Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay
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"Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay" is an Elizabethan comedy play by Robert Greene that blends magic, romance, and farce in a tale about the legendary English magician Roger Bacon.
All labels observed (1)
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| Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7043648 — 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: Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay Context triple: [Robert Greene, notableWork, Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay]
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A.
The Abbot and the Learned Lady
"The Abbot and the Learned Lady" is one of Erasmus’s satirical Latin dialogues, presenting a witty exchange that critiques religious and social conventions through the conversation between a cleric and an educated woman.
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B.
The Abbot
The Abbot is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott that continues the story of The Monastery, focusing on the turbulent period surrounding Mary, Queen of Scots in 16th-century Scotland.
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C.
Donde Plowman
Donde Plowman is an American academic administrator and leadership scholar who serves as the chief executive of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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D.
The Leper of Saint Giles
The Leper of Saint Giles is a historical mystery novel in the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters, set in 12th-century Shrewsbury and centered on a murder investigation linked to a leper hospital.
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E.
The Tailor of Gloucester
The Tailor of Gloucester is a classic children's story by Beatrix Potter about a poor tailor whose work is mysteriously completed by helpful mice on Christmas Eve.
- 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: Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay Target entity description: "Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay" is an Elizabethan comedy play by Robert Greene that blends magic, romance, and farce in a tale about the legendary English magician Roger Bacon.
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A.
The Abbot and the Learned Lady
"The Abbot and the Learned Lady" is one of Erasmus’s satirical Latin dialogues, presenting a witty exchange that critiques religious and social conventions through the conversation between a cleric and an educated woman.
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B.
The Abbot
The Abbot is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott that continues the story of The Monastery, focusing on the turbulent period surrounding Mary, Queen of Scots in 16th-century Scotland.
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C.
Donde Plowman
Donde Plowman is an American academic administrator and leadership scholar who serves as the chief executive of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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D.
The Leper of Saint Giles
The Leper of Saint Giles is a historical mystery novel in the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters, set in 12th-century Shrewsbury and centered on a murder investigation linked to a leper hospital.
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E.
The Tailor of Gloucester
The Tailor of Gloucester is a classic children's story by Beatrix Potter about a poor tailor whose work is mysteriously completed by helpful mice on Christmas Eve.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Elizabethan play
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stage comedy ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
University of Oxford
NERFINISHED
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popular legend ⓘ |
| author | Robert Greene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | legend of Roger Bacon ⓘ |
| containsElement |
comic subplot
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conjuring ⓘ romantic intrigue ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure | five-act play ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Friar Bungay
NERFINISHED
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Lacy NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret of Fressingfield NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince Edward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1594 ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Edward White NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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fantasy ⓘ farce ⓘ romance ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
limits of human knowledge
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love versus duty ⓘ responsibility in the use of magic ⓘ rural virtue versus courtly life ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | verse and prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | English Renaissance drama ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Roger Bacon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of magic, romance, and farce
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early stage representation of English national identity ⓘ |
| originalMedium | stage play ⓘ |
| periodOfOrigin | Elizabethan era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Fressingfield
NERFINISHED
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Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ the English court ⓘ |
| subject |
courtship
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magic ⓘ national pride ⓘ scholarship ⓘ social class ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 13th century England ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay Description of subject: "Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay" is an Elizabethan comedy play by Robert Greene that blends magic, romance, and farce in a tale about the legendary English magician Roger Bacon.
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