murder of Don Andrea
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The murder of Don Andrea is the pivotal offstage killing that sets in motion the revenge-driven tragedy and supernatural elements of Thomas Kyd’s play *The Spanish Tragedy*.
All labels observed (1)
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| murder of Don Andrea canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7083065 — 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: murder of Don Andrea Context triple: [The Spanish Tragedy, plotElement, murder of Don Andrea]
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A.
El Calabozo massacre
The El Calabozo massacre was a 1982 atrocity during the Salvadoran Civil War in which the U.S.-trained Atlacatl Battalion killed hundreds of civilians, becoming one of the conflict’s most infamous human rights abuses.
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B.
Masacre del 2 de agosto
Masacre del 2 de agosto is the name given to the brutal repression and killing of Quito patriots by Spanish colonial forces on August 2, 1810, a key event in Ecuador’s struggle for independence.
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C.
murder of Coatlicue
The murder of Coatlicue is a central Mexica (Aztec) mythic episode in which the goddess Coatlicue is attacked by her daughter Coyolxauhqui and her many sons, the Centzon Huitznahua, leading to the miraculous birth and triumph of the god Huitzilopochtli.
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D.
Lisbon Regicide
The Lisbon Regicide was the 1908 assassination of King Carlos I of Portugal and his heir Luís Filipe in Lisbon, an event that destabilized the monarchy and paved the way for the Portuguese Republic.
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E.
La Matanza de Acentejo
La Matanza de Acentejo is a municipality on the island of Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands, known for its historic battle between the Guanches and the Castilian conquerors.
- 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: murder of Don Andrea Target entity description: The murder of Don Andrea is the pivotal offstage killing that sets in motion the revenge-driven tragedy and supernatural elements of Thomas Kyd’s play *The Spanish Tragedy*.
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A.
El Calabozo massacre
The El Calabozo massacre was a 1982 atrocity during the Salvadoran Civil War in which the U.S.-trained Atlacatl Battalion killed hundreds of civilians, becoming one of the conflict’s most infamous human rights abuses.
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B.
Masacre del 2 de agosto
Masacre del 2 de agosto is the name given to the brutal repression and killing of Quito patriots by Spanish colonial forces on August 2, 1810, a key event in Ecuador’s struggle for independence.
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C.
murder of Coatlicue
The murder of Coatlicue is a central Mexica (Aztec) mythic episode in which the goddess Coatlicue is attacked by her daughter Coyolxauhqui and her many sons, the Centzon Huitznahua, leading to the miraculous birth and triumph of the god Huitzilopochtli.
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D.
Lisbon Regicide
The Lisbon Regicide was the 1908 assassination of King Carlos I of Portugal and his heir Luís Filipe in Lisbon, an event that destabilized the monarchy and paved the way for the Portuguese Republic.
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E.
La Matanza de Acentejo
La Matanza de Acentejo is a municipality on the island of Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands, known for its historic battle between the Guanches and the Castilian conquerors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional event
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offstage killing ⓘ plot device ⓘ |
| belongsToLiteraryPeriod | English Renaissance ⓘ |
| belongsToLiteraryTradition | early modern revenge drama ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOfWork | Thomas Kyd ⓘ |
| hasGenreOfWork |
Elizabethan drama
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revenge tragedy ⓘ |
| hasMedium | stage play ⓘ |
| isConnectedTo |
Bel-imperia’s love for Don Andrea
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murder of Horatio ⓘ |
| isDepictedAs | killing in battle ⓘ |
| isExplainedThrough | ghost’s prologue ⓘ |
| isNarrativelyLocatedIn | opening of The Spanish Tragedy ⓘ |
| isPivotalEventIn | The Spanish Tragedy ⓘ |
| isRecountedBy | ghost of Don Andrea ⓘ |
| isShownAs | offstage action ⓘ |
| isWitnessedInAfterlifeBy | Revenge ⓘ |
| motivates | Bel-imperia’s later relationship with Horatio ⓘ |
| occursInWork | The Spanish Tragedy ⓘ |
| perpetrator | Balthazar ⓘ |
| precedesEvent |
Don Andrea’s appearance as a ghost
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Hieronimo’s discovery of Horatio’s body ⓘ capture of Balthazar ⓘ |
| takesPlaceDuring | war between Spain and Portugal ⓘ |
| takesPlaceIn | battlefield ⓘ |
| triggers |
Bel-imperia’s desire for revenge
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Hieronimo’s quest for revenge ⓘ revenge plot ⓘ supernatural framework of the play ⓘ |
| victim | Don Andrea ⓘ |
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