John Shakespeare
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John Shakespeare was an English glover, wool dealer, and municipal official in Stratford-upon-Avon, best known as the father of playwright William Shakespeare.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Shakespeare canonical | 3 |
| Shakespeare | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4625183 — 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.
Target entity: John Shakespeare Context triple: [Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon, burialPlaceOf, John Shakespeare]
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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language and world literature.
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Hamnet Shakespeare
Hamnet Shakespeare was the only son of playwright William Shakespeare, whose early death at age 11 is often thought to have influenced his father's later works.
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Ben Jonson
Ben Jonson was a prominent English Renaissance dramatist and poet, best known for his satirical plays such as "Volpone" and "The Alchemist" and for helping shape early modern English theatre.
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Thomas Heywood
Thomas Heywood was a prolific English playwright and actor of the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean eras, best known for his domestic dramas such as "A Woman Killed with Kindness."
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Hugh Marlowe
Hugh Marlowe was an American film, television, and stage actor best known for his roles in classic mid-20th-century movies and popular TV series.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: John Shakespeare Target entity description: John Shakespeare was an English glover, wool dealer, and municipal official in Stratford-upon-Avon, best known as the father of playwright William Shakespeare.
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A.
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language and world literature.
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B.
Hamnet Shakespeare
Hamnet Shakespeare was the only son of playwright William Shakespeare, whose early death at age 11 is often thought to have influenced his father's later works.
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C.
Ben Jonson
Ben Jonson was a prominent English Renaissance dramatist and poet, best known for his satirical plays such as "Volpone" and "The Alchemist" and for helping shape early modern English theatre.
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D.
Thomas Heywood
Thomas Heywood was a prolific English playwright and actor of the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean eras, best known for his domestic dramas such as "A Woman Killed with Kindness."
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E.
Hugh Marlowe
Hugh Marlowe was an American film, television, and stage actor best known for his roles in classic mid-20th-century movies and popular TV series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English person
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glover ⓘ municipal official ⓘ person ⓘ wool dealer ⓘ |
| business |
glove making
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wool dealing ⓘ |
| child | William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName | Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Early Modern English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | John Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the father of William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| notableWork | civic service in Stratford-upon-Avon ⓘ |
| occupation |
glover
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municipal official ⓘ wool dealer ⓘ |
| partOf | Shakespeare family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Stratford-upon-Avon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Warwickshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Stratford-upon-Avon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
alderman of Stratford-upon-Avon
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bailiff of Stratford-upon-Avon ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Stratford-upon-Avon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialStatus | town official ⓘ |
| sphereOfInfluence | local government of Stratford-upon-Avon ⓘ |
| spouse | Mary Arden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: John Shakespeare Description of subject: John Shakespeare was an English glover, wool dealer, and municipal official in Stratford-upon-Avon, best known as the father of playwright William Shakespeare.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.