The Soldier
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"The Soldier" is an ancient Greek comedy by the playwright Diphilus, likely centered on the humorous exploits and character of a military figure.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Soldier canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10138968 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Soldier Context triple: [Diphilus, hasWork, The Soldier]
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A.
The Soldier
The Soldier is a famous World War I sonnet by English poet Rupert Brooke that idealistically reflects on patriotism, sacrifice, and the notion of an English soldier’s death abroad.
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B.
The American Soldier
The American Soldier is a symbolic collective representing U.S. military personnel, recognized for their service and impact, including being honored as Time magazine's Person of the Year.
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C.
Die Soldaten
Die Soldaten is a seminal 18th-century German play by Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz that portrays the moral decay and social consequences of militarism and class oppression.
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D.
The Sergeant
The Sergeant is a 1968 drama film starring Rod Steiger as a rigid Army noncommissioned officer grappling with repressed homosexuality and inner turmoil.
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E.
Ballad of a Soldier
Ballad of a Soldier is a 1959 Soviet war drama film directed by Grigori Chukhrai, renowned for its poignant portrayal of a young soldier’s brief leave from the front during World War II.
- 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 Soldier Target entity description: "The Soldier" is an ancient Greek comedy by the playwright Diphilus, likely centered on the humorous exploits and character of a military figure.
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A.
The Soldier
The Soldier is a famous World War I sonnet by English poet Rupert Brooke that idealistically reflects on patriotism, sacrifice, and the notion of an English soldier’s death abroad.
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B.
The American Soldier
The American Soldier is a symbolic collective representing U.S. military personnel, recognized for their service and impact, including being honored as Time magazine's Person of the Year.
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C.
Die Soldaten
Die Soldaten is a seminal 18th-century German play by Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz that portrays the moral decay and social consequences of militarism and class oppression.
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D.
The Sergeant
The Sergeant is a 1968 drama film starring Rod Steiger as a rigid Army noncommissioned officer grappling with repressed homosexuality and inner turmoil.
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E.
Ballad of a Soldier
Ballad of a Soldier is a 1959 Soviet war drama film directed by Grigori Chukhrai, renowned for its poignant portrayal of a young soldier’s brief leave from the front during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek comedy
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play ⓘ theatrical work ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor | Diphilus of Sinope ⓘ |
| author | Diphilus ⓘ |
| characterTypeFeatured | braggart soldier archetype ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Ancient Greece
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linked to:
Greek Antiquity
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| culturalContext | Ancient Greek theatre ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | comedy ⓘ |
| extantStatus | fragmentary ⓘ |
| genre | New Comedy ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
character of a military figure
ⓘ
humorous exploits of a soldier ⓘ |
| influenced | later Roman comedy (indirectly) ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | comic drama ⓘ |
| literaryTradition |
Greek New Comedy
ⓘ
linked to:
New Comedy
|
| mainCharacter | soldier ⓘ |
| medium | stage play ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| partOf | corpus of works by Diphilus ⓘ |
| period | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| setting | Greek urban environment (probable) ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | military figure ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | 3rd century BCE (approximate) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Soldier Description of subject: "The Soldier" is an ancient Greek comedy by the playwright Diphilus, likely centered on the humorous exploits and character of a military figure.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.