Constant
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Constant is a character in John Vanbrugh’s Restoration comedy "The Provoked Wife," serving as one of the play’s central figures in its exploration of marriage, desire, and social manners.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Constant canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T817203 — 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: Constant Context triple: [The Provoked Wife, featuresCharacter, Constant]
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A.
Stabilitas
Stabilitas is a component concept emphasizing stability and steadfastness within the broader Sapientia et Doctrina Stabilitas framework.
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B.
Again
"Again" is a 1993 pop and R&B ballad by Janet Jackson that became a major hit and earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song.
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C.
Stay
"Stay" is a lesser-known musical composition associated with the renowned American composer Richard Rodgers, celebrated for his influential contributions to 20th-century musical theatre.
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D.
Stay
"Stay" is a psychological thriller film known for its surreal narrative and reality-bending visuals, written by screenwriter David Benioff.
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E.
Lifetime
Lifetime is an American cable television network known for its original movies and series primarily targeting a female audience.
- 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: Constant Target entity description: Constant is a character in John Vanbrugh’s Restoration comedy "The Provoked Wife," serving as one of the play’s central figures in its exploration of marriage, desire, and social manners.
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A.
Stabilitas
Stabilitas is a component concept emphasizing stability and steadfastness within the broader Sapientia et Doctrina Stabilitas framework.
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B.
Again
"Again" is a 1993 pop and R&B ballad by Janet Jackson that became a major hit and earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song.
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C.
Stay
"Stay" is a lesser-known musical composition associated with the renowned American composer Richard Rodgers, celebrated for his influential contributions to 20th-century musical theatre.
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D.
Stay
"Stay" is a psychological thriller film known for its surreal narrative and reality-bending visuals, written by screenwriter David Benioff.
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E.
Lifetime
Lifetime is an American cable television network known for its original movies and series primarily targeting a female audience.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
theatrical character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Provoked Wife ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
marital infidelity
ⓘ
romantic intrigue ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| associatedWithGenre | comedy of manners ⓘ |
| centralCharacterIn | The Provoked Wife ⓘ |
| characterType | gentleman of fashion ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| creator | John Vanbrugh ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Provoked Wife fictional universe ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceWork | 1697 ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearsIn | Restoration comedy ⓘ |
| hasRoleInPlot | major role ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | stage play ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
explores themes of desire
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explores themes of marriage ⓘ explores themes of social manners ⓘ |
| periodOfWork |
Stuart period
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surface form:
Restoration era
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| settingOfWork | London society ⓘ |
| workAuthor |
John Vanbrugh
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surface form:
Sir John Vanbrugh
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| workAuthorOccupation | playwright ⓘ |
| workForm | five-act play ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Constant Description of subject: Constant is a character in John Vanbrugh’s Restoration comedy "The Provoked Wife," serving as one of the play’s central figures in its exploration of marriage, desire, and social manners.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.