Prospero
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Prospero was the birth name of Pope Benedict XIV, an 18th-century pope noted for his scholarship and efforts to reconcile church doctrine with Enlightenment thought.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Prospero canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5120236 — 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: Prospero Context triple: [Pope Benedict XIV, givenName, Prospero]
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A.
Prospero
Prospero is the internal codename that was reportedly used by Sony during the development of the PlayStation 5 console.
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B.
Prospero
Prospero is the powerful sorcerer and rightful Duke of Milan who orchestrates the events on a remote island in Shakespeare’s play "The Tempest."
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C.
Prospero and Ariel
Prospero and Ariel is a prominent sculpture by Eric Gill depicting characters from Shakespeare’s "The Tempest," installed on the façade of BBC’s Broadcasting House in London.
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Caliban
Caliban is a central character in Shakespeare’s play "The Tempest," often depicted as a brutish, subjugated island native whose earthy, instinctual nature contrasts with the play’s more ethereal and civilized figures.
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E.
Trinculo
Trinculo is a comic jester and servant in William Shakespeare’s play "The Tempest," known for his humorous cowardice and interactions with Stephano and Caliban.
- 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: Prospero Target entity description: Prospero was the birth name of Pope Benedict XIV, an 18th-century pope noted for his scholarship and efforts to reconcile church doctrine with Enlightenment thought.
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A.
Prospero
Prospero is the internal codename that was reportedly used by Sony during the development of the PlayStation 5 console.
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B.
Prospero
Prospero is the powerful sorcerer and rightful Duke of Milan who orchestrates the events on a remote island in Shakespeare’s play "The Tempest."
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C.
Prospero and Ariel
Prospero and Ariel is a prominent sculpture by Eric Gill depicting characters from Shakespeare’s "The Tempest," installed on the façade of BBC’s Broadcasting House in London.
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D.
Caliban
Caliban is a central character in Shakespeare’s play "The Tempest," often depicted as a brutish, subjugated island native whose earthy, instinctual nature contrasts with the play’s more ethereal and civilized figures.
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E.
Trinculo
Trinculo is a comic jester and servant in William Shakespeare’s play "The Tempest," known for his humorous cowardice and interactions with Stephano and Caliban.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic theologian
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Italian person ⓘ canon lawyer ⓘ human ⓘ pope ⓘ |
| birthName | Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini ⓘ |
| birthNameOf | Pope Benedict XIV ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ |
| citizenship | Papal States ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Papal States ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Papal States ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1675-03-31 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1758-05-03 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Collegio Clementino
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linked to:
Collegio Clementino in Rome
La Sapienza University of Rome ⓘ
linked to:
Sapienza University of Rome
|
| endOfPapacy | 1758-05-03 ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Lambertini ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
canon law
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church history ⓘ moral theology ⓘ |
| givenName | Prospero ⓘ |
| knownFor |
promotion of scientific inquiry
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reform of canonization procedures ⓘ support for historical-critical scholarship ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Italian
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Latin ⓘ |
| notableFor |
efforts to reconcile church doctrine with Enlightenment thought
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scholarship ⓘ |
| occupation |
Catholic priest
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bishop ⓘ canon lawyer ⓘ cardinal ⓘ pope ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| ordinalNumberAsPope | 247 ⓘ |
| papalName |
Benedict XIV
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linked to:
Pope Benedict XIV
|
| placeOfBirth | Bologna ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Rome ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Archbishop of Bologna
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Cardinal-Priest ⓘ Pope ⓘ |
| predecessorAsPope | Pope Clement XII ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholic Church
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linked to:
Roman Catholicism
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| startOfPapacy | 1740-08-17 ⓘ |
| successorAsPope | Pope Clement XIII ⓘ |
| wrote |
De servorum Dei beatificatione et beatorum canonizatione
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De synodo dioecesana ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Prospero Description of subject: Prospero was the birth name of Pope Benedict XIV, an 18th-century pope noted for his scholarship and efforts to reconcile church doctrine with Enlightenment thought.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.