Ophelia

E211963

oil painting painting

Ophelia is a famous 1894 Pre-Raphaelite painting by John William Waterhouse depicting the tragic Shakespearean heroine from Hamlet.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ophelia canonical	3
Ophelia before drowning	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1909721 — 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: Ophelia
Context triple: [John William Waterhouse, notableWork, Ophelia]

A. Ophelia
Ophelia is a famous 1851–52 painting by John Everett Millais, emblematic of the Pre-Raphaelite movement and depicting Shakespeare’s tragic heroine floating in a stream surrounded by lush, detailed flora.
B. Ofelia
Ofelia is the imaginative young girl in Guillermo del Toro’s dark fantasy film "Pan’s Labyrinth," whose encounters with mythical creatures mirror the brutal realities of post–Civil War Spain.
C. Ophelia Among the Flowers
"Ophelia Among the Flowers" is a symbolist painting by Odilon Redon that reimagines Shakespeare’s tragic heroine Ophelia in a dreamlike, floral setting.
D. Gertrude
Gertrude is a feminine given name of Germanic origin, historically popular in Europe and North America.
E. Cordelia
Cordelia is an unincorporated census-designated community in Solano County, California, known for its location near the junction of major highways and its role as a residential and commercial hub in the area.
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: Ophelia
Target entity description: Ophelia is a famous 1894 Pre-Raphaelite painting by John William Waterhouse depicting the tragic Shakespearean heroine from Hamlet.

A. Ophelia
Ophelia is a famous 1851–52 painting by John Everett Millais, emblematic of the Pre-Raphaelite movement and depicting Shakespeare’s tragic heroine floating in a stream surrounded by lush, detailed flora.
B. Ofelia
Ofelia is the imaginative young girl in Guillermo del Toro’s dark fantasy film "Pan’s Labyrinth," whose encounters with mythical creatures mirror the brutal realities of post–Civil War Spain.
C. Ophelia Among the Flowers
"Ophelia Among the Flowers" is a symbolist painting by Odilon Redon that reimagines Shakespeare’s tragic heroine Ophelia in a dreamlike, floral setting.
D. Gertrude
Gertrude is a feminine given name of Germanic origin, historically popular in Europe and North America.
E. Cordelia
Cordelia is a character in Margaret Atwood's novel "Cat's Eye," known as the childhood friend and tormentor of the protagonist, Elaine Risley.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	oil painting ⓘ painting ⓘ
artStyle	Pre-Raphaelite art ⓘ surface form: Pre-Raphaelite style
artStyleCharacteristic	detailed naturalism ⓘ literary symbolism ⓘ vivid color ⓘ
basedOn	Hamlet ⓘ surface form: Hamlet by William Shakespeare
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
creator	John William Waterhouse ⓘ
creatorBirthYear	1849 ⓘ
creatorDeathYear	1917 ⓘ
creatorFullName	John William Waterhouse ⓘ
creatorNationality	British ⓘ
culturalContext	late 19th-century British art ⓘ
depicts	Ophelia ⓘ surface form: Ophelia (Shakespearean character)
depictsAge	young woman ⓘ
depictsCharacterFrom	Hamlet ⓘ
depictsEmotion	melancholy ⓘ tragedy ⓘ
depictsEvent	Ophelia’s madness and death ⓘ
depictsGender	female ⓘ
depictsSetting	natural landscape ⓘ waterside scene ⓘ
genre	history painting ⓘ literary painting ⓘ
hasMedium	oil paint ⓘ
hasSubjectMatter	Shakespearean heroine ⓘ flowers ⓘ literary figure ⓘ madness ⓘ nature ⓘ tragic death ⓘ
hasSurface	canvas ⓘ
hasTitle	Ophelia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
iconography	drowning heroine ⓘ symbolic flowers ⓘ
inspiredBy	Hamlet ⓘ
languageOfWork	none (visual artwork) ⓘ
literarySourceAuthor	William Shakespeare ⓘ
literarySourceForm	play ⓘ
literarySourceGenre	tragedy ⓘ
movement	Pre-Raphaelite art ⓘ surface form: Pre-Raphaelite
partOfArtistOeuvre	Shakespearean-themed works by John William Waterhouse ⓘ
portraysMoment	Ophelia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ophelia before drowning
relatedMovement	Romanticism ⓘ surface form: Romanticism (influence)
relatedWork	Ophelia ⓘ surface form: Ophelia (1851 painting by John Everett Millais)
titleLanguage	English ⓘ
yearOfCreation	1894 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John William Waterhouse → notableWork → Ophelia ⓘ

Waterhouse → notableWork → Ophelia ⓘ

subject surface form: John William Waterhouse

Ophelia → portraysMoment → Ophelia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Ophelia (1894 painting)

this entity surface form: Ophelia before drowning

Ophelia → hasTitle → Ophelia self-linksurface differs ⓘ