The Irish Widow
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The Irish Widow is an 18th-century comedic play by David Garrick, centered on romantic misunderstandings and social manners in contemporary Irish and British society.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Irish Widow canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11553424 — 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: The Irish Widow Context triple: [David Garrick, notableWork, The Irish Widow]
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A.
The Faithful Irish Woman
"The Faithful Irish Woman" is an 18th-century comedic stage work associated with celebrated English actress Kitty Clive, reflecting the era’s taste for lively character pieces and sentimental humor.
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B.
The Maid of Killarney
The Maid of Killarney is an early 19th-century literary work by Patrick Brontë, reflecting his Irish heritage and romantic storytelling style.
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C.
The Widow
The Widow is a British television drama-thriller series starring Kate Beckinsale as a woman who travels to the Congo after discovering clues that suggest her presumed-dead husband may still be alive.
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D.
The Widow
"The Widow" is a humorous sketch or tale within Washington Irving's 1822 collection *Bracebridge Hall*, depicting the social life and character studies of English country gentry.
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E.
The Widow
The Widow is a tragic female character in Nikos Kazantzakis's novel "Zorba the Greek," whose relationship with the narrator and subsequent fate highlight the clash between individual desire and oppressive social norms in a Cretan village.
- 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: The Irish Widow Target entity description: The Irish Widow is an 18th-century comedic play by David Garrick, centered on romantic misunderstandings and social manners in contemporary Irish and British society.
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A.
The Faithful Irish Woman
"The Faithful Irish Woman" is an 18th-century comedic stage work associated with celebrated English actress Kitty Clive, reflecting the era’s taste for lively character pieces and sentimental humor.
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B.
The Maid of Killarney
The Maid of Killarney is an early 19th-century literary work by Patrick Brontë, reflecting his Irish heritage and romantic storytelling style.
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C.
The Widow
The Widow is a British television drama-thriller series starring Kate Beckinsale as a woman who travels to the Congo after discovering clues that suggest her presumed-dead husband may still be alive.
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D.
The Widow
"The Widow" is a humorous sketch or tale within Washington Irving's 1822 collection *Bracebridge Hall*, depicting the social life and character studies of English country gentry.
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E.
The Widow
The Widow is a tragic female character in Nikos Kazantzakis's novel "Zorba the Greek," whose relationship with the narrator and subsequent fate highlight the clash between individual desire and oppressive social norms in a Cretan village.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedy
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stage play ⓘ theatrical work ⓘ |
| author | David Garrick ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | five-act comedy ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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sentimental comedy ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
family guardian
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suitor ⓘ widow ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | theatre-going public in 18th-century Britain ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 18th-century British theatre ⓘ |
| medium | live theatre performance ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
contemporary British society
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contemporary Irish society ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| setting |
Britain
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linked to:
Great Britain
Ireland ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
class and society
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courtship ⓘ marriage ⓘ romantic misunderstandings ⓘ social manners ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 18th century ⓘ |
| workOf | David Garrick ⓘ |
| writer | David Garrick ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Irish Widow Description of subject: The Irish Widow is an 18th-century comedic play by David Garrick, centered on romantic misunderstandings and social manners in contemporary Irish and British society.
Referenced by (1)
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