Reverend Salvation
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Reverend Salvation is a character in the musical play "The Cradle Will Rock," representing a satirical portrait of religious authority entangled with political and economic corruption.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Reverend Salvation canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1097580 — 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: Reverend Salvation Context triple: [The Cradle Will Rock, hasCharacter, Reverend Salvation]
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A.
The Salvation
The Salvation is a 2014 Danish-directed Western film starring Mads Mikkelsen as a settler seeking revenge in the American frontier.
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B.
De Gemeene Gratie
De Gemeene Gratie is a major theological work by Abraham Kuyper that develops his doctrine of “common grace,” explaining how God’s grace operates in all of culture and society, not only within the church.
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C.
His Grace
His Grace is a formal honorific style traditionally used in the United Kingdom for dukes and archbishops, denoting high noble or ecclesiastical rank.
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D.
Last Gospel
The Last Gospel is a traditional reading of the prologue of the Gospel of John that concludes the celebration of the Tridentine Mass in the Roman Catholic liturgy.
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E.
The Christian General
The Christian General was the sobriquet of Oliver Otis Howard, a Union Army officer and devout Christian who later led the Freedmen’s Bureau during Reconstruction.
- 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: Reverend Salvation Target entity description: Reverend Salvation is a character in the musical play "The Cradle Will Rock," representing a satirical portrait of religious authority entangled with political and economic corruption.
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A.
The Salvation
The Salvation is a 2014 Danish-directed Western film starring Mads Mikkelsen as a settler seeking revenge in the American frontier.
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B.
De Gemeene Gratie
De Gemeene Gratie is a major theological work by Abraham Kuyper that develops his doctrine of “common grace,” explaining how God’s grace operates in all of culture and society, not only within the church.
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C.
His Grace
His Grace is a formal honorific style traditionally used in the United Kingdom for dukes and archbishops, denoting high noble or ecclesiastical rank.
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D.
Last Gospel
The Last Gospel is a traditional reading of the prologue of the Gospel of John that concludes the celebration of the Tridentine Mass in the Roman Catholic liturgy.
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E.
The Christian General
The Christian General was the sobriquet of Oliver Otis Howard, a Union Army officer and devout Christian who later led the Freedmen’s Bureau during Reconstruction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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theatrical character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Cradle Will Rock ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
abuse of power
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church–state relations ⓘ economic corruption ⓘ political corruption ⓘ social injustice ⓘ |
| characterType |
allegorical figure
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symbolic character ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginWork |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| createdBy | Marc Blitzstein ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceIn | original 1937 production of The Cradle Will Rock ⓘ |
| genre | satire ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
business interests in the story
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political establishment in the story ⓘ |
| medium | stage musical ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | satirical portrait of religious authority ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | antagonist ⓘ |
| partOf | ensemble cast of The Cradle Will Rock ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
corrupt clergyman
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religious leader ⓘ |
| represents |
entanglement of religion with economic power
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entanglement of religion with politics ⓘ religious authority ⓘ religious hypocrisy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Reverend Salvation Description of subject: Reverend Salvation is a character in the musical play "The Cradle Will Rock," representing a satirical portrait of religious authority entangled with political and economic corruption.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.