The Birds
E282693
The Birds is an ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes that satirically depicts humans and birds founding a utopian city in the sky to challenge the gods.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Birds canonical | 10 |
| The Birds by Daphne du Maurier | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2600011 — 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 Birds Context triple: [Aristophanes, notableWork, The Birds]
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A.
The Birds
The Birds is a 1963 suspense-horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, renowned for its terrifying depiction of unexplained bird attacks on a coastal town and its pioneering use of special effects and sound design.
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B.
Killing Birds
"Killing Birds" is a song featured on the album "Carry On."
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C.
Cría cuervos
Cría cuervos is a 1976 Spanish drama film by Carlos Saura, known for its haunting portrayal of childhood, memory, and Franco-era Spain, featuring a celebrated performance by Geraldine Chaplin.
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Birdsong
Birdsong is a bestselling historical novel by Sebastian Faulks that interweaves a passionate pre–World War I love affair with harrowing depictions of trench warfare on the Western Front.
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E.
The Mynah Birds
The Mynah Birds were a 1960s Canadian rock band best known for briefly featuring both Neil Young and future Motown star Rick James in its lineup.
- 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 Birds Target entity description: The Birds is an ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes that satirically depicts humans and birds founding a utopian city in the sky to challenge the gods.
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A.
The Birds
The Birds is a 1963 suspense-horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, renowned for its terrifying depiction of unexplained bird attacks on a coastal town and its pioneering use of special effects and sound design.
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B.
Killing Birds
"Killing Birds" is a song featured on the album "Carry On."
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C.
Cría cuervos
Cría cuervos is a 1976 Spanish drama film by Carlos Saura, known for its haunting portrayal of childhood, memory, and Franco-era Spain, featuring a celebrated performance by Geraldine Chaplin.
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D.
Birdsong
Birdsong is a bestselling historical novel by Sebastian Faulks that interweaves a passionate pre–World War I love affair with harrowing depictions of trench warfare on the Western Front.
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E.
The Mynah Birds
The Mynah Birds were a 1960s Canadian rock band best known for briefly featuring both Neil Young and future Motown star Rick James in its lineup.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek comedy
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play ⓘ satirical work ⓘ |
| author | Aristophanes ⓘ |
| centralMotif |
blocking the smoke of sacrifices from reaching Olympus
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founding a city in the sky ⓘ |
| chorusType | birds ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Classical Athens ⓘ |
| featuresMythologicalFigure |
Heracles
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Iris ⓘ Poseidon ⓘ Prometheus ⓘ Triballian god ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCity | Athens ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 414 BC ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceFestival | City Dionysia ⓘ |
| genre | Old Comedy ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Euelpides
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Peisthetaerus ⓘ Tereus ⓘ various birds ⓘ various gods ⓘ |
| hasChorus | yes ⓘ |
| hasForm | verse drama ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
agon
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episodes ⓘ exodos ⓘ parabasis ⓘ parodos ⓘ prologue ⓘ |
| influenced |
later utopian literature
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modern political satire ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Classical Greek literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Euelpides
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Peisthetaerus ⓘ |
| meter | various Greek lyric and iambic meters ⓘ |
| numberOfActors | three speaking actors ⓘ |
| originalChorusSize | 24 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| partOf | Aristophanes’ surviving plays ⓘ |
| plotSummary | two Athenians persuade the birds to found a city in the sky to control communication between gods and humans ⓘ |
| satirizes |
Athenian imperialism
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Athenian politics ⓘ contemporary intellectual fashions ⓘ religious practices ⓘ |
| setting |
a wilderness outside Athens
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the sky-city of Cloudcuckooland ⓘ |
| theme |
human folly
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power and imperial ambition ⓘ relations between humans, gods, and animals ⓘ utopian city-building ⓘ |
| workTitleInGreek | Ὄρνιθες ⓘ |
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Referenced by (11)
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