Sean O'Casey
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Sean O'Casey was a prominent Irish dramatist best known for his realistic and politically charged plays about Dublin’s working class, such as "Juno and the Paycock" and "The Plough and the Stars."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sean O'Casey canonical | 1 |
| Sean O’Casey | 1 |
| Seán O’Casey | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10515703 — 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: Sean O'Casey Context triple: [Irish Literary Revival, keyFigure, Sean O'Casey]
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A.
J. M. Synge
J. M. Synge was an Irish playwright and key figure of the Irish Literary Revival, best known for works like "The Playboy of the Western World" that vividly depict rural Irish life.
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B.
John Lighton Synge
John Lighton Synge was an Irish mathematician and physicist renowned for his contributions to differential geometry and general relativity.
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C.
Brendan Behan
Brendan Behan was an Irish writer and playwright known for his darkly comic works about Irish republicanism and working-class life, including the plays "The Quare Fellow" and "The Hostage."
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D.
Micheál Mac Liammóir
Micheál Mac Liammóir was an Irish actor, playwright, and co-founder of Dublin’s Gate Theatre, renowned for his stage work and distinctive voice.
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E.
James Stephens
James Stephens was a 19th-century Irish revolutionary leader and Fenian organizer who played a central role in the Irish nationalist movement for independence from British rule.
- 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: Sean O'Casey Target entity description: Sean O'Casey was a prominent Irish dramatist best known for his realistic and politically charged plays about Dublin’s working class, such as "Juno and the Paycock" and "The Plough and the Stars."
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A.
J. M. Synge
J. M. Synge was an Irish playwright and key figure of the Irish Literary Revival, best known for works like "The Playboy of the Western World" that vividly depict rural Irish life.
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B.
John Lighton Synge
John Lighton Synge was an Irish mathematician and physicist renowned for his contributions to differential geometry and general relativity.
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C.
Brendan Behan
Brendan Behan was an Irish writer and playwright known for his darkly comic works about Irish republicanism and working-class life, including the plays "The Quare Fellow" and "The Hostage."
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D.
Micheál Mac Liammóir
Micheál Mac Liammóir was an Irish actor, playwright, and co-founder of Dublin’s Gate Theatre, renowned for his stage work and distinctive voice.
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E.
James Stephens
James Stephens was a 19th-century Irish revolutionary leader and Fenian organizer who played a central role in the Irish nationalist movement for independence from British rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish writer
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dramatist ⓘ person ⓘ playwright ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Hawthornden Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | John Casey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ireland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1880-03-30 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1964-09-18 ⓘ |
| employer | Abbey Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Irish ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
political drama ⓘ realist drama ⓘ |
| hasPart | autobiographical volumes ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century drama
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Irish theatre ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Irish revolutionary politics ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Irish Citizen Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Irish Transport and General Workers' Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Irish literary revival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Sean O'Casey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Juno and the Paycock
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Red Roses for Me NERFINISHED ⓘ The Plough and the Stars NERFINISHED ⓘ The Shadow of a Gunman NERFINISHED ⓘ The Silver Tassie NERFINISHED ⓘ Within the Gates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
dramatist
ⓘ
playwright ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Dublin
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Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Devon
NERFINISHED
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England ⓘ Torquay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
Irish republican sympathizer
ⓘ
socialist ⓘ |
| pseudonym | Seán Ó Cathasaigh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
|
| residence |
Devon
NERFINISHED
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Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| spouse | Eileen Carey Reynolds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOfWork |
Dublin working class life
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Irish nationalism ⓘ social injustice ⓘ |
| wrotePlaySetIn | Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sean O'Casey Description of subject: Sean O'Casey was a prominent Irish dramatist best known for his realistic and politically charged plays about Dublin’s working class, such as "Juno and the Paycock" and "The Plough and the Stars."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sean O’Casey
this entity surface form:
Seán O’Casey