Polinesso
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Polinesso is the scheming villain in Handel’s opera *Ariodante*, whose deceitful plots drive the central conflict of the story.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Polinesso canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22718367 — 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: Polinesso Context triple: [Ariodante, mainCharacter, Polinesso]
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A.
Iocaste
Iocaste is a small, irregularly shaped outer moon of Jupiter, classified among the planet’s distant, retrograde irregular satellites.
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B.
Chrysothemis
Chrysothemis is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology who tend a blissful garden at the western edge of the world.
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C.
Chrysothemis
Chrysothemis is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally described as a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra and thus a lesser-known member of the Atreid royal house.
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D.
Antigoni
Antigoni is the historical Greek name for Burgazada, one of the Princes' Islands near Istanbul in the Sea of Marmara.
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E.
Ismene
Ismene is a character in Greek mythology, best known as one of the daughters of Oedipus and Jocasta and the sister of Antigone.
- 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: Polinesso Target entity description: Polinesso is the scheming villain in Handel’s opera *Ariodante*, whose deceitful plots drive the central conflict of the story.
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A.
Iocaste
Iocaste is a small, irregularly shaped outer moon of Jupiter, classified among the planet’s distant, retrograde irregular satellites.
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B.
Chrysothemis
Chrysothemis is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology who tend a blissful garden at the western edge of the world.
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C.
Chrysothemis
Chrysothemis is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally described as a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra and thus a lesser-known member of the Atreid royal house.
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D.
Antigoni
Antigoni is the historical Greek name for Burgazada, one of the Princes' Islands near Istanbul in the Sea of Marmara.
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E.
Ismene
Ismene is a character in Greek mythology, best known as one of the daughters of Oedipus and Jocasta and the sister of Antigone.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.