The Broadway Melody (story by Stephen Powys and Leonard Praskins)
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The Broadway Melody is a story by Stephen Powys and Leonard Praskins that served as the narrative basis for the 1941 musical film "Moon Over Miami."
All labels observed (1)
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| The Broadway Melody (story by Stephen Powys and Leonard Praskins) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12833593 — 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 Broadway Melody (story by Stephen Powys and Leonard Praskins) Context triple: [Moon Over Miami (1941 film), basedOn, The Broadway Melody (story by Stephen Powys and Leonard Praskins)]
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A.
Broadway Melody of 1938
Broadway Melody of 1938 is a 1937 MGM musical film starring Eleanor Powell and Robert Taylor, known for its lavish song-and-dance numbers and place in the popular "Broadway Melody" film series.
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B.
Broadway Melody film series
The Broadway Melody film series is a collection of early Hollywood musical films produced by MGM that helped define the screen musical with lavish song-and-dance numbers and recurring themes of show business and romance.
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C.
Broadway Melody of 1940
Broadway Melody of 1940 is a classic Hollywood musical film best known for its sophisticated song-and-dance numbers and the celebrated pairing of Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell.
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D.
Broadway musical "42nd Street"
"42nd Street" is a classic Broadway musical, based on the 1933 film, that celebrates the world of show business through lavish tap-dance numbers and the story of a young chorus girl who becomes a star.
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E.
Broadway Melody of 1936
Broadway Melody of 1936 is a 1935 MGM musical film featuring elaborate song-and-dance numbers, backstage showbiz drama, and early performances by stars like Eleanor Powell and Jack Benny.
- 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 Broadway Melody (story by Stephen Powys and Leonard Praskins) Target entity description: The Broadway Melody is a story by Stephen Powys and Leonard Praskins that served as the narrative basis for the 1941 musical film "Moon Over Miami."
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A.
Broadway Melody of 1938
Broadway Melody of 1938 is a 1937 MGM musical film starring Eleanor Powell and Robert Taylor, known for its lavish song-and-dance numbers and place in the popular "Broadway Melody" film series.
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B.
Broadway Melody film series
The Broadway Melody film series is a collection of early Hollywood musical films produced by MGM that helped define the screen musical with lavish song-and-dance numbers and recurring themes of show business and romance.
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C.
Broadway Melody of 1940
Broadway Melody of 1940 is a classic Hollywood musical film best known for its sophisticated song-and-dance numbers and the celebrated pairing of Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell.
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D.
Broadway musical "42nd Street"
"42nd Street" is a classic Broadway musical, based on the 1933 film, that celebrates the world of show business through lavish tap-dance numbers and the story of a young chorus girl who becomes a star.
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E.
Broadway Melody of 1936
Broadway Melody of 1936 is a 1935 MGM musical film featuring elaborate song-and-dance numbers, backstage showbiz drama, and early performances by stars like Eleanor Powell and Jack Benny.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
literary work
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musical film ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ story ⓘ |
| author |
Leonard Praskins
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Stephen Powys ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Broadway Melody (story)
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linked to:
Broadway Melody
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| language | English ⓘ |
| narrativeBasisFor | Moon Over Miami (1941 film) ⓘ |
| occupation |
writer
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writer ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1941 ⓘ |
| title |
The Broadway Melody
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linked to:
Broadway Melody
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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 Broadway Melody (story by Stephen Powys and Leonard Praskins) Description of subject: The Broadway Melody is a story by Stephen Powys and Leonard Praskins that served as the narrative basis for the 1941 musical film "Moon Over Miami."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Moon Over Miami (1941 film)
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basedOn
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The Broadway Melody (story by Stephen Powys and Leonard Praskins)
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