Antigonus
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Antigonus is a nobleman in Shakespeare’s play "The Winter’s Tale," best known for abandoning the infant Perdita and exiting with the famously ominous stage direction “Exit, pursued by a bear.”
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Antigonus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19073344 — 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: Antigonus Context triple: [The Winter's Tale, featuresCharacter, Antigonus]
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A.
Antigonus the One-Eyed
Antigonus the One-Eyed was a prominent Macedonian general under Alexander the Great who later became a powerful Diadochi ruler and king in Asia during the Wars of the Successors.
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B.
Ecclemach
Ecclemach is an alternative name for the Esselen, a Native American people indigenous to the central coast of California.
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C.
Polyidus
Polyidus is a seer in Greek mythology renowned for his prophetic abilities and for restoring the Cretan prince Glaucus to life.
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D.
Amphiaraus
Amphiaraus is a legendary seer and warrior in Greek mythology, renowned for his reluctant participation in the doomed expedition of the Seven Against Thebes and his subsequent worship as a chthonic hero.
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E.
Ionicus
Ionicus was the pen name of British illustrator J. H. C. Batchelor, best known for his humorous and distinctive cover art for many of P. G. Wodehouse’s books.
- 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: Antigonus Target entity description: Antigonus is a nobleman in Shakespeare’s play "The Winter’s Tale," best known for abandoning the infant Perdita and exiting with the famously ominous stage direction “Exit, pursued by a bear.”
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A.
Antigonus the One-Eyed
Antigonus the One-Eyed was a prominent Macedonian general under Alexander the Great who later became a powerful Diadochi ruler and king in Asia during the Wars of the Successors.
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B.
Ecclemach
Ecclemach is an alternative name for the Esselen, a Native American people indigenous to the central coast of California.
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C.
Polyidus
Polyidus is a seer in Greek mythology renowned for his prophetic abilities and for restoring the Cretan prince Glaucus to life.
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D.
Amphiaraus
Amphiaraus is a legendary seer and warrior in Greek mythology, renowned for his reluctant participation in the doomed expedition of the Seven Against Thebes and his subsequent worship as a chthonic hero.
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E.
Ionicus
Ionicus was the pen name of British illustrator J. H. C. Batchelor, best known for his humorous and distinctive cover art for many of P. G. Wodehouse’s books.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.