The Ghost
E192504
The Ghost is the spectral apparition of Hamlet’s deceased father in Shakespeare’s tragedy, whose revelations set the play’s revenge plot in motion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Ghost canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1678770 — 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 Ghost Context triple: [Hamlet (1948 film), portraysCharacter, The Ghost]
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A.
Ghosts
"Ghosts" is a song featured on the album "Carry On," known for its evocative themes and atmospheric sound.
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B.
GHOST!
GHOST! is a track by Kid Cudi from his album "Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager," known for its introspective lyrics and atmospheric production.
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C.
Apparition
Apparition was an independent American film distribution company known for releasing prestige and arthouse films in the late 2000s.
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D.
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain is a pioneering 1918 silent fantasy film known for its early use of stop-motion animation to bring dinosaurs and other creatures to life.
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E.
Square of Sorrow
Square of Sorrow is a solemn commemorative plaza within the Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex dedicated to honoring the victims and suffering of the Battle of Stalingrad.
- 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 Ghost Target entity description: The Ghost is the spectral apparition of Hamlet’s deceased father in Shakespeare’s tragedy, whose revelations set the play’s revenge plot in motion.
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A.
Ghosts
"Ghosts" is a song featured on the album "Carry On," known for its evocative themes and atmospheric sound.
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B.
GHOST!
GHOST! is a track by Kid Cudi from his album "Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager," known for its introspective lyrics and atmospheric production.
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C.
Apparition
Apparition was an independent American film distribution company known for releasing prestige and arthouse films in the late 2000s.
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D.
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain is a pioneering 1918 silent fantasy film known for its early use of stop-motion animation to bring dinosaurs and other creatures to life.
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E.
Square of Sorrow
Square of Sorrow is a solemn commemorative plaza within the Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex dedicated to honoring the victims and suffering of the Battle of Stalingrad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dramatic character
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ specter ⓘ supernatural being ⓘ |
| accuses | Claudius ⓘ |
| allegesCauseOfDeath | murder ⓘ |
| allegesMannerOfMurder | poison poured in the ear ⓘ |
| appearsAtLocation |
Elsinore Castle battlements
ⓘ
Gertrude’s chamber ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | tragedy ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Hamlet ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
appearance versus reality
ⓘ
guilt ⓘ memory ⓘ revenge ⓘ the supernatural ⓘ |
| claimsToBe |
former King of Denmark
ⓘ
spirit of Hamlet’s father ⓘ |
| createdBy | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction |
initiates Hamlet’s internal conflict
ⓘ
provides exposition about the king’s death ⓘ raises questions about truth and reliability ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceAct | Act I ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceScene | Scene I ⓘ |
| forbidsHamletToHarm | Gertrude ⓘ |
| hasFamousLine |
I am thy father’s spirit
ⓘ
Murder most foul, as in the best it is ⓘ Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive against thy mother aught ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Ghost of King Hamlet
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surface form:
King Hamlet
|
| language | Early Modern English ⓘ |
| notVisibleTo | Gertrude ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Claudius
ⓘ
Gertrude ⓘ Hamlet ⓘ
surface form:
Prince Hamlet
|
| relationshipToClaudius | brother ⓘ |
| relationshipToGertrude | husband ⓘ |
| relationshipToHamlet | father ⓘ |
| requestsFromHamlet | revenge ⓘ |
| revealsMurderTo | Hamlet ⓘ |
| roleInWork | catalyst of the revenge plot in Hamlet ⓘ |
| speaksFirstTo |
Barnardo
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Horatio ⓘ Marcellus ⓘ |
| timeOfCompositionContext |
English Renaissance
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surface form:
Elizabethan era
|
| visibleTo |
Barnardo
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Hamlet ⓘ Horatio ⓘ Marcellus ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Ghost Description of subject: The Ghost is the spectral apparition of Hamlet’s deceased father in Shakespeare’s tragedy, whose revelations set the play’s revenge plot in motion.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.