The Tempest
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The Tempest is a late Shakespearean play that blends shipwreck-driven adventure with themes of magic, power, and reconciliation on a remote island.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T569678 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Tempest Context triple: [Sea Venture shipwreck, inspiredWork, The Tempest]
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Lear
Lear is the surname of Norman Lear, the influential American television writer and producer known for creating groundbreaking sitcoms such as "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons."
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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.
Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus is a 1947 novel by Thomas Mann that reimagines the Faust legend through the life of a German composer whose pact with the devil allegorically reflects the rise of Nazism and the moral collapse of Germany.
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D.
"The Changeling"
"The Changeling" is a classic episode of the original Star Trek series in which the starship Enterprise encounters a powerful, malfunctioning Earth probe named Nomad that threatens all life it deems imperfect.
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E.
The Gentleman of Venice
The Gentleman of Venice is a Caroline-era stage play by James Shirley, known as a tragicomedy set in Venice that explores themes of honor, love, and social intrigue.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Tempest Target entity description: The Tempest is a late Shakespearean play that blends shipwreck-driven adventure with themes of magic, power, and reconciliation on a remote island.
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A.
Lear
Lear is the surname of Norman Lear, the influential American television writer and producer known for creating groundbreaking sitcoms such as "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons."
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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.
Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus is a 1947 novel by Thomas Mann that reimagines the Faust legend through the life of a German composer whose pact with the devil allegorically reflects the rise of Nazism and the moral collapse of Germany.
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D.
"The Changeling"
"The Changeling" is a classic episode of the original Star Trek series in which the starship Enterprise encounters a powerful, malfunctioning Earth probe named Nomad that threatens all life it deems imperfect.
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E.
The Gentleman of Venice
The Gentleman of Venice is a Caroline-era stage play by James Shirley, known as a tragicomedy set in Venice that explores themes of honor, love, and social intrigue.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shakespearean comedy
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late Shakespearean romance ⓘ play ⓘ stage work ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionDate | 1610–1611 ⓘ |
| author | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | part of the Shakespearean canon ⓘ |
| centralConflict | Prospero vs. his usurping brother Antonio ⓘ |
| closingEvent | Prospero’s renunciation of magic ⓘ |
| containsElement |
masque
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music and songs ⓘ supernatural beings ⓘ |
| dramaticCategory | late romance of Shakespeare ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Alonso
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Antonio ⓘ Ariel ⓘ Caliban ⓘ Ferdinand ⓘ Gonzalo ⓘ Miranda ⓘ Prospero ⓘ Sebastian ⓘ Stephano ⓘ Trinculo ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1611 ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1623 ⓘ |
| firstPublisher |
First Folio of Shakespeare
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surface form:
First Folio
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| genre |
comedy
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romance ⓘ tragicomedy ⓘ |
| influenced |
Western interpretations of colonialism in literature
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film adaptations ⓘ opera adaptations ⓘ postcolonial literary criticism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | verse and prose ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
Stuart period
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surface form:
Jacobean era
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| notableAdaptation |
Forbidden Planet
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surface form:
film "Forbidden Planet" (loosely based)
opera "The Tempest" by Thomas Adès ⓘ |
| openingEvent | a storm at sea ⓘ |
| plotDevice | shipwreck ⓘ |
| primaryTheme |
colonialism
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forgiveness ⓘ freedom and servitude ⓘ magic ⓘ power ⓘ reconciliation ⓘ usurpation ⓘ |
| setting | a remote Mediterranean island ⓘ |
| structure | five acts ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Referenced by (54)
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this entity surface form:
The Tempest by William Shakespeare