Simonides
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Simonides is a fictional king of Pentapolis in William Shakespeare’s play "Pericles, Prince of Tyre," known for his wisdom, hospitality, and role in Pericles’ romantic and political fortunes.
All labels observed (1)
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| Simonides canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19073389 — 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: Simonides Context triple: [Pericles, Prince of Tyre, mainCharacter, Simonides]
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Simonides
Simonides is a loyal and shrewd Jewish steward and merchant in "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ," who manages the fortunes of Judah Ben-Hur’s family.
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Simonides of Ceos
Simonides of Ceos was an ancient Greek lyric poet renowned for his elegiac and epinician poetry, as well as for pioneering the use of memory techniques.
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Pindar
Pindar was an ancient Greek lyric poet renowned for his victory odes celebrating athletic triumphs in the Panhellenic games.
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Archilochus
Archilochus was a 7th-century BCE Greek lyric poet from Paros, renowned for his innovative use of iambic and elegiac verse and his sharp, personal, and often satirical style.
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E.
Bacchylides
Bacchylides was a Greek lyric poet of the 5th century BCE, renowned for his victory odes and dithyrambs, and often mentioned alongside his contemporary Pindar.
- 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: Simonides Target entity description: Simonides is a fictional king of Pentapolis in William Shakespeare’s play "Pericles, Prince of Tyre," known for his wisdom, hospitality, and role in Pericles’ romantic and political fortunes.
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A.
Simonides
Simonides is a loyal and shrewd Jewish steward and merchant in "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ," who manages the fortunes of Judah Ben-Hur’s family.
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B.
Simonides of Ceos
Simonides of Ceos was an ancient Greek lyric poet renowned for his elegiac and epinician poetry, as well as for pioneering the use of memory techniques.
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C.
Pindar
Pindar was an ancient Greek lyric poet renowned for his victory odes celebrating athletic triumphs in the Panhellenic games.
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D.
Archilochus
Archilochus was a 7th-century BCE Greek lyric poet from Paros, renowned for his innovative use of iambic and elegiac verse and his sharp, personal, and often satirical style.
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E.
Bacchylides
Bacchylides was a Greek lyric poet of the 5th century BCE, renowned for his victory odes and dithyrambs, and often mentioned alongside his contemporary Pindar.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.