the three gods
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The three gods are divine figures in Bertolt Brecht’s play "The Good Person of Szechwan" who descend to Earth in search of genuine human goodness, setting the moral and dramatic conflict of the story in motion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| the three gods canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6751274 — 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 three gods Context triple: [The Good Person of Szechwan, character, the three gods]
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A.
Council of the Gods
The Council of the Gods is a mythological assembly of deities in Luís de Camões’ epic poem *Os Lusíadas*, where the gods debate and influence the fate of the Portuguese voyages of discovery.
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B.
Trimurti
Trimurti is the central Hindu concept of the divine triad that unites Brahma the creator, Vishnu the preserver, and Shiva the destroyer into a single supreme reality.
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C.
Book III: The Origin of the Gods
Book III: The Origin of the Gods is a section of the 16th-century Florentine Codex that details Aztec cosmology and the mythological origins of their deities.
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D.
On the Gods
On the Gods is a lost work of ancient scholarship by Apollodorus of Athens that likely examined Greek religious beliefs and deities.
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E.
The Trinity
The Trinity is a 2005 dancehall and reggae fusion album by Jamaican artist Sean Paul that features hits like "We Be Burnin'" and "Temperature."
- 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 three gods Target entity description: The three gods are divine figures in Bertolt Brecht’s play "The Good Person of Szechwan" who descend to Earth in search of genuine human goodness, setting the moral and dramatic conflict of the story in motion.
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A.
Council of the Gods
The Council of the Gods is a mythological assembly of deities in Luís de Camões’ epic poem *Os Lusíadas*, where the gods debate and influence the fate of the Portuguese voyages of discovery.
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B.
Trimurti
Trimurti is the central Hindu concept of the divine triad that unites Brahma the creator, Vishnu the preserver, and Shiva the destroyer into a single supreme reality.
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C.
Book III: The Origin of the Gods
Book III: The Origin of the Gods is a section of the 16th-century Florentine Codex that details Aztec cosmology and the mythological origins of their deities.
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D.
On the Gods
On the Gods is a lost work of ancient scholarship by Apollodorus of Athens that likely examined Greek religious beliefs and deities.
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E.
The Trinity
The Trinity is a 2005 dancehall and reggae fusion album by Jamaican artist Sean Paul that features hits like "We Be Burnin'" and "Temperature."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
deities in literature
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fictional characters ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Good Person of Szechwan ⓘ |
| appearsInForm | stage play ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | epic theatre ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter | Shen Te ⓘ |
| belongsToTradition | modernist drama ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
human weakness
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social injustice ⓘ |
| createdBy | Bertolt Brecht ⓘ |
| descendsTo | Earth ⓘ |
| evaluates | the morality of the people of Szechwan ⓘ |
| expectsFrom | goodness from Shen Te ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceContext | 20th-century theatre ⓘ |
| grants | money to Shen Te ⓘ |
| hasAuthorialFunction | vehicles for Brecht’s social critique ⓘ |
| hasWorkLanguage | German ⓘ |
| influences |
Shen Te’s fate
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the structure of the play’s prologue and epilogue ⓘ |
| initiates |
dramatic conflict in The Good Person of Szechwan
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moral conflict in The Good Person of Szechwan ⓘ |
| linkedToTheme |
conflict between ethics and survival
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divine responsibility ⓘ goodness in an unjust society ⓘ limits of charity ⓘ |
| partOf | the moral framework of The Good Person of Szechwan ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
catalysts of the plot
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moral arbiters ⓘ |
| searchesFor | genuine human goodness ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
divine judgment
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idealized morality ⓘ religious authority ⓘ |
| tests | Shen Te ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: the three gods Description of subject: The three gods are divine figures in Bertolt Brecht’s play "The Good Person of Szechwan" who descend to Earth in search of genuine human goodness, setting the moral and dramatic conflict of the story in motion.
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