Cuthbert Burbage
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Cuthbert Burbage was an English theatre entrepreneur and manager, best known for helping establish and run major Elizabethan playhouses associated with William Shakespeare’s company.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cuthbert Burbage canonical | 5 |
| Philip Henslowe | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5026048 — 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: Cuthbert Burbage Context triple: [The Globe Theatre, shareholder, Cuthbert Burbage]
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A.
Isaac Jaggard
Isaac Jaggard was a 17th-century London printer and publisher best known for producing major early editions of English drama, including works by William Shakespeare.
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B.
Edward Cooke
Edward Cooke is a name shared by several notable individuals, including historical figures in law, politics, and academia.
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C.
Caspar Goodwood
Caspar Goodwood is a determined and passionate American suitor in Henry James’s novel "The Portrait of a Lady," known for his intense, unwavering love for the protagonist Isabel Archer.
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D.
William Markham
William Markham was a historical figure significant enough in Canadian or local history that the city of Markham, Ontario, was named in his honor.
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E.
Robert Barnes
Robert Barnes was a prominent St. Louis businessman and philanthropist whose contributions to healthcare led to a major hospital being named in his honor.
- 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: Cuthbert Burbage Target entity description: Cuthbert Burbage was an English theatre entrepreneur and manager, best known for helping establish and run major Elizabethan playhouses associated with William Shakespeare’s company.
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A.
Isaac Jaggard
Isaac Jaggard was a 17th-century London printer and publisher best known for producing major early editions of English drama, including works by William Shakespeare.
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B.
Edward Cooke
Edward Cooke is a name shared by several notable individuals, including historical figures in law, politics, and academia.
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C.
Caspar Goodwood
Caspar Goodwood is a determined and passionate American suitor in Henry James’s novel "The Portrait of a Lady," known for his intense, unwavering love for the protagonist Isabel Archer.
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D.
William Markham
William Markham was a historical figure significant enough in Canadian or local history that the city of Markham, Ontario, was named in his honor.
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E.
Robert Barnes
Robert Barnes was a prominent St. Louis businessman and philanthropist whose contributions to healthcare led to a major hospital being named in his honor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English theatre manager
ⓘ
person ⓘ theatre entrepreneur ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
King’s Men
ⓘ
linked to:
King's Men
Lord Chamberlain’s Men ⓘ
linked to:
King's Men
William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| businessPartner |
Richard Burbage
ⓘ
members of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| era |
Elizabethan era
ⓘ
linked to:
English Renaissance
early Jacobean era ⓘ |
| father | James Burbage ⓘ |
| helpedEstablish |
The Globe Theatre
ⓘ
The Theatre ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalInvolvement | disputes over the lease of The Theatre site ⓘ |
| managed |
The Globe Theatre
ⓘ
The Theatre ⓘ |
| movement |
Elizabethan theatre
ⓘ
linked to:
English Renaissance drama
|
| notableFor |
involvement with William Shakespeare’s playing company
ⓘ
role in the development of Elizabethan playhouses ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Globe Theatre
ⓘ
The Theatre ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor-manager
ⓘ
theatre entrepreneur ⓘ theatre manager ⓘ |
| roleInTheatreHistory |
co-organizer of the dismantling of The Theatre and reuse of its timbers for the Globe
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key figure in the transition from inn-yard playing to purpose-built playhouses ⓘ |
| sibling | Richard Burbage ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Cuthbert Burbage Description of subject: Cuthbert Burbage was an English theatre entrepreneur and manager, best known for helping establish and run major Elizabethan playhouses associated with William Shakespeare’s company.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cuthbert Burbage
linked to: Cuthbert Burbage