Eben Cabot
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Eben Cabot is the conflicted, vengeful younger son in Eugene O’Neill’s tragedy "Desire Under the Elms," whose struggle over land, love, and inheritance drives the play’s central drama.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Eben Cabot canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11576752 — 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: Eben Cabot Context triple: [Desire Under the Elms, featuresCharacter, Eben Cabot]
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A.
Ludovico Cabot
Ludovico Cabot was a son of the Italian explorer John Cabot, likely part of the Cabot family involved in early transatlantic exploration and related ventures.
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B.
Ephraim Cabot
Ephraim Cabot is a domineering, aging New England farmer in Eugene O’Neill’s play "Desire Under the Elms," whose harshness and patriarchal authority drive the family’s tragic conflict.
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C.
Henry Holbrook
Henry Holbrook was a 19th-century Canadian politician and businessman who served as mayor of New Westminster, British Columbia.
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D.
Amos Hodgman
Amos Hodgman was an individual significant enough in local or regional history that Hodgeman County in Kansas was named in his honor.
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E.
Benjamin Winthrop
Benjamin Winthrop was an early American financier known for being among the original New York brokers who helped lay the foundations of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
- 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: Eben Cabot Target entity description: Eben Cabot is the conflicted, vengeful younger son in Eugene O’Neill’s tragedy "Desire Under the Elms," whose struggle over land, love, and inheritance drives the play’s central drama.
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A.
Ludovico Cabot
Ludovico Cabot was a son of the Italian explorer John Cabot, likely part of the Cabot family involved in early transatlantic exploration and related ventures.
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B.
Ephraim Cabot
Ephraim Cabot is a domineering, aging New England farmer in Eugene O’Neill’s play "Desire Under the Elms," whose harshness and patriarchal authority drive the family’s tragic conflict.
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C.
Henry Holbrook
Henry Holbrook was a 19th-century Canadian politician and businessman who served as mayor of New Westminster, British Columbia.
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D.
Amos Hodgman
Amos Hodgman was an individual significant enough in local or regional history that Hodgeman County in Kansas was named in his honor.
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E.
Benjamin Winthrop
Benjamin Winthrop was an early American financier known for being among the original New York brokers who helped lay the foundations of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dramatic character
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fictional character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Desire Under the Elms ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | New England farm ⓘ |
| birthOrder | youngest son ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
conflict with his father Ephraim Cabot
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love affair with Abbie Putnam ⓘ struggle over inheritance of the Cabot farm ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Eugene O’Neill
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linked to:
Eugene O'Neill
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| createdInYear | 1924 ⓘ |
| creatorFullName |
Eugene Gladstone O’Neill
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linked to:
Eugene O'Neill
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| creatorNationality | American ⓘ |
| creatorOccupation | playwright ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction | drives the central plot of Desire Under the Elms ⓘ |
| emotion |
guilt
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jealousy ⓘ love for Abbie Putnam ⓘ resentment toward his father ⓘ vengefulness ⓘ |
| familyName | Cabot ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceOfWork | 1924 ⓘ |
| genre | tragedy ⓘ |
| hasFather | Ephraim Cabot ⓘ |
| hasHalfSibling | unborn child of Eben Cabot and Abbie Putnam ⓘ |
| hasSibling |
Peter Cabot
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Simeon Cabot ⓘ |
| hasStepMother | Abbie Putnam ⓘ |
| literaryRole |
protagonist
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tragic figure ⓘ |
| medium | stage play ⓘ |
| motivation |
desire for love and belonging
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desire for revenge against Ephraim Cabot ⓘ desire to claim his mother’s land ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation | farmer ⓘ |
| relationship |
enemy and rival of Ephraim Cabot
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lover of Abbie Putnam ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
Oedipal conflict with the father
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Puritan morality and repression ⓘ incestuous desire ⓘ land and property as sources of power ⓘ sin and redemption ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| workLanguage | English ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Eben Cabot Description of subject: Eben Cabot is the conflicted, vengeful younger son in Eugene O’Neill’s tragedy "Desire Under the Elms," whose struggle over land, love, and inheritance drives the play’s central drama.
Referenced by (6)
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