Captivi
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Captivi is a Roman comedy by Plautus that centers on themes of identity, slavery, and loyalty through a plot of mistaken identities and role reversals.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Captivi canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10138894 — 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: Captivi Context triple: [Plautus, notableWork, Captivi]
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A.
The Captive
"The Captive" is a lesser-known Gothic work by English novelist and dramatist Matthew Gregory Lewis, best remembered for his sensational horror style exemplified in "The Monk."
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B.
The Captive
The Captive is a controversial 1926 Broadway play, adapted from Édouard Bourdet’s French drama, that became historically significant for its early depiction of lesbian themes and the resulting censorship battles.
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C.
El cautivo
"El cautivo" is a short story by Jorge Luis Borges that explores themes of identity, memory, and cultural dislocation through the tale of a European boy raised among Indigenous people in Argentina.
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D.
La Captive
La Captive is a poem by Victor Hugo, included in his 1829 collection *Les Orientales*, that reflects his Romantic fascination with exoticism and emotional intensity.
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E.
The Capture
The Capture is a British conspiracy thriller television series that explores themes of surveillance, deepfakes, and the manipulation of digital evidence within the criminal justice system.
- 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: Captivi Target entity description: Captivi is a Roman comedy by Plautus that centers on themes of identity, slavery, and loyalty through a plot of mistaken identities and role reversals.
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A.
The Captive
"The Captive" is a lesser-known Gothic work by English novelist and dramatist Matthew Gregory Lewis, best remembered for his sensational horror style exemplified in "The Monk."
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B.
The Captive
The Captive is a controversial 1926 Broadway play, adapted from Édouard Bourdet’s French drama, that became historically significant for its early depiction of lesbian themes and the resulting censorship battles.
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C.
El cautivo
"El cautivo" is a short story by Jorge Luis Borges that explores themes of identity, memory, and cultural dislocation through the tale of a European boy raised among Indigenous people in Argentina.
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D.
La Captive
La Captive is a poem by Victor Hugo, included in his 1829 collection *Les Orientales*, that reflects his Romantic fascination with exoticism and emotional intensity.
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E.
The Capture
The Capture is a British conspiracy thriller television series that explores themes of surveillance, deepfakes, and the manipulation of digital evidence within the criminal justice system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman comedy
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play ⓘ |
| author | Plautus ⓘ |
| character |
Ergasilus
ⓘ
Hegio ⓘ Philocrates ⓘ Philopolemus ⓘ Tyndarus ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Ancient Rome
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linked to:
Roman Antiquity
|
| feature |
absence of female characters
ⓘ
lack of romantic subplot ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace |
Ancient Rome
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Antiquity
|
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| hasManuscriptTradition | medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| influenced | later European comedy ⓘ |
| isAbout |
relations between masters and slaves
ⓘ
war captives ⓘ |
| knownFor |
complex plot of mistaken identities
ⓘ
unusual seriousness for a Plautine comedy ⓘ |
| literaryForm | fabula palliata ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| moralFocus |
critique of greed
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praise of loyalty ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | stage dialogue ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf | Plautus canon ⓘ |
| plotElement |
disguises
ⓘ
prisoner exchange ⓘ recognition scene ⓘ |
| setting | Aetolia ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Latin literature courses
ⓘ
classical philology ⓘ theatre studies ⓘ |
| theme |
identity
ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ mistaken identity ⓘ role reversal ⓘ slavery ⓘ |
| workOf |
Titus Maccius Plautus
ⓘ
linked to:
Plautus
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Captivi Description of subject: Captivi is a Roman comedy by Plautus that centers on themes of identity, slavery, and loyalty through a plot of mistaken identities and role reversals.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.