The Example
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The Example is a 17th-century stage comedy by English dramatist James Shirley, reflecting the manners and social intrigues of Caroline-era London.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Example canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T161697 — 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 Example Context triple: [James Shirley, notableWork, The Example]
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A.
Surefire
"Surefire" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Jon Bellion, featured on his album "The Human Condition."
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B.
Overload
"Overload" is a song by the Christian rock band Darkness and Light, likely featuring their characteristic blend of heavy guitar-driven sound and spiritually themed lyrics.
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C.
The Pleased
The Pleased was an indie rock band from San Francisco known for featuring harpist-singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom as a member early in her career.
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D.
Cocoon
Cocoon is a 1985 science fiction comedy-drama film about a group of elderly people who regain youth and vitality after encountering alien life, directed by Ron Howard.
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E.
A Loop
A Loop is a modern streetcar route in Portland, Oregon, that provides circulator service through the central city and adjacent neighborhoods as part of the Portland Streetcar system.
- 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 Example Target entity description: The Example is a 17th-century stage comedy by English dramatist James Shirley, reflecting the manners and social intrigues of Caroline-era London.
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A.
Surefire
"Surefire" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Jon Bellion, featured on his album "The Human Condition."
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B.
As He Saw It
"As He Saw It" is a memoir by Elliott Roosevelt that offers an insider’s account of his father Franklin D. Roosevelt’s views and experiences during World War II.
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C.
Overload
"Overload" is a song by the Christian rock band Darkness and Light, likely featuring their characteristic blend of heavy guitar-driven sound and spiritually themed lyrics.
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D.
The Pleased
The Pleased was an indie rock band from San Francisco known for featuring harpist-singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom as a member early in her career.
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E.
Cocoon
Cocoon is a 1985 science fiction comedy-drama film about a group of elderly people who regain youth and vitality after encountering alien life, directed by Ron Howard.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Caroline era play
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play ⓘ stage comedy ⓘ |
| associatedWithMonarch | Charles I of England ⓘ |
| author | James Shirley ⓘ |
| authorName | James Shirley ⓘ |
| centuryOfWork | 17th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Caroline England ⓘ |
| depicts |
manners of Caroline-era London
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social intrigues of Caroline-era London ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | comedy of manners ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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stage comedy ⓘ |
| hasAuthorRole | dramatist ⓘ |
| hasForm | five-act play ⓘ |
| language | Early Modern English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Caroline era ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | English Renaissance drama ⓘ |
| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| nationalityOfAuthor | English ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
social manners of the English upper and middle classes
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urban life in London ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| settingTime | 17th century ⓘ |
| subgenre | city comedy ⓘ |
| typeOfWork | dramatic work ⓘ |
| workOf | James Shirley ⓘ |
| writtenBy | James Shirley ⓘ |
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 Example Description of subject: The Example is a 17th-century stage comedy by English dramatist James Shirley, reflecting the manners and social intrigues of Caroline-era London.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.