Four Tempters
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The Four Tempters are allegorical figures in T.S. Eliot’s play "Murder in the Cathedral" who successively tempt Archbishop Thomas Becket with power, safety, and spiritual pride, revealing the moral and spiritual conflicts at the heart of the drama.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Four Tempters canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T995456 — 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: Four Tempters Context triple: [Murder in the Cathedral, containsCharacter, Four Tempters]
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A.
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B.
The Tender Trap
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C.
Magnificent Obsession
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D.
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E.
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- 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: Four Tempters Target entity description: The Four Tempters are allegorical figures in T.S. Eliot’s play "Murder in the Cathedral" who successively tempt Archbishop Thomas Becket with power, safety, and spiritual pride, revealing the moral and spiritual conflicts at the heart of the drama.
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A.
Fool's Paradise
Fool's Paradise is a 2023 satirical comedy film that marks Charlie Day's feature directorial debut, following a mute man who becomes an accidental Hollywood star.
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B.
The Tender Trap
The Tender Trap is a 1955 romantic comedy film starring Frank Sinatra and Debbie Reynolds, adapted from the Broadway play of the same name.
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C.
Magnificent Obsession
Magnificent Obsession is a 1954 romantic drama film, based on Lloyd C. Douglas’s novel, known for its themes of redemption and self-sacrifice and for earning Jane Wyman an Academy Award nomination.
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D.
The Lady of Pleasure
The Lady of Pleasure is a Caroline-era comedy play by James Shirley that satirizes the excesses and moral corruption of the English aristocracy.
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E.
Pleasure Wars
Pleasure Wars is a historical and cultural study by Peter Gay that examines changing Western attitudes toward pleasure, sexuality, and bourgeois life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
allegorical figure
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dramatic character ⓘ fictional character group ⓘ |
| allegoricalLevel |
psychological forces
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worldly and spiritual values ⓘ |
| appearsInAct |
Murder in the Cathedral
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surface form:
Act I of Murder in the Cathedral
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| appearsInWork | Murder in the Cathedral ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
church and state conflict
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free will ⓘ martyrdom ⓘ sin and redemption ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy | T. S. Eliot ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Murder in the Cathedral ⓘ |
| hasRoleInPlot | tempt Thomas Becket ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century modernist drama ⓘ |
| medium | stage play ⓘ |
| memberOf | characters in Murder in the Cathedral ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
dramatize ethical choices
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reveal inner conflict of Thomas Becket ⓘ |
| numberOfMembers | 4 ⓘ |
| represents |
moral temptation
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political temptation ⓘ self-preservation ⓘ spiritual pride ⓘ spiritual temptation ⓘ worldly ambition ⓘ |
| settingOfTemptation | Canterbury ⓘ |
| temptsCharacter |
St Thomas of Canterbury
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surface form:
Thomas Becket
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Four Tempters Description of subject: The Four Tempters are allegorical figures in T.S. Eliot’s play "Murder in the Cathedral" who successively tempt Archbishop Thomas Becket with power, safety, and spiritual pride, revealing the moral and spiritual conflicts at the heart of the drama.
Referenced by (1)
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