Queen Mab (fairy spirit)
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Queen Mab (fairy spirit) is a mischievous fairy queen from English folklore and literature, best known from Shakespeare’s "Romeo and Juliet" as a tiny dream-bringer who gallops through sleepers’ minds to shape their fantasies and desires.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Queen Mab (fairy spirit) canonical | 1 |
| Queen Mab monologue | 1 |
| Queen Mab speech | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9238466 — 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: Queen Mab (fairy spirit) Context triple: [Queen Mab, mainCharacter, Queen Mab (fairy spirit)]
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A.
Queen Mab
Queen Mab is an early philosophical poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley that presents his radical views on religion, politics, and social justice through a visionary dream narrative.
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B.
Milbanke
Milbanke is an English aristocratic family name historically associated with the wife of poet Lord Byron, Annabella Milbanke.
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Norna of the Fitful Head
Norna of the Fitful Head is a mysterious, prophetic woman in Walter Scott’s novel "The Pirate," known for her supernatural aura and influence over the story’s events in the Shetland Islands.
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D.
Morrigan
Morrigan is a sharp-tongued, morally ambiguous witch from the Dragon Age video game series, known for her shape-shifting abilities and complex relationship with the player character.
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E.
The Good Fairy
The Good Fairy is a 1935 romantic comedy film, scripted by Preston Sturges and directed by William Wyler, about an orphaned young woman whose attempts at doing good lead to a series of humorous misunderstandings.
- 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: Queen Mab (fairy spirit) Target entity description: Queen Mab (fairy spirit) is a mischievous fairy queen from English folklore and literature, best known from Shakespeare’s "Romeo and Juliet" as a tiny dream-bringer who gallops through sleepers’ minds to shape their fantasies and desires.
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A.
Queen Mab
Queen Mab is an early philosophical poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley that presents his radical views on religion, politics, and social justice through a visionary dream narrative.
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B.
Milbanke
Milbanke is an English aristocratic family name historically associated with the wife of poet Lord Byron, Annabella Milbanke.
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C.
Norna of the Fitful Head
Norna of the Fitful Head is a mysterious, prophetic woman in Walter Scott’s novel "The Pirate," known for her supernatural aura and influence over the story’s events in the Shetland Islands.
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D.
Morrigan
Morrigan is a sharp-tongued, morally ambiguous witch from the Dragon Age video game series, known for her shape-shifting abilities and complex relationship with the player character.
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E.
The Good Fairy
The Good Fairy is a 1935 romantic comedy film, scripted by Preston Sturges and directed by William Wyler, about an orphaned young woman whose attempts at doing good lead to a series of humorous misunderstandings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fairy
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folklore character ⓘ literary character ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| appearsInScene | Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
desire
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dreams ⓘ fantasy ⓘ nightmares ⓘ sleep ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
capricious
ⓘ
mischievous ⓘ playful ⓘ |
| chariotPulledBy | small creatures ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| createdBy | William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | English folklore ⓘ |
| describedByCharacter | Mercutio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| domain |
dream world
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night ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | fictional character ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Romeo and Juliet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceDate | 1590s ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| influences |
courtiers
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ladies ⓘ lawyers ⓘ lovers ⓘ soldiers ⓘ |
| inspired |
Romantic-era reinterpretations of Mab
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later depictions of fairy queens in English literature ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| literaryFunction |
embodiment of the irrational
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satire of human ambitions ⓘ |
| notableWork | Romeo and Juliet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| power |
influences dreams
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shapes human desires in sleep ⓘ |
| referencedIn | English literary criticism of Shakespeare ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
dream-bringer
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symbol of imagination ⓘ |
| sizeDescription | tiny ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
hidden desires
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power of imagination ⓘ unpredictability of dreams ⓘ |
| title | Queen of the Fairies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vehicle | tiny chariot ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Queen Mab (fairy spirit) Description of subject: Queen Mab (fairy spirit) is a mischievous fairy queen from English folklore and literature, best known from Shakespeare’s "Romeo and Juliet" as a tiny dream-bringer who gallops through sleepers’ minds to shape their fantasies and desires.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Queen Mab monologue