Corin
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Corin is a humble, philosophical shepherd in Shakespeare’s comedy "As You Like It," known for his plainspoken wisdom and pastoral life in the Forest of Arden.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Corin canonical | 6 |
| Corin in Summer Night | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5110144 — 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: Corin Context triple: [As You Like It, featuresCharacter, Corin]
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A.
Rowan
Rowan is a masculine given name of Irish and Scottish origin, commonly associated with the actor and comedian Rowan Atkinson.
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B.
Corinna
Corinna was an ancient Greek lyric poet from Boeotia, renowned for her choral poetry composed in the Aeolic dialect.
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C.
Merriel
Merriel "Snafu" Shelton was a United States Marine Corps corporal and World War II veteran whose experiences inspired a key character in the HBO miniseries "The Pacific."
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D.
Catreus
Catreus is a figure in Greek mythology, a son of King Minos of Crete whose tragic fate is tied to a prophecy that he would be killed by one of his own children.
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E.
Glynis
Glynis is a feminine given name most notably associated with the British actress and singer Glynis Johns.
- 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: Corin Target entity description: Corin is a humble, philosophical shepherd in Shakespeare’s comedy "As You Like It," known for his plainspoken wisdom and pastoral life in the Forest of Arden.
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A.
Rowan
Rowan is a masculine given name of Irish and Scottish origin, commonly associated with the actor and comedian Rowan Atkinson.
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B.
Corinna
Corinna was an ancient Greek lyric poet from Boeotia, renowned for her choral poetry composed in the Aeolic dialect.
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C.
Merriel
Merriel "Snafu" Shelton was a United States Marine Corps corporal and World War II veteran whose experiences inspired a key character in the HBO miniseries "The Pacific."
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D.
Catreus
Catreus is a figure in Greek mythology, a son of King Minos of Crete whose tragic fate is tied to a prophecy that he would be killed by one of his own children.
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E.
Glynis
Glynis is a feminine given name most notably associated with the British actress and singer Glynis Johns.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shakespearean character
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comic character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ shepherd ⓘ |
| advises | Silvius ⓘ |
| appearsIn | As You Like It ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | pastoral comedy ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Celia
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Forest of Arden shepherds ⓘ Rosalind ⓘ Silvius ⓘ Touchstone ⓘ |
| caresFor | Silvius ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
content with simple life
ⓘ
honest ⓘ humble ⓘ philosophical ⓘ plainspoken ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | Touchstone ⓘ |
| creator | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| employer | an unkind master (unnamed) in As You Like It ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
As You Like It, Act II
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linked to:
As You Like It
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | comedy ⓘ |
| hasMoralPerspectiveOn |
courtly manners
ⓘ
rural labor and honesty ⓘ |
| languageStyle |
plain
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prose ⓘ |
| literaryForm | dramatic character ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | English Renaissance ⓘ |
| medium | stage play ⓘ |
| nationality | English (fictional) ⓘ |
| notableScene | conversation with Touchstone about court and country life ⓘ |
| occupation | shepherd ⓘ |
| partOf |
Shakespearean canon
ⓘ
linked to:
works of William Shakespeare
|
| residence | Forest of Arden ⓘ |
| roleInWork | supporting character ⓘ |
| setting | Forest of Arden ⓘ |
| socialStatus | peasant ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
pastoral wisdom
ⓘ
rural simplicity ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
contentment and simplicity
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pastoral vs courtly life ⓘ social class and rural labor ⓘ |
| timeOfCreation | late 16th century ⓘ |
| workLanguage | Early Modern English ⓘ |
| worldview | pastoral ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Corin Description of subject: Corin is a humble, philosophical shepherd in Shakespeare’s comedy "As You Like It," known for his plainspoken wisdom and pastoral life in the Forest of Arden.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Corin