Lucius (as donkey)
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Lucius (as donkey) is the transformed protagonist of Apuleius’ "The Golden Ass," who endures a series of misadventures and humiliations while trapped in the body of a donkey.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lucius (as donkey) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12121602 — 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: Lucius (as donkey) Context triple: [Tale of the bandits and Charite, featuresCharacter, Lucius (as donkey)]
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A.
Donkey (Shrek)
Donkey (Shrek) is the fast-talking, comedic, and loyal talking donkey who serves as Shrek’s sidekick in the Shrek animated film series.
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B.
Francis the Talking Mule
Francis the Talking Mule is a comedic, wisecracking military mule character from a popular 1950s film series, known for speaking only to a befuddled soldier and getting him into and out of trouble.
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C.
Marwan the Donkey
Marwan the Donkey is the derisive nickname of Marwan II, the last Umayyad caliph whose defeat led to the dynasty’s collapse and the rise of the Abbasid Caliphate.
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D.
Timon
Timon is a wisecracking meerkat from Disney’s The Lion King, best known as Simba’s carefree friend and one half of the comic duo Timon and Pumbaa.
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E.
Clarence the Ram
Clarence the Ram is the costumed ram mascot representing Winston-Salem State University and its athletic teams.
- 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: Lucius (as donkey) Target entity description: Lucius (as donkey) is the transformed protagonist of Apuleius’ "The Golden Ass," who endures a series of misadventures and humiliations while trapped in the body of a donkey.
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A.
Donkey (Shrek)
Donkey (Shrek) is the fast-talking, comedic, and loyal talking donkey who serves as Shrek’s sidekick in the Shrek animated film series.
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B.
Francis the Talking Mule
Francis the Talking Mule is a comedic, wisecracking military mule character from a popular 1950s film series, known for speaking only to a befuddled soldier and getting him into and out of trouble.
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C.
Marwan the Donkey
Marwan the Donkey is the derisive nickname of Marwan II, the last Umayyad caliph whose defeat led to the dynasty’s collapse and the rise of the Abbasid Caliphate.
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D.
Timon
Timon is a wisecracking meerkat from Disney’s The Lion King, best known as Simba’s carefree friend and one half of the comic duo Timon and Pumbaa.
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E.
Clarence the Ram
Clarence the Ram is the costumed ram mascot representing Winston-Salem State University and its athletic teams.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.