Addison’s play "Cato"
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Addison’s play "Cato" is an early 18th-century English tragedy dramatizing the final days and stoic principles of the Roman statesman Cato the Younger, influential in both literary and political circles, including among the American Founding Fathers.
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| Addison’s play "Cato" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2100789 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Addison’s play "Cato" Context triple: [Cato the Younger, portrayedInWork, Addison’s play "Cato"]
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Cato’s Conspiracy
Cato’s Conspiracy, better known as the Stono Rebellion, was a major 1739 slave uprising in colonial South Carolina that became one of the largest and most significant revolts of enslaved Africans in British North America.
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Shakespeare; or, the Poet
"Shakespeare; or, the Poet" is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that examines William Shakespeare’s genius and significance as the archetypal poet, included as one of the portraits in his collection "Representative Men."
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Coriolanus
Coriolanus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that dramatizes the life of the proud Roman general Caius Marcius Coriolanus and his tumultuous relationship with the people of Rome.
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Short Organon for the Theatre
Short Organon for the Theatre is a theoretical essay by Bertolt Brecht outlining his principles of epic theatre and the use of techniques like the alienation effect to provoke critical audience engagement.
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In Catilinam (Catilinarian Orations)
In Catilinam (Catilinarian Orations) is a series of speeches by the Roman statesman Cicero denouncing the conspiracy of Lucius Sergius Catilina to overthrow the Roman Republic.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Addison’s play "Cato" Target entity description: Addison’s play "Cato" is an early 18th-century English tragedy dramatizing the final days and stoic principles of the Roman statesman Cato the Younger, influential in both literary and political circles, including among the American Founding Fathers.
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A.
Cato’s Conspiracy
Cato’s Conspiracy, better known as the Stono Rebellion, was a major 1739 slave uprising in colonial South Carolina that became one of the largest and most significant revolts of enslaved Africans in British North America.
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B.
Shakespeare; or, the Poet
"Shakespeare; or, the Poet" is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that examines William Shakespeare’s genius and significance as the archetypal poet, included as one of the portraits in his collection "Representative Men."
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C.
Coriolanus
Coriolanus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that dramatizes the life of the proud Roman general Caius Marcius Coriolanus and his tumultuous relationship with the people of Rome.
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D.
Short Organon for the Theatre
Short Organon for the Theatre is a theoretical essay by Bertolt Brecht outlining his principles of epic theatre and the use of techniques like the alienation effect to provoke critical audience engagement.
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E.
In Catilinam (Catilinarian Orations)
In Catilinam (Catilinarian Orations) is a series of speeches by the Roman statesman Cicero denouncing the conspiracy of Lucius Sergius Catilina to overthrow the Roman Republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Subject: Addison’s play "Cato" Description of subject: Addison’s play "Cato" is an early 18th-century English tragedy dramatizing the final days and stoic principles of the Roman statesman Cato the Younger, influential in both literary and political circles, including among the American Founding Fathers.
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