Benno (Siegfried’s friend)
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Benno (Siegfried’s friend) is a supporting character in the ballet *Swan Lake*, serving as Prince Siegfried’s loyal companion and hunting partner who helps advance the plot and highlight the prince’s personality.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Benno (Siegfried’s friend) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11499496 — 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: Benno (Siegfried’s friend) Context triple: [Swan Lake, hasRole, Benno (Siegfried’s friend)]
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A.
Ingenried
Ingenried is a small rural municipality in the Weilheim-Schongau district of Bavaria in southern Germany.
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B.
Gundahar (Gunther)
Gundahar, also known as Gunther, was a legendary early king of the Burgundians who figures prominently in Germanic heroic tradition, including the Nibelungen saga.
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C.
Siegfried
Siegfried is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, best known from the legendary dragon-slaying hero in Germanic and Norse mythology and later borne by figures such as the English war poet Siegfried Sassoon.
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D.
Siegmund
Siegmund is a tragic hero and mortal Wälsung warrior in Richard Wagner’s opera "Die Walküre," central to the epic family saga of the Ring cycle.
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E.
Willibald
Willibald is the given name of the influential 18th-century opera composer Christoph Willibald Gluck.
- 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: Benno (Siegfried’s friend) Target entity description: Benno (Siegfried’s friend) is a supporting character in the ballet *Swan Lake*, serving as Prince Siegfried’s loyal companion and hunting partner who helps advance the plot and highlight the prince’s personality.
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A.
Ingenried
Ingenried is a small rural municipality in the Weilheim-Schongau district of Bavaria in southern Germany.
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B.
Gundahar (Gunther)
Gundahar, also known as Gunther, was a legendary early king of the Burgundians who figures prominently in Germanic heroic tradition, including the Nibelungen saga.
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C.
Siegfried
Siegfried is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, best known from the legendary dragon-slaying hero in Germanic and Norse mythology and later borne by figures such as the English war poet Siegfried Sassoon.
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D.
Siegmund
Siegmund is a tragic hero and mortal Wälsung warrior in Richard Wagner’s opera "Die Walküre," central to the epic family saga of the Ring cycle.
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E.
Willibald
Willibald is the given name of the influential 18th-century opera composer Christoph Willibald Gluck.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ballet character
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fictional character ⓘ supporting character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Swan Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInAct | Act I of Swan Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | classical ballet repertoire ⓘ |
| associatedWith | courtly hunting party ⓘ |
| belongsToFictionalUniverse | Swan Lake universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| companionOf | Prince Siegfried NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork | Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdForWorkBy | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| friendOf | Prince Siegfried NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | romantic ballet ⓘ |
| hasActivityInStory | hunting ⓘ |
| hasOccupationInStory | courtier ⓘ |
| helpsTo |
contrast Siegfried’s inner conflict with external festivities
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establish Siegfried’s social environment ⓘ |
| huntingPartnerOf | Prince Siegfried NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfOriginalWork | Russian ⓘ |
| loyalTo | Prince Siegfried NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | stage ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
helps advance the plot
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highlights Prince Siegfried’s personality ⓘ |
| oftenDancedBy | male soloist ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
brave
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cheerful ⓘ supportive ⓘ |
| relationshipTypeWithSiegfried |
friendship
GENERATED
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vassal-lord relationship GENERATED ⓘ |
| roleInWork | supporting role ⓘ |
| settingOfAppearance | a royal court and surrounding countryside ⓘ |
| typicalPortrayal |
loyal companion
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noble courtier ⓘ |
| workPremieredAt | Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workPremiereDate | 1877 ⓘ |
| workType | ballet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Benno (Siegfried’s friend) Description of subject: Benno (Siegfried’s friend) is a supporting character in the ballet *Swan Lake*, serving as Prince Siegfried’s loyal companion and hunting partner who helps advance the plot and highlight the prince’s personality.
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