The Sadder-But-Wiser Girl
E1013676
"The Sadder-But-Wiser Girl" is a humorous, self-revealing song from the musical *The Music Man* in which con man Harold Hill explains his preference for a worldly, experienced woman over an idealized innocent.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Sadder-But-Wiser Girl canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12993656 — 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 Sadder-But-Wiser Girl Context triple: [Harold Hill, associatedSong, The Sadder-But-Wiser Girl]
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A.
The Girl
"The Girl" is a lesser-known work associated with former Major League Baseball star Alex Rodríguez, distinct from his athletic career.
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B.
The Girl
The Girl is a mysterious, free-spirited young hitchhiker who becomes the enigmatic focal point of tension and desire between the two male drivers in the 1971 road movie "Two-Lane Blacktop."
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C.
The Girl
The Girl is the unnamed, down-on-her-luck aspiring actress who becomes the compassionate and grounded companion to director John L. Sullivan in Preston Sturges’ 1941 film "Sullivan's Travels."
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D.
The Girl
The Girl is a biographical drama film in which Sienna Miller portrays actress Tippi Hedren and explores Alfred Hitchcock’s obsessive relationship with his leading lady during the making of The Birds and Marnie.
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E.
The Girl
The Girl is a mysterious, supernatural woman in the film "The Ninth Gate" who guides and manipulates the protagonist as he investigates a demonic book.
- 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 Sadder-But-Wiser Girl Target entity description: "The Sadder-But-Wiser Girl" is a humorous, self-revealing song from the musical *The Music Man* in which con man Harold Hill explains his preference for a worldly, experienced woman over an idealized innocent.
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A.
The Girl
"The Girl" is a lesser-known work associated with former Major League Baseball star Alex Rodríguez, distinct from his athletic career.
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B.
The Girl
The Girl is the unnamed, down-on-her-luck aspiring actress who becomes the compassionate and grounded companion to director John L. Sullivan in Preston Sturges’ 1941 film "Sullivan's Travels."
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C.
The Girl
The Girl is a mysterious, free-spirited young hitchhiker who becomes the enigmatic focal point of tension and desire between the two male drivers in the 1971 road movie "Two-Lane Blacktop."
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D.
The Girl
The Girl is a biographical drama film in which Sienna Miller portrays actress Tippi Hedren and explores Alfred Hitchcock’s obsessive relationship with his leading lady during the making of The Birds and Marnie.
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E.
The Girl
The Girl is a mysterious, supernatural woman in the film "The Ninth Gate" who guides and manipulates the protagonist as he investigates a demonic book.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical theatre song
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show tune ⓘ song ⓘ |
| characterizes |
Harold Hill as a cynical con man
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linked to:
Harold Hill
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| composer | Meredith Willson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Meredith Willson ⓘ |
| describes | Harold Hill’s romantic preferences ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceInWork |
The Music Man (1957 Broadway production)
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linked to:
The Music Man
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| genre |
musical theatre
ⓘ
show tune ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | Broadway musical style ⓘ |
| lyricalContent | contrast between “sadder-but-wiser” women and naive “good” girls ⓘ |
| lyricist | Meredith Willson ⓘ |
| mediumOfPerformance | voice ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfWork | The Music Man ⓘ |
| performedByCharacter |
Harold Hill
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Marcellus Washburn ⓘ |
| positionInShow | early in Act I of The Music Man ⓘ |
| thematicFocus |
preference for a worldly, experienced woman
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rejection of idealized innocence ⓘ |
| tone |
humorous
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self-revealing ⓘ |
| usedIn |
film adaptations of The Music Man
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stage productions of The Music Man ⓘ |
| workFromWhichTitleDerived | The Music Man ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstPerformance | 1957 ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: The Sadder-But-Wiser Girl Description of subject: "The Sadder-But-Wiser Girl" is a humorous, self-revealing song from the musical *The Music Man* in which con man Harold Hill explains his preference for a worldly, experienced woman over an idealized innocent.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.