Frederic
E513103
Frederic is the dutiful young apprentice-turned-pirate protagonist of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera "The Pirates of Penzance."
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5344829 — 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: Frederic Context triple: [The Pirates of Penzance, hasCharacter, Frederic]
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Frederic
Frederic is the given name of Frederic Edwin Church, a prominent 19th-century American landscape painter associated with the Hudson River School.
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Pierre
Pierre is a masculine given name of French origin that has been borne by numerous notable figures in history, arts, and science.
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C.
René
René is a French given name commonly used for males and historically associated with several notable figures in politics, arts, and philosophy.
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D.
Gaspard
Gaspard is a French masculine given name historically borne by notable figures such as nobles, military leaders, and artists.
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E.
Eugène
Eugène is a masculine given name of French origin, derived from the Greek "Eugenios," meaning "well-born" or "noble."
- 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: Frederic Target entity description: Frederic is the dutiful young apprentice-turned-pirate protagonist of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera "The Pirates of Penzance."
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A.
Frederic
Frederic is the given name of Frederic Edwin Church, a prominent 19th-century American landscape painter associated with the Hudson River School.
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B.
Pierre
Pierre is a masculine given name of French origin that has been borne by numerous notable figures in history, arts, and science.
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C.
René
René is a French given name commonly used for males and historically associated with several notable figures in politics, arts, and philosophy.
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D.
Gaspard
Gaspard is a French masculine given name historically borne by notable figures such as nobles, military leaders, and artists.
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E.
Eugène
Eugène is a masculine given name of French origin, derived from the Greek "Eugenios," meaning "well-born" or "noble."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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opera character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| ageAtStartOfOpera | 21 ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Pirates of Penzance ⓘ |
| associatedWithGroup | The Pirates of Penzance (pirate band) ⓘ |
| boundBy |
apprenticeship contract
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sense of duty ⓘ |
| conflict | duty versus love ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Arthur Sullivan
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W. S. Gilbert ⓘ |
| familyRelation | ward of Ruth ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceIn | The Pirates of Penzance 1880 premiere ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasNameVariant | Frederick (alternative spelling) ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
dutiful
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honourable ⓘ naive ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Mabel ⓘ |
| loyalTo |
Major-General Stanley
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The Pirate King ⓘ |
| medium | stage ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableSong |
“Now for the pirates’ lair”
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“Oh, is there not one maiden breast” ⓘ “When you had left our pirate fold” ⓘ |
| occupation |
apprentice
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pirate ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise | Gilbert and Sullivan operas ⓘ |
| setIn | Cornwall ⓘ |
| workOfFictionGenre | comic opera ⓘ |
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
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: Frederic Description of subject: Frederic is the dutiful young apprentice-turned-pirate protagonist of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera "The Pirates of Penzance."
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Frederic John Napier Thesiger
linked to: Frederic
linked to: Frederic
linked to: Frederic