Ghost of King Hamlet
E494603
The Ghost of King Hamlet is the spectral apparition of Prince Hamlet’s deceased father in Shakespeare’s tragedy, whose revelations about his murder set the play’s revenge plot in motion.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King Hamlet | 3 |
| Ghost of King Hamlet canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5109873 — 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: Ghost of King Hamlet Context triple: [Hamlet, character, Ghost of King Hamlet]
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A.
Hamlet
Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that follows the Prince of Denmark as he seeks revenge for his father’s murder while grappling with madness, morality, and mortality.
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B.
The Hamlet
The Hamlet is a 1940 novel by William Faulkner that inaugurates his Snopes trilogy, exploring themes of greed, social change, and rural life in the American South.
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C.
Ophelia
Ophelia is a fictional character best known as the tragic, doomed heroine of William Shakespeare’s play "Hamlet."
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D.
Ophelia
Ophelia is a famous 1894 Pre-Raphaelite painting by John William Waterhouse depicting the tragic Shakespearean heroine from Hamlet.
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E.
Ophelia
"Ophelia" is a lively, horn-driven roots rock song by The Band, sung by drummer Levon Helm and featured on their 1975 album *Northern Lights – Southern Cross*.
- 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: Ghost of King Hamlet Target entity description: The Ghost of King Hamlet is the spectral apparition of Prince Hamlet’s deceased father in Shakespeare’s tragedy, whose revelations about his murder set the play’s revenge plot in motion.
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A.
Hamlet
Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that follows the Prince of Denmark as he seeks revenge for his father’s murder while grappling with madness, morality, and mortality.
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B.
The Hamlet
The Hamlet is a 1940 novel by William Faulkner that inaugurates his Snopes trilogy, exploring themes of greed, social change, and rural life in the American South.
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C.
Ophelia
Ophelia is a fictional character best known as the tragic, doomed heroine of William Shakespeare’s play "Hamlet."
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D.
Ophelia
Ophelia is a famous 1894 Pre-Raphaelite painting by John William Waterhouse depicting the tragic Shakespearean heroine from Hamlet.
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E.
Ophelia
"Ophelia" is a lively, horn-driven roots rock song by The Band, sung by drummer Levon Helm and featured on their 1975 album *Northern Lights – Southern Cross*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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ghost ⓘ literary character ⓘ supernatural being ⓘ |
| accuses | Claudius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsTo |
Barnardo
NERFINISHED
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Horatio NERFINISHED ⓘ Marcellus NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ the sentinels at Elsinore ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
appearance versus reality
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memory and remembrance ⓘ revenge ⓘ sin and damnation ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | murder ⓘ |
| creator | William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describesAfterlifeAs | purgatorial suffering ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction |
exposition of backstory
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motivator of Hamlet’s hesitation and doubt ⓘ source of uncertainty about supernatural truth ⓘ |
| fatherOf | Prince Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceLocation | Elsinore Castle battlements NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceScene | Act I, Scene I ⓘ |
| formerStatus | King of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influences |
Hamlet’s delay in killing Claudius
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Hamlet’s feigned madness ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Early Modern English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | English Renaissance drama ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical play ⓘ |
| moralInstructionToHamlet |
punish Claudius
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spare Gertrude ⓘ |
| murderedBy | Claudius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | Danish ⓘ |
| relative |
Claudius
NERFINISHED
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Gertrude NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requests | revenge from Prince Hamlet ⓘ |
| reveals | his own murder ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
catalyst of the revenge plot
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inciting incident figure ⓘ |
| sceneOfMajorAppearance | Act I, Scene V ⓘ |
| spouse | Gertrude NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | King of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| workForm | play in five acts ⓘ |
| workGenre | tragedy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ghost of King Hamlet Description of subject: The Ghost of King Hamlet is the spectral apparition of Prince Hamlet’s deceased father in Shakespeare’s tragedy, whose revelations about his murder 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.
this entity surface form:
King Hamlet
this entity surface form:
King Hamlet