Equus
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Equus is a psychologically intense stage play by Peter Shaffer that explores themes of religion, sexuality, and mental illness through the story of a disturbed young man and his psychiatrist.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Equus canonical | 5 |
| Equus (1977 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5182739 — 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: Equus Context triple: [Tony Award for Best Play, notableWinner, Equus]
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A.
The Horse
"The Horse" was the nickname of Harry Gallatin, a rugged and durable Hall of Fame NBA forward known for his rebounding and toughness, primarily with the New York Knicks in the 1950s.
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B.
Le Blaireau
Le Blaireau is the famous nickname of Bernard Hinault, the legendary French cyclist and multiple Tour de France winner.
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C.
The Elephant
The Elephant is the English name of Surah Al-Fil, a short chapter of the Qur’an that recounts God’s protection of the Kaaba from an invading army accompanied by elephants.
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D.
The Cattle
The Cattle is the English title of Surah Al-An'am, the sixth chapter of the Qur’an, which focuses on themes of monotheism, divine guidance, and the refutation of idolatry.
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E.
The Lion
The Lion is a large, social big cat native to Africa and parts of Asia, renowned for its strength, pride-based groups, and iconic status as a symbol of courage and royalty.
- 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: Equus Target entity description: Equus is a psychologically intense stage play by Peter Shaffer that explores themes of religion, sexuality, and mental illness through the story of a disturbed young man and his psychiatrist.
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A.
The Horse
"The Horse" was the nickname of Harry Gallatin, a rugged and durable Hall of Fame NBA forward known for his rebounding and toughness, primarily with the New York Knicks in the 1950s.
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B.
Le Blaireau
Le Blaireau is the famous nickname of Bernard Hinault, the legendary French cyclist and multiple Tour de France winner.
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C.
The Elephant
The Elephant is the English name of Surah Al-Fil, a short chapter of the Qur’an that recounts God’s protection of the Kaaba from an invading army accompanied by elephants.
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D.
The Cattle
The Cattle is the English title of Surah Al-An'am, the sixth chapter of the Qur’an, which focuses on themes of monotheism, divine guidance, and the refutation of idolatry.
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E.
The Lion
The Lion is a large, social big cat native to Africa and parts of Asia, renowned for its strength, pride-based groups, and iconic status as a symbol of courage and royalty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drama
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psychological drama ⓘ stage play ⓘ |
| adaptation | Equus (1977 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Peter Shaffer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | Tony Award for Best Play NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayDebutYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dramaticDevice |
direct address to the audience
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non-naturalistic staging of horses by actors ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Alan Strang
NERFINISHED
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Dora Strang NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Strang NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry Dalton NERFINISHED ⓘ Hesther Salomon NERFINISHED ⓘ Jill Mason NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Dysart NERFINISHED ⓘ Nurse ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Sidney Lumet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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psychological drama ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
freedom versus normality
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identity ⓘ mental illness ⓘ religion ⓘ repression ⓘ sexuality ⓘ violence ⓘ worship ⓘ |
| notableActorInRevival |
Daniel Radcliffe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Richard Griffiths NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRevival |
2007 West End revival
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2008 Broadway revival ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotPoint | blinding of horses ⓘ |
| premieredAt | Old Vic Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | National Theatre, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Alan Strang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondaryProtagonist | Martin Dysart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Rokeby Psychiatric Hospital
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southern England ⓘ |
| structure | two-act play ⓘ |
| subject | a psychiatrist treating a disturbed young man ⓘ |
| symbol |
Equus as a god-like figure
NERFINISHED
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horses ⓘ |
| writer | Peter Shaffer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Equus Description of subject: Equus is a psychologically intense stage play by Peter Shaffer that explores themes of religion, sexuality, and mental illness through the story of a disturbed young man and his psychiatrist.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Equus (play)
this entity surface form:
Equus (1977 film)