Paul Werstine
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Paul Werstine is a Shakespeare scholar and textual editor best known for co-editing the widely used Folger Shakespeare Library editions of Shakespeare’s plays.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Paul Werstine canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4056126 — 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: Paul Werstine Context triple: [Folger Shakespeare Library editions of Shakespeare’s plays, editor, Paul Werstine]
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A.
Stephen F. Martin
Stephen F. Martin is an American organic chemist renowned for his influential research in synthetic methodology and complex molecule synthesis.
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B.
Paul Isenberg
Paul Isenberg was a 19th-century German-born businessman and plantation manager in Hawaii who became a prominent figure in the islands’ sugar industry and local politics.
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C.
Michael L. Riordan
Michael L. Riordan is an American physician and entrepreneur best known as the founding CEO of the biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences.
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D.
Bryan DeWitt
Bryan DeWitt is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the De Witt surname.
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E.
Lawrence Hauben
Lawrence Hauben was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the acclaimed film adaptation of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," for which he received an Academy Award nomination.
- 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: Paul Werstine Target entity description: Paul Werstine is a Shakespeare scholar and textual editor best known for co-editing the widely used Folger Shakespeare Library editions of Shakespeare’s plays.
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A.
Stephen F. Martin
Stephen F. Martin is an American organic chemist renowned for his influential research in synthetic methodology and complex molecule synthesis.
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B.
Paul Isenberg
Paul Isenberg was a 19th-century German-born businessman and plantation manager in Hawaii who became a prominent figure in the islands’ sugar industry and local politics.
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C.
Michael L. Riordan
Michael L. Riordan is an American physician and entrepreneur best known as the founding CEO of the biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences.
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D.
Bryan DeWitt
Bryan DeWitt is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the De Witt surname.
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E.
Lawrence Hauben
Lawrence Hauben was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the acclaimed film adaptation of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," for which he received an Academy Award nomination.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shakespeare scholar
ⓘ
person ⓘ textual editor ⓘ |
| affiliation | Folger Shakespeare Library ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia University
ⓘ
University of Toronto ⓘ |
| employer |
King’s University College at Western University
ⓘ
linked to:
Western University
Western University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Renaissance drama
ⓘ
Shakespeare studies ⓘ textual scholarship ⓘ |
| genre |
scholarly writing
ⓘ
textual commentary ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree | PhD in English ⓘ |
| hasPublishedOn |
Shakespearean textual criticism
ⓘ
editing practices in early modern drama ⓘ textual history of Shakespeare’s plays ⓘ |
| hasRole |
co-editor
ⓘ
textual editor of Shakespeare’s plays ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Shakespearean drama
ⓘ
linked to:
English Renaissance drama
William Shakespeare ⓘ early modern drama ⓘ |
| notableFor |
co-editing the Folger Shakespeare Library editions of Shakespeare’s plays
ⓘ
contributions to understanding the transmission of Shakespearean texts ⓘ |
| notableWork | Folger Shakespeare Library editions of Shakespeare’s plays ⓘ |
| occupation | literary scholar ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of English ⓘ |
| workLocation | London, Ontario ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Paul Werstine Description of subject: Paul Werstine is a Shakespeare scholar and textual editor best known for co-editing the widely used Folger Shakespeare Library editions of Shakespeare’s plays.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.