given name, often used as a variant or shortened form of Evangelina.
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E.
Reverend Salvation
Reverend Salvation is a character in the musical play "The Cradle Will Rock," representing a satirical portrait of religious authority entangled with political and economic corruption.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Evangelist