John Butler Yeats
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John Butler Yeats was an Irish portrait painter and the father of poet W.B. Yeats, known for his insightful, character-rich depictions of Irish cultural figures.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Butler Yeats canonical | 4 |
| Robert Corbet Yeats | 1 |
| Yeats | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: John Butler Yeats Context triple: [W.B. Yeats, father, John Butler Yeats]
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W.B. Yeats
W.B. Yeats was an Irish poet and playwright, a leading figure of 20th-century literature and co-founder of Dublin’s Abbey Theatre, renowned for his lyrical verse and exploration of Irish identity and mysticism.
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T. F. O'Rahilly
T. F. O'Rahilly was an influential Irish linguist and Celtic scholar known for his pioneering research on the history and development of the Irish language and other Celtic tongues.
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Patrick Kavanagh
Patrick Kavanagh was a 20th-century Irish poet whose plainspoken, rural-themed verse profoundly shaped modern Irish poetry and influenced later writers such as Seamus Heaney.
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Feargus O'Connor
Feargus O'Connor was a prominent 19th-century Irish-born radical politician and journalist who became the most influential and charismatic leader of the British Chartist movement for democratic reform.
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E.
J. M. Synge
J. M. Synge was an Irish playwright and key figure of the Irish Literary Revival, best known for works like "The Playboy of the Western World" that vividly depict rural Irish life.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: John Butler Yeats Target entity description: John Butler Yeats was an Irish portrait painter and the father of poet W.B. Yeats, known for his insightful, character-rich depictions of Irish cultural figures.
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A.
W.B. Yeats
W.B. Yeats was an Irish poet and playwright, a leading figure of 20th-century literature and co-founder of Dublin’s Abbey Theatre, renowned for his lyrical verse and exploration of Irish identity and mysticism.
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B.
T. F. O'Rahilly
T. F. O'Rahilly was an influential Irish linguist and Celtic scholar known for his pioneering research on the history and development of the Irish language and other Celtic tongues.
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C.
Patrick Kavanagh
Patrick Kavanagh was a 20th-century Irish poet whose plainspoken, rural-themed verse profoundly shaped modern Irish poetry and influenced later writers such as Seamus Heaney.
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D.
Feargus O'Connor
Feargus O'Connor was a prominent 19th-century Irish-born radical politician and journalist who became the most influential and charismatic leader of the British Chartist movement for democratic reform.
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E.
J. M. Synge
J. M. Synge was an Irish playwright and key figure of the Irish Literary Revival, best known for works like "The Playboy of the Western World" that vividly depict rural Irish life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish artist
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human ⓘ painter ⓘ portrait painter ⓘ |
| child |
Jack Butler Yeats
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W.B. Yeats ⓘ
surface form:
William Butler Yeats
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| countryOfCitizenship | Ireland ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Trinity College Dublin ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish ⓘ |
| familyName | Yeats ⓘ |
| fatherOf |
Jack Butler Yeats
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W.B. Yeats ⓘ
surface form:
W. B. Yeats
W.B. Yeats ⓘ
surface form:
William Butler Yeats
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| fieldOfWork | portrait painting ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
oil portrait
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portrait ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| knownFor | psychological insight in portraiture ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| laterOccupation | artist ⓘ |
| movement | Irish cultural revival ⓘ |
| name | John Butler Yeats self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Irish ⓘ |
| notableFor | insightful character-rich portraits of Irish cultural figures ⓘ |
| notableSubject |
Irish cultural figures
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Irish literary figures ⓘ members of the Irish literary revival ⓘ |
| notableWork | portraits of Irish literary and cultural figures ⓘ |
| occupation |
painter
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portrait painter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Ireland ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| relative |
Jack Butler Yeats
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Susan Mary Pollexfen ⓘ W.B. Yeats ⓘ
surface form:
W. B. Yeats
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| residence |
Dublin
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New York City ⓘ |
| spouse | Susan Mary Pollexfen ⓘ |
| studied | law ⓘ |
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Referenced by (6)
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