Ephraim Cabot
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Ephraim Cabot is a domineering, aging New England farmer in Eugene O’Neill’s play "Desire Under the Elms," whose harshness and patriarchal authority drive the family’s tragic conflict.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ephraim Cabot canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11576751 — 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: Ephraim Cabot Context triple: [Desire Under the Elms, featuresCharacter, Ephraim Cabot]
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A.
Thomas A. Bartlett
Thomas A. Bartlett is an American academic leader and former university president known for his influential roles in higher education administration and policy.
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B.
William Holbrook
William Holbrook is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Holbrook.
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C.
Frederick P. Cabot
Frederick P. Cabot was an American jurist and educator known for his influential work in reforming the Boston juvenile court system.
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D.
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Lewis Cass Ledyard was a prominent American corporate lawyer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for representing major industrial and financial interests.
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E.
Eleazar W. Ripley
Eleazar W. Ripley was an American lawyer, politician, and U.S. Army general during the War of 1812, noted for his leadership in several key battles.
- 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: Ephraim Cabot Target entity description: Ephraim Cabot is a domineering, aging New England farmer in Eugene O’Neill’s play "Desire Under the Elms," whose harshness and patriarchal authority drive the family’s tragic conflict.
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A.
Thomas A. Bartlett
Thomas A. Bartlett is an American academic leader and former university president known for his influential roles in higher education administration and policy.
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B.
William Holbrook
William Holbrook is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Holbrook.
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C.
Frederick P. Cabot
Frederick P. Cabot was an American jurist and educator known for his influential work in reforming the Boston juvenile court system.
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D.
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Lewis Cass Ledyard was a prominent American corporate lawyer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for representing major industrial and financial interests.
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E.
Eleazar W. Ripley
Eleazar W. Ripley was an American lawyer, politician, and U.S. Army general during the War of 1812, noted for his leadership in several key battles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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male character ⓘ theatrical character ⓘ |
| ageCharacteristic | aging ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Desire Under the Elms ⓘ |
| authorOfWork |
Eugene O’Neill
ⓘ
linked to:
Eugene O'Neill
|
| centralConflictRole | source of family conflict ⓘ |
| characterInPlay | Desire Under the Elms ⓘ |
| creator |
Eugene O’Neill
ⓘ
linked to:
Eugene O'Neill
|
| drivesPlotElement | family’s tragic conflict ⓘ |
| familyName | Cabot ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Desire Under the Elms ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceWork | Desire Under the Elms ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasSon |
Eben Cabot
ⓘ
Peter Cabot ⓘ Simeon Cabot ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | American drama ⓘ |
| medium | stage play ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation | farmer ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
domineering
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harsh ⓘ patriarchal ⓘ |
| residence | New England farm ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
father
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patriarch ⓘ |
| settingTime | 19th-century New England ⓘ |
| spouse | Abbie Putnam ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
family conflict
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greed ⓘ inheritance ⓘ patriarchy ⓘ tragic fate ⓘ |
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: Ephraim Cabot Description of subject: Ephraim Cabot is a domineering, aging New England farmer in Eugene O’Neill’s play "Desire Under the Elms," whose harshness and patriarchal authority drive the family’s tragic conflict.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.