The Pirate King
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The Pirate King is a flamboyant, comically noble leader of a band of pirates in Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera "The Pirates of Penzance."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pirate King | 2 |
| The Pirate King canonical | 2 |
| the Pirate King | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5344831 — 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 Pirate King Context triple: [The Pirates of Penzance, hasCharacter, The Pirate King]
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A.
The King’s Pirate
The King’s Pirate is a 1967 swashbuckling adventure film set in the 17th century, featuring high-seas action, romance, and intrigue.
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B.
The Pirate
The Pirate is a romantic musical comedy film best known for its vibrant Technicolor production and the iconic pairing of Judy Garland and Gene Kelly.
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C.
The Pirate
The Pirate is an 1822 historical novel by Sir Walter Scott set in the Orkney and Shetland Islands, blending romance, adventure, and local folklore around the figure of a mysterious seafarer.
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D.
The Black Pirate
The Black Pirate is a 1926 silent swashbuckler film starring Douglas Fairbanks, renowned for its pioneering use of early two-color Technicolor and acrobatic action sequences.
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E.
The Crimson Pirate
The Crimson Pirate is a 1952 swashbuckling adventure film starring Burt Lancaster as a flamboyant pirate in a colorful, comedic take on the genre.
- 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 Pirate King Target entity description: The Pirate King is a flamboyant, comically noble leader of a band of pirates in Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera "The Pirates of Penzance."
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A.
The King’s Pirate
The King’s Pirate is a 1967 swashbuckling adventure film set in the 17th century, featuring high-seas action, romance, and intrigue.
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B.
The Pirate
The Pirate is a romantic musical comedy film best known for its vibrant Technicolor production and the iconic pairing of Judy Garland and Gene Kelly.
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C.
The Pirate
The Pirate is an 1822 historical novel by Sir Walter Scott set in the Orkney and Shetland Islands, blending romance, adventure, and local folklore around the figure of a mysterious seafarer.
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D.
The Black Pirate
The Black Pirate is a 1926 silent swashbuckler film starring Douglas Fairbanks, renowned for its pioneering use of early two-color Technicolor and acrobatic action sequences.
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E.
The Crimson Pirate
The Crimson Pirate is a 1952 swashbuckling adventure film starring Burt Lancaster as a flamboyant pirate in a colorful, comedic take on the genre.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic character
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ opera character ⓘ |
| alignment |
antihero
ⓘ
comic villain ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Pirates of Penzance ⓘ |
| artForm | opera ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Frederic
ⓘ
Major-General Stanley ⓘ Ruth ⓘ |
| basedOn | Victorian-era parody of pirates ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
comically noble
ⓘ
flamboyant ⓘ honorable ⓘ romanticized outlaw ⓘ |
| copyrightStatusOfWork | public domain ⓘ |
| creator |
Arthur Sullivan
ⓘ
W. S. Gilbert ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Pirates of Penzance ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceInWork | 1879 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfCharacter | parody of melodramatic villain ⓘ |
| hasMusicalNumberIn |
Act I of The Pirates of Penzance
ⓘ
linked to:
The Pirates of Penzance
Act II of The Pirates of Penzance ⓘ
linked to:
The Pirates of Penzance
|
| hasTitle | King ⓘ |
| medium | stage ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
foil to Frederic
ⓘ
source of comedy ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | British ⓘ |
| notableWork | song "Oh, better far to live and die" ⓘ |
| occupation | pirate ⓘ |
| originalLanguageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| partOf | D'Oyly Carte Opera Company repertoire ⓘ |
| performedBy | baritone singer ⓘ |
| roleInWork | leader of a band of pirates ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity |
Cornwall
ⓘ
coast of England ⓘ |
| toneOfPortrayal |
humorous
ⓘ
satirical ⓘ |
| workGenre | comic opera ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Pirate King Description of subject: The Pirate King is a flamboyant, comically noble leader of a band of pirates in Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera "The Pirates of Penzance."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Pirate King
linked to: The Pirate King
linked to: The Pirate King