King Lear
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King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that portrays an aging monarch’s descent into madness after he divides his kingdom among his daughters, exploring themes of power, loyalty, and human suffering.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T584062 — 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: King Lear Context triple: [Claire Bloom, notableWork, King Lear]
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A.
Lear
Lear is the surname of Norman Lear, the influential American television writer and producer known for creating groundbreaking sitcoms such as "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons."
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B.
The Tempest
The Tempest is a late Shakespearean play that blends shipwreck-driven adventure with themes of magic, power, and reconciliation on a remote island.
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C.
Henry IV, Part 1
Henry IV, Part 1 is a history play by William Shakespeare that dramatizes the turbulent reign of King Henry IV and the coming-of-age of his son, Prince Hal, amid rebellion and political unrest in England.
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D.
Henry IV, Part 2
Henry IV, Part 2 is a history play by William Shakespeare that continues the story of King Henry IV’s troubled reign and Prince Hal’s journey toward kingship, blending political drama with the comic world of Falstaff and his companions.
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E.
Message from the King
Message from the King is a 2016 neo-noir action thriller film in which Chadwick Boseman stars as a South African man who travels to Los Angeles to avenge his sister’s death.
- 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: King Lear Target entity description: King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that portrays an aging monarch’s descent into madness after he divides his kingdom among his daughters, exploring themes of power, loyalty, and human suffering.
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A.
Lear
Lear is the surname of Norman Lear, the influential American television writer and producer known for creating groundbreaking sitcoms such as "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons."
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B.
The Tempest
The Tempest is a late Shakespearean play that blends shipwreck-driven adventure with themes of magic, power, and reconciliation on a remote island.
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C.
Henry IV, Part 1
Henry IV, Part 1 is a history play by William Shakespeare that dramatizes the turbulent reign of King Henry IV and the coming-of-age of his son, Prince Hal, amid rebellion and political unrest in England.
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D.
Henry IV, Part 2
Henry IV, Part 2 is a history play by William Shakespeare that continues the story of King Henry IV’s troubled reign and Prince Hal’s journey toward kingship, blending political drama with the comic world of Falstaff and his companions.
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E.
Message from the King
Message from the King is a 2016 neo-noir action thriller film in which Chadwick Boseman stars as a South African man who travels to Los Angeles to avenge his sister’s death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shakespearean tragedy
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literary work ⓘ play ⓘ |
| author | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Historia Regum Britanniae
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surface form:
Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae
legend of Leir of Britain ⓘ |
| climax | battle between forces of Lear and Cordelia and their enemies ⓘ |
| compositionDate | circa 1605–1606 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| ending | tragic deaths of Lear and Cordelia ⓘ |
| firstFolioPublicationDate | 1623 ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | circa 1606 ⓘ |
| firstQuartoPublicationDate | 1608 ⓘ |
| genre | tragedy ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
King Lear
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Folio text of King Lear
King Lear self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Quarto text of King Lear
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| influenced |
20th-century theatre and criticism
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modern interpretations of madness in drama ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Elizabethan and Jacobean drama ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | English Renaissance ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Cordelia
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Edgar ⓘ Edmund ⓘ Gloucester ⓘ Goneril ⓘ King Lear self-link ⓘ Regan ⓘ The Fool ⓘ |
| notableAdaptation |
Akira Kurosawa’s film Ran (1985), loosely based on King Lear
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film adaptation by Grigori Kozintsev (1971) ⓘ film adaptation by Peter Brook (1971) ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 5 ⓘ |
| openingEvent | Lear’s division of his kingdom among his daughters ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Early Modern English ⓘ |
| plotElement |
Cordelia
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surface form:
Cordelia’s exile
Edmund’s betrayal of his father and brother ⓘ Gloucester’s blinding ⓘ Lear’s descent into madness ⓘ love test of Lear’s daughters ⓘ |
| setting | ancient Britain ⓘ |
| theme |
authority and kingship
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blindness and insight ⓘ family conflict ⓘ filial ingratitude ⓘ human suffering ⓘ justice ⓘ loyalty ⓘ madness ⓘ power ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: King Lear Description of subject: King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that portrays an aging monarch’s descent into madness after he divides his kingdom among his daughters, exploring themes of power, loyalty, and human suffering.
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King Lear (stage performances)
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Folio text of King Lear
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King Lear (starring Jonathan Pryce, 2012)
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Works of William Shakespeare
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