Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon
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Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon is the tormented, defrocked clergyman at the center of Tennessee Williams’ play "The Night of the Iguana," whose psychological and spiritual crisis drives the drama’s exploration of desire, faith, and redemption.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7713543 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon Context triple: [Night of the Iguana, leadCharacter, Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon]
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A.
Reverend B. Elton Cox
Reverend B. Elton Cox was a civil rights leader and clergyman known for challenging restrictions on peaceful protest in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Cox v. Louisiana.
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B.
Rev. Leonard Neale
Rev. Leonard Neale was an American Catholic priest and later Archbishop of Baltimore who played a key role in early U.S. Catholic education and religious life.
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C.
Rev. William C. French
Rev. William C. French was a 19th-century clergyman and educator known for establishing institutions dedicated to the higher education of women.
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D.
Reverend Harris G. Joplin
Reverend Harris G. Joplin was a 19th-century Methodist minister and early settler after whom the city of Joplin, Missouri, was named.
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E.
Reverend Shaw Moore
Reverend Shaw Moore is the strict, conservative minister in the film "Footloose" whose opposition to dancing and rock music drives the central conflict of the story.
- 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: Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon Target entity description: Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon is the tormented, defrocked clergyman at the center of Tennessee Williams’ play "The Night of the Iguana," whose psychological and spiritual crisis drives the drama’s exploration of desire, faith, and redemption.
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A.
Reverend B. Elton Cox
Reverend B. Elton Cox was a civil rights leader and clergyman known for challenging restrictions on peaceful protest in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Cox v. Louisiana.
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B.
Rev. Leonard Neale
Rev. Leonard Neale was an American Catholic priest and later Archbishop of Baltimore who played a key role in early U.S. Catholic education and religious life.
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C.
Rev. William C. French
Rev. William C. French was a 19th-century clergyman and educator known for establishing institutions dedicated to the higher education of women.
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D.
Reverend Harris G. Joplin
Reverend Harris G. Joplin was a 19th-century Methodist minister and early settler after whom the city of Joplin, Missouri, was named.
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E.
Reverend Shaw Moore
Reverend Shaw Moore is the strict, conservative minister in the film "Footloose" whose opposition to dancing and rock music drives the central conflict of the story.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clergyman
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fictional character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Night of the Iguana
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linked to:
Night of the Iguana
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| associatedWith | a run-down hotel in coastal Mexico ⓘ |
| conflictType |
psychological crisis
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spiritual crisis ⓘ |
| createdBy | Tennessee Williams ⓘ |
| createdInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Night of the Iguana (play, 1961)
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linked to:
Night of the Iguana
|
| genreOfWorkContext | drama ⓘ |
| hasThemeRelation |
theme of human frailty
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theme of redemption ⓘ theme of sexual desire ⓘ theme of spiritual doubt ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
charismatic
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emotionally unstable ⓘ guilt-ridden ⓘ sexually conflicted ⓘ spiritually conflicted ⓘ tormented ⓘ |
| medium | stage play ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
drives exploration of desire in The Night of the Iguana
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drives exploration of faith in The Night of the Iguana ⓘ drives exploration of redemption in The Night of the Iguana ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation | minister ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| roleInWork | central character in The Night of the Iguana ⓘ |
| setting | Mexico ⓘ |
| status | defrocked ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon Description of subject: Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon is the tormented, defrocked clergyman at the center of Tennessee Williams’ play "The Night of the Iguana," whose psychological and spiritual crisis drives the drama’s exploration of desire, faith, and redemption.
Referenced by (1)
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