Oberon
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Oberon is the king of the fairies in Shakespeare’s comedy "A Midsummer Night’s Dream," known for his magical meddling in the romantic entanglements of mortals and sprites.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Oberon canonical | 24 |
| Oberon (king of the fairies in Shakespeare) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5109917 — 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: Oberon Context triple: [A Midsummer Night's Dream, mainCharacter, Oberon]
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A.
Oberon
Oberon is one of Uranus's largest and outermost major moons, known for its heavily cratered, icy surface and dark, ancient terrain.
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B.
Oberon
Oberon is a rural town in New South Wales, Australia, known for its cool climate, timber industry, and proximity to Jenolan Caves and the Blue Mountains.
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C.
Oberon
Oberon is a modular, type-safe systems programming language designed by Niklaus Wirth as a streamlined successor to Pascal and Modula-2, emphasizing simplicity and efficiency.
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Titania
Titania is the largest of Uranus's moons, an icy, heavily cratered satellite discovered by William Herschel in 1787.
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E.
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.
- 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: Oberon Target entity description: Oberon is the king of the fairies in Shakespeare’s comedy "A Midsummer Night’s Dream," known for his magical meddling in the romantic entanglements of mortals and sprites.
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A.
Oberon
Oberon is a modular, type-safe systems programming language designed by Niklaus Wirth as a streamlined successor to Pascal and Modula-2, emphasizing simplicity and efficiency.
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B.
Oberon
Oberon is a rural town in New South Wales, Australia, known for its cool climate, timber industry, and proximity to Jenolan Caves and the Blue Mountains.
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C.
Oberon
Oberon is one of Uranus's largest and outermost major moons, known for its heavily cratered, icy surface and dark, ancient terrain.
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D.
Titania
Titania is the largest of Uranus's moons, an icy, heavily cratered satellite discovered by William Herschel in 1787.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shakespearean character
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fairy king ⓘ fictional character ⓘ |
| alignsWith | restoration of social and romantic order ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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linked to:
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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| associatedWith |
Puck
ⓘ
Titania ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
jealous
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manipulative ⓘ ultimately benevolent ⓘ |
| commands | Puck ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Titania over the changeling boy ⓘ |
| creator | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin | English literature ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
film adaptations of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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stage adaptations of A Midsummer Night’s Dream ⓘ |
| influencesPlot | central romantic entanglements in A Midsummer Night’s Dream ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | earlier European fairy-king traditions ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryFunction | supernatural agent of plot complication and resolution ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | English Renaissance ⓘ |
| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| motivation |
desire to control Titania
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desire to correct lovers’ mismatched affections ⓘ |
| notableAction |
orders use of love potion on Demetrius
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orders use of love potion on Titania ⓘ uses magic to influence romantic relationships ⓘ |
| oftenDepictedWith |
crown
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fairy retinue ⓘ scepter ⓘ |
| power | magic ⓘ |
| realm | fairy world ⓘ |
| reconcilesWith | Titania at the end of the play ⓘ |
| roleInWork | king of the fairies ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity |
Athens
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the forest near Athens ⓘ |
| species | fairy ⓘ |
| spouse | Titania ⓘ |
| timeOfWorkPublication | late 16th century ⓘ |
| title | King of the Fairies ⓘ |
| workAuthor | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| workForm | play ⓘ |
| workGenre | comedy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Oberon Description of subject: Oberon is the king of the fairies in Shakespeare’s comedy "A Midsummer Night’s Dream," known for his magical meddling in the romantic entanglements of mortals and sprites.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Oberon
subject linked to:
Titania (Queen of the Fairies in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream)
subject linked to:
Titania (Queen of the Fairies in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream)
subject linked to:
Titania (Queen of the Fairies in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream)
subject linked to:
Titania (Queen of the Fairies in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream)
subject linked to:
Titania (Queen of the Fairies in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream)
subject linked to:
Carl
subject linked to:
von Weber