Volpone
E163581
Volpone is a satirical comedy play by Ben Jonson that critiques greed and corruption in wealthy Venetian society.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Volpone canonical | 25 |
| Volpone (character) | 4 |
| Act I of Volpone | 1 |
| Act II of Volpone | 1 |
| Act III of Volpone | 1 |
| Act IV of Volpone | 1 |
| Act V of Volpone | 1 |
| Volpone (opera) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1435729 — 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: Volpone Context triple: [English Renaissance, hasNotableWork, Volpone]
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A.
Measure for Measure
Measure for Measure is a dark comedic play by William Shakespeare that explores themes of justice, morality, and hypocrisy in a corrupt Vienna.
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B.
The Humorous Courtier
The Humorous Courtier is a Caroline-era comedy play by James Shirley that satirizes courtly manners and affectation in early 17th-century England.
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C.
L’Avare
L’Avare is a classic 17th-century comedic play by Molière that satirizes greed through the miserly character of Harpagon.
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D.
The Gentleman of Venice
The Gentleman of Venice is a Caroline-era stage play by James Shirley, known as a tragicomedy set in Venice that explores themes of honor, love, and social intrigue.
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E.
Tartuffe
Tartuffe is a classic 17th-century French comedic play by Molière that satirizes religious hypocrisy through the story of a pious fraud who deceives a wealthy household.
- 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: Volpone Target entity description: Volpone is a satirical comedy play by Ben Jonson that critiques greed and corruption in wealthy Venetian society.
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A.
Measure for Measure
Measure for Measure is a dark comedic play by William Shakespeare that explores themes of justice, morality, and hypocrisy in a corrupt Vienna.
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B.
The Humorous Courtier
The Humorous Courtier is a Caroline-era comedy play by James Shirley that satirizes courtly manners and affectation in early 17th-century England.
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C.
L’Avare
L’Avare is a classic 17th-century comedic play by Molière that satirizes greed through the miserly character of Harpagon.
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D.
The Gentleman of Venice
The Gentleman of Venice is a Caroline-era stage play by James Shirley, known as a tragicomedy set in Venice that explores themes of honor, love, and social intrigue.
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E.
Tartuffe
Tartuffe is a classic 17th-century French comedic play by Molière that satirizes religious hypocrisy through the story of a pious fraud who deceives a wealthy household.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Volpone Description of subject: Volpone is a satirical comedy play by Ben Jonson that critiques greed and corruption in wealthy Venetian society.
Referenced by (35)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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