Venetian army
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The Venetian army is the military force of the Republic of Venice, depicted in Shakespeare’s *Othello* as a powerful Renaissance-era army engaged in defending Venetian interests, particularly against the Ottoman Turks.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Venetian army canonical | 4 |
| Venetian military forces | 1 |
| armed forces of the Republic of Venice | 1 |
| land forces of Venice | 1 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
army
ⓘ
fictional organization ⓘ military force ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Othello (character)
ⓘ
surface form:
Othello
|
| associatedWith | Republic of Venice in literature ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
Othello (character)
ⓘ
surface form:
Othello
|
| conflict | Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| country | Republic of Venice ⓘ |
| depictedAs | Renaissance-era army ⓘ |
| engagedIn | defense of Cyprus ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | literary representation of a historical army ⓘ |
| garrisonLocation |
Cyprus
ⓘ
Venice ⓘ |
| genre | Shakespearean tragedy context ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Cassio (character)
ⓘ
surface form:
Cassio
Iago ⓘ Othello (character) ⓘ
surface form:
Othello
|
| hasThematicRole | background for jealousy and intrigue in Othello ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Ottoman–Venetian wars
ⓘ
surface form:
Venetian–Ottoman conflicts
|
| languageOfCommand | Italian ⓘ |
| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Venetian army
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
land forces of Venice
|
| militaryTheater | Mediterranean ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Republic of Venice ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Turkish fleet ⓘ |
| partOf | Republic of Venice ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
Christian European force
ⓘ
professional army ⓘ |
| primaryEnemy |
Ottoman Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Ottoman Turks
|
| rankStructureIncludes |
ensign
ⓘ
general ⓘ lieutenant ⓘ |
| roleInPlot | defends Venetian interests in Cyprus ⓘ |
| strategicObjective |
containment of Ottoman expansion
ⓘ
protection of Venetian territories ⓘ |
| subordinateOf |
the Duke of Venice
ⓘ
surface form:
Duke of Venice
|
| timePeriod | Renaissance ⓘ |
| usedInWork |
Othello (character)
ⓘ
surface form:
Othello
|
How these facts were elicited
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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: Venetian army Description of subject: The Venetian army is the military force of the Republic of Venice, depicted in Shakespeare’s *Othello* as a powerful Renaissance-era army engaged in defending Venetian interests, particularly against the Ottoman Turks.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Othello
this entity surface form:
armed forces of the Republic of Venice
this entity surface form:
land forces of Venice
this entity surface form:
Venetian military forces