The Lady of Pleasure
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The Lady of Pleasure is a Caroline-era comedy play by James Shirley that satirizes the excesses and moral corruption of the English aristocracy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Lady of Pleasure canonical | 10 |
| Lady Fancyfull | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T161690 — 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 Lady of Pleasure Context triple: [James Shirley, notableWork, The Lady of Pleasure]
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A.
Love, Lust & Lies
Love, Lust & Lies is a 2010 Australian documentary film by Gillian Armstrong that follows the lives of a working-class Adelaide family over several decades as part of her long-term observational series.
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B.
The Pleased
The Pleased was an indie rock band from San Francisco known for featuring harpist-singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom as a member early in her career.
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C.
Madame X
Madame X is a famous 1884 portrait by John Singer Sargent, renowned for its provocative depiction of Parisian socialite Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau and the scandal it caused at the Paris Salon.
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D.
Of Love and Other Demons
Of Love and Other Demons is a short novel by Gabriel García Márquez that blends magical realism and historical fiction to explore forbidden love, superstition, and colonial power in 18th-century Latin America.
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E.
The Tender Trap
The Tender Trap is a 1955 romantic comedy film starring Frank Sinatra and Debbie Reynolds, adapted from the Broadway play of the same name.
- 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 Lady of Pleasure Target entity description: The Lady of Pleasure is a Caroline-era comedy play by James Shirley that satirizes the excesses and moral corruption of the English aristocracy.
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A.
Love, Lust & Lies
Love, Lust & Lies is a 2010 Australian documentary film by Gillian Armstrong that follows the lives of a working-class Adelaide family over several decades as part of her long-term observational series.
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B.
The Pleased
The Pleased was an indie rock band from San Francisco known for featuring harpist-singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom as a member early in her career.
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C.
Madame X
Madame X is a famous 1884 portrait by John Singer Sargent, renowned for its provocative depiction of Parisian socialite Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau and the scandal it caused at the Paris Salon.
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D.
Of Love and Other Demons
Of Love and Other Demons is a short novel by Gabriel García Márquez that blends magical realism and historical fiction to explore forbidden love, superstition, and colonial power in 18th-century Latin America.
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E.
The Tender Trap
The Tender Trap is a 1955 romantic comedy film starring Frank Sinatra and Debbie Reynolds, adapted from the Broadway play of the same name.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Caroline-era play
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comedy play ⓘ stage play ⓘ |
| author | James Shirley ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | comedy of manners ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure | five-act play ⓘ |
| dramaticStyle |
comedy of wit
ⓘ
verse drama ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Kickshaw
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Lady Bornwell ⓘ Lord Bornwell ⓘ Sir Thomas Bornwell ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePeriod | 1630s ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later comedies of manners ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | English Renaissance drama ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
Caroline era
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linked to:
Stuart period
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| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Caroline theatre repertoire ⓘ |
| satirizes |
aristocratic leisure culture
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courtly extravagance ⓘ fashionable London society ⓘ |
| setting |
London
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linked to:
London, England
|
| subject | English aristocracy ⓘ |
| theme |
courtly manners and fashions
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marriage and fidelity ⓘ moral corruption of the aristocracy ⓘ satire of social excess ⓘ |
| workOf | James Shirley ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Lady of Pleasure Description of subject: The Lady of Pleasure is a Caroline-era comedy play by James Shirley that satirizes the excesses and moral corruption of the English aristocracy.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Lady of Pleasure