Dog Days
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Dog Days is a contemporary opera by composer David T. Little and librettist Royce Vavrek that portrays a family’s struggle to survive in a near-apocalyptic America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dog Days canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13015307 — 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: Dog Days Context triple: [Ron Cephas Jones, notableWork, Dog Days]
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A.
Sunny Days
"Sunny Days" is a song by the musical group Arm in Arm.
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B.
Day of Days
"Day of Days" is the second episode of the World War II miniseries *Band of Brothers*, depicting Easy Company's harrowing D-Day parachute drop into Normandy.
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C.
Dug Days
Dug Days is an animated short series from Pixar that follows the comedic suburban adventures of Dug the talking dog from the film Up.
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D.
Days in the Sun
"Days in the Sun" is a reflective musical number from Disney's 2017 live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, in which the castle's inhabitants wistfully recall their lives before the curse.
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E.
Days of 49
"Days of 49" is a traditional American folk song about the California Gold Rush era, famously popularized by folk singer Bob Dylan on his album *Self Portrait*.
- 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: Dog Days Target entity description: Dog Days is a contemporary opera by composer David T. Little and librettist Royce Vavrek that portrays a family’s struggle to survive in a near-apocalyptic America.
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A.
Sunny Days
"Sunny Days" is a song by the musical group Arm in Arm.
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B.
Day of Days
"Day of Days" is the second episode of the World War II miniseries *Band of Brothers*, depicting Easy Company's harrowing D-Day parachute drop into Normandy.
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C.
Dug Days
Dug Days is an animated short series from Pixar that follows the comedic suburban adventures of Dug the talking dog from the film Up.
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D.
Days in the Sun
"Days in the Sun" is a reflective musical number from Disney's 2017 live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, in which the castle's inhabitants wistfully recall their lives before the curse.
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E.
Days of 49
"Days of 49" is a traditional American folk song about the California Gold Rush era, famously popularized by folk singer Bob Dylan on his album *Self Portrait*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
contemporary opera
ⓘ
stage work ⓘ |
| basedOn | short story "Dog Days" by Judy Budnitz ⓘ |
| composer | David T. Little NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresCharacter |
Lisa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lisa’s brothers ⓘ Lisa’s father ⓘ Lisa’s mother ⓘ a man in a dog suit ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary classical music
ⓘ
opera ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
chamber orchestra
ⓘ
voices ⓘ |
| hasPart |
multiple scenes
ⓘ
prologue ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
family dynamics
ⓘ
hunger ⓘ social collapse ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| librettist | Royce Vavrek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
family survival
ⓘ
psychological breakdown ⓘ war and scarcity ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of opera and music-theatre aesthetics
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collaboration between David T. Little and Royce Vavrek ⓘ dark, dystopian narrative ⓘ |
| period | 21st century ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Peak Performances at Montclair State University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereType | staged world premiere ⓘ |
| setting | near-apocalyptic America ⓘ |
| workOfArtist |
David T. Little
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Royce Vavrek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dog Days Description of subject: Dog Days is a contemporary opera by composer David T. Little and librettist Royce Vavrek that portrays a family’s struggle to survive in a near-apocalyptic America.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.