The Birth of Merlin
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The Birth of Merlin is a Jacobean-era English play, often attributed to William Rowley and sometimes partly to William Shakespeare, that dramatizes the legendary origins of the wizard Merlin.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Birth of Merlin canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21885700 — 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: The Birth of Merlin Context triple: [William Rowley, notableWork, The Birth of Merlin]
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A.
The Beguiling of Merlin
The Beguiling of Merlin is a famous 1874 painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones depicting the Arthurian sorceress Nimue enchanting and imprisoning the wizard Merlin.
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B.
Prophecies of Merlin
Prophecies of Merlin is a medieval collection of prophetic writings attributed to the legendary wizard Merlin, often associated with political and historical predictions about Britain.
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C.
The Book of Merlyn
The Book of Merlyn is T. H. White’s posthumously published conclusion to his Arthurian cycle The Once and Future King, in which Merlyn returns to instruct King Arthur on war, peace, and human nature.
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D.
The Adventures of Merlin
The Adventures of Merlin is a British fantasy-adventure television series that reimagines the Arthurian legends by following a young Merlin as he secretly uses magic to protect Prince Arthur in the kingdom of Camelot.
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E.
Merlin and the Book of Beasts
Merlin and the Book of Beasts is a 2009 fantasy television film that continues the Arthurian legend by following an older Merlin battling dark magic threatening Camelot.
- 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: The Birth of Merlin Target entity description: The Birth of Merlin is a Jacobean-era English play, often attributed to William Rowley and sometimes partly to William Shakespeare, that dramatizes the legendary origins of the wizard Merlin.
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A.
The Beguiling of Merlin
The Beguiling of Merlin is a famous 1874 painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones depicting the Arthurian sorceress Nimue enchanting and imprisoning the wizard Merlin.
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B.
Prophecies of Merlin
Prophecies of Merlin is a medieval collection of prophetic writings attributed to the legendary wizard Merlin, often associated with political and historical predictions about Britain.
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C.
The Book of Merlyn
The Book of Merlyn is T. H. White’s posthumously published conclusion to his Arthurian cycle The Once and Future King, in which Merlyn returns to instruct King Arthur on war, peace, and human nature.
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D.
The Adventures of Merlin
The Adventures of Merlin is a British fantasy-adventure television series that reimagines the Arthurian legends by following a young Merlin as he secretly uses magic to protect Prince Arthur in the kingdom of Camelot.
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E.
Merlin and the Book of Beasts
Merlin and the Book of Beasts is a 2009 fantasy television film that continues the Arthurian legend by following an older Merlin battling dark magic threatening Camelot.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.