Shakespeare quartos
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Shakespeare quartos are early, individually printed editions of William Shakespeare’s plays that provide crucial evidence about the texts’ original forms and their publication history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shakespeare quartos canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T375524 — 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: Shakespeare quartos Context triple: [British Library, hasCollection, Shakespeare quartos]
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A.
Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare
Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare is a comprehensive reference book in which Isaac Asimov explains the historical, cultural, and literary background of Shakespeare’s plays and poems for modern readers.
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B.
The Play
The Play is the famous last-second kickoff return by the California Golden Bears against Stanford in 1982, featuring multiple laterals and a collision with the Stanford band, and is considered one of the most iconic and chaotic plays in college football history.
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C.
The Art of Book-Making
"The Art of Book-Making" is a humorous, satirical essay by Washington Irving that playfully critiques unoriginal authorship and literary plagiarism.
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D.
His Majesty's Stationery Office
His Majesty's Stationery Office is a former UK government department and official publisher responsible for producing and distributing state documents, legislation, and official publications.
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E.
Codex
Codex is an AI system developed by OpenAI that translates natural language into code and powers tools like GitHub Copilot.
- 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: Shakespeare quartos Target entity description: Shakespeare quartos are early, individually printed editions of William Shakespeare’s plays that provide crucial evidence about the texts’ original forms and their publication history.
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A.
Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare
Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare is a comprehensive reference book in which Isaac Asimov explains the historical, cultural, and literary background of Shakespeare’s plays and poems for modern readers.
-
B.
The Play
The Play is the famous last-second kickoff return by the California Golden Bears against Stanford in 1982, featuring multiple laterals and a collision with the Stanford band, and is considered one of the most iconic and chaotic plays in college football history.
-
C.
The Art of Book-Making
"The Art of Book-Making" is a humorous, satirical essay by Washington Irving that playfully critiques unoriginal authorship and literary plagiarism.
-
D.
His Majesty's Stationery Office
His Majesty's Stationery Office is a former UK government department and official publisher responsible for producing and distributing state documents, legislation, and official publications.
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E.
Codex
Codex is an AI system developed by OpenAI that translates natural language into code and powers tools like GitHub Copilot.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bibliographical corpus
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early printed editions ⓘ editions of plays ⓘ |
| associatedWith | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| comparedWith |
First Folio of Shakespeare
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surface form:
Shakespeare folios
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| format | quarto ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasSubset |
Pavier quartos
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bad quartos ⓘ first quartos ⓘ good quartos ⓘ second quartos ⓘ |
| includesEditionOf |
1 Henry IV
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Henry IV, Part 2 ⓘ
surface form:
2 Henry IV
A Midsummer Night's Dream ⓘ
surface form:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Hamlet ⓘ Henry V of England ⓘ
surface form:
Henry V
King John of England ⓘ
surface form:
King John
King Lear ⓘ Love's Labour's Lost ⓘ
surface form:
Love’s Labour’s Lost
Much Ado About Nothing ⓘ Othello (play) ⓘ
surface form:
Othello
Pericles ⓘ King Richard II of England ⓘ
surface form:
Richard II
Richard III of England ⓘ
surface form:
Richard III
Romeo and Juliet ⓘ The Merchant of Venice ⓘ The Merry Wives of Windsor ⓘ The Taming of the Shrew ⓘ Henry VI, Part 3 ⓘ
surface form:
The True Tragedy of Richard Duke of York
The Two Gentlemen of Verona ⓘ Henry VI, Part 3 ⓘ
surface form:
The Whole Contention Between the Two Famous Houses of York and Lancaster
Titus Andronicus ⓘ Troilus and Cressida ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| materialForm | printed book ⓘ |
| printedIn | early modern England ⓘ |
| printingTechnique | letterpress printing ⓘ |
| providesEvidenceFor |
original forms of Shakespeare’s plays
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publication history of Shakespeare’s plays ⓘ textual variants in Shakespeare’s plays ⓘ |
| relatedTo | First Folio of Shakespeare ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
Shakespeare scholars
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bibliographers ⓘ textual critics ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 17th century
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late 16th century ⓘ |
| usedIn |
bibliographical studies
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editorial work on Shakespeare’s plays ⓘ textual criticism of Shakespeare ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Shakespeare quartos Description of subject: Shakespeare quartos are early, individually printed editions of William Shakespeare’s plays that provide crucial evidence about the texts’ original forms and their publication history.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.