Adam
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Adam is a loyal, elderly servant in William Shakespeare’s comedy "As You Like It," known for his devotion and generosity toward Orlando.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Adam canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5110143 — 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: Adam Context triple: [As You Like It, featuresCharacter, Adam]
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A.
Adam
Adam is the first human in Abrahamic religious traditions, whose disobedience in Eden is believed to have introduced sin into the human condition.
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B.
Adam
Adam is a common surname of Scottish and English origin, borne by various notable individuals including architects, politicians, and artists.
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C.
Adam
Adam is a reclusive, centuries-old vampire musician and one of the two melancholic immortal lovers at the center of Jim Jarmusch’s film "Only Lovers Left Alive."
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D.
Adam
Adam is a renowned sculpture by Auguste Rodin, notable for its expressive depiction of the biblical figure and housed in the Rodin Museum.
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E.
Andre
Andre is the given name of Andre Reed, a former American football wide receiver best known for his long career with the Buffalo Bills in the NFL.
- 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: Adam Target entity description: Adam is a loyal, elderly servant in William Shakespeare’s comedy "As You Like It," known for his devotion and generosity toward Orlando.
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A.
Adam
Adam is the first human in Abrahamic religious traditions, whose disobedience in Eden is believed to have introduced sin into the human condition.
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B.
Adam
Adam is a reclusive, centuries-old vampire musician and one of the two melancholic immortal lovers at the center of Jim Jarmusch’s film "Only Lovers Left Alive."
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C.
Adam
Adam is a renowned sculpture by Auguste Rodin, notable for its expressive depiction of the biblical figure and housed in the Rodin Museum.
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D.
Adam
Adam is a common surname of Scottish and English origin, borne by various notable individuals including architects, politicians, and artists.
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E.
Andre
Andre is the given name of Andre Reed, a former American football wide receiver best known for his long career with the Buffalo Bills in the NFL.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shakespearean character
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fictional character ⓘ male character ⓘ servant ⓘ |
| accompanies | Orlando into exile ⓘ |
| age | about eighty years old ⓘ |
| appearsIn | As You Like It ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
generosity
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loyalty ⓘ service and devotion ⓘ |
| basedOn | stock figure of the faithful old servant ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
devoted
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elderly ⓘ generous ⓘ honest ⓘ loyal ⓘ self‑sacrificing ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork | England ⓘ |
| creator | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| employer |
Orlando de Boys
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Rowland de Boys ⓘ
linked to:
Sir Rowland de Boys
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| firstAppearance |
As You Like It, Act I
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linked to:
As You Like It
|
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| hasDialogueIn |
As You Like It, Act II Scene III
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linked to:
As You Like It
|
| languageOfWork | Early Modern English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | English Renaissance drama ⓘ |
| loyalTo |
Orlando de Boys
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Rowland de Boys ⓘ
linked to:
Sir Rowland de Boys
|
| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | good ⓘ |
| nationality | English (fictional) ⓘ |
| notableAct |
abandons security to follow Orlando into the forest
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refuses to eat so Orlando can have food ⓘ |
| occupation | servant ⓘ |
| offers | his life savings to Orlando ⓘ |
| partOf | the dramatis personae of As You Like It ⓘ |
| relationshipToOrlando |
fatherly figure
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servant ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity |
Duke Frederick’s usurped court
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Duke Senior’s exile in the Forest of Arden ⓘ |
| sourceWorkForm | stage play ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFiction | Duke Senior’s reign (unspecified era) ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Duke Frederick’s court
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Forest of Arden ⓘ the de Boys household ⓘ |
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: Adam Description of subject: Adam is a loyal, elderly servant in William Shakespeare’s comedy "As You Like It," known for his devotion and generosity toward Orlando.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.