Hedda Gabler
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Hedda Gabler is an 1890 play by Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen, renowned as a classic of realist theatre and a complex psychological portrait of its manipulative, conflicted heroine.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T584061 — 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: Hedda Gabler Context triple: [Claire Bloom, notableWork, Hedda Gabler]
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A.
A Doll’s House
A Doll’s House is a landmark 1879 play by Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen that critiques 19th-century marriage norms and gender roles through the story of Nora Helmer’s awakening and decision to leave her family.
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B.
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire is a landmark American play by Tennessee Williams that explores desire, mental instability, and social decay in postwar New Orleans.
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C.
Strange Interlude
Strange Interlude is a landmark experimental play by Eugene O’Neill, renowned for its use of interior monologues to explore the psychological lives and moral conflicts of its characters.
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D.
All My Sons
All My Sons is a critically acclaimed 1947 stage play by Arthur Miller that explores themes of family, guilt, and moral responsibility in post-World War II America.
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E.
Three Sisters
Three Sisters is a group of three prominent stratovolcanoes in the central Oregon Cascades, known for their distinctive clustered peaks and popular hiking and climbing terrain.
- 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: Hedda Gabler Target entity description: Hedda Gabler is an 1890 play by Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen, renowned as a classic of realist theatre and a complex psychological portrait of its manipulative, conflicted heroine.
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A.
A Doll’s House
A Doll’s House is a landmark 1879 play by Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen that critiques 19th-century marriage norms and gender roles through the story of Nora Helmer’s awakening and decision to leave her family.
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B.
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire is a landmark American play by Tennessee Williams that explores desire, mental instability, and social decay in postwar New Orleans.
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C.
Strange Interlude
Strange Interlude is a landmark experimental play by Eugene O’Neill, renowned for its use of interior monologues to explore the psychological lives and moral conflicts of its characters.
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D.
All My Sons
All My Sons is a critically acclaimed 1947 stage play by Arthur Miller that explores themes of family, guilt, and moral responsibility in post-World War II America.
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E.
Three Sisters
Three Sisters is a group of three prominent stratovolcanoes in the central Oregon Cascades, known for their distinctive clustered peaks and popular hiking and climbing terrain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
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stage work ⓘ |
| author | Henrik Ibsen ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Norway ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure | well-made play ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1891 ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceLanguage | German ⓘ |
| firstPerformedAt | Residenztheater, Munich ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1890 ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Gyldendal ⓘ |
| form | prose drama ⓘ |
| genre |
psychological drama
ⓘ
realist drama ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Hedda Gabler
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Hedda (1975 film)
Hedda Gabler self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Hedda Gabler (1963 TV film)
Hedda Gabler self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Hedda Gabler (1993 TV film)
Hedda Gabler self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Hedda Gabler (film adaptations)
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| hasCharacter |
Aunt Julle
ⓘ
Berte ⓘ Ejlert Løvborg ⓘ Hedda Gabler self-link ⓘ Judge Brack ⓘ Jørgen Tesman ⓘ Thea Elvsted ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation |
Hedda Gabler
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Hedda Gabler (English text)
|
| influenced | modern psychological drama ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Realism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Hedda Gabler self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
classic of realist theatre
ⓘ
complex psychological characterization ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 4 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Norwegian ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Hedda Gabler self-link ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hedda Gabler
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Henrik Ibsen's late plays
|
| protagonistDescribedAs |
conflicted
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manipulative ⓘ tragic heroine ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Norway ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Christiania ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
bourgeois society
ⓘ
gender roles ⓘ repression ⓘ |
| theme |
despair and suicide
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female autonomy ⓘ marriage ⓘ power and manipulation ⓘ social expectations ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Hedda Gabler Description of subject: Hedda Gabler is an 1890 play by Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen, renowned as a classic of realist theatre and a complex psychological portrait of its manipulative, conflicted heroine.
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this entity surface form:
Hedda Gabler (stage)
this entity surface form:
Henrik Ibsen's late plays
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Hedda Gabler (film adaptations)
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Hedda (1975 film)
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Hedda Gabler (1963 TV film)
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Hedda Gabler (1993 TV film)
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Hedda Gabler (English text)
this entity surface form:
Hedda Gabler (stage production)
this entity surface form:
Hedda in Hedda Gabler
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Eleonora Duse
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Hedda in "Hedda Gabler"
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Hedda Gabler (stage)
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Hedda Gabler (1890)
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Act I of Hedda Gabler
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Act II of Hedda Gabler
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Act III of Hedda Gabler
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Act IV of Hedda Gabler