Hurlyburly
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Hurlyburly is a darkly comedic stage play by David Rabe, later adapted into a film, that explores the toxic, drug-fueled lives and moral disintegration of Hollywood insiders in 1980s Los Angeles.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hurlyburly canonical | 6 |
| Hurlyburly (film) | 2 |
| Hurlyburly (film adaptation screenplay) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13112087 — 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: Hurlyburly Context triple: [Richard N. Gladstein, notableWork, Hurlyburly]
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A.
Hullabaloo
Hullabaloo was a 1960s American musical variety television show that featured popular rock and pop performers of the era.
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B.
Topsy-Turvy
Topsy-Turvy is a 1999 British period musical drama film directed by Mike Leigh that explores the creation of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera The Mikado.
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C.
Stiltsville
Stiltsville is a historic collection of wooden stilt houses built over the shallow waters of Biscayne Bay near Miami, Florida.
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D.
Head over Heels
"Head over Heels" is a 1984 pop-rock single by the Go-Go’s, known for its catchy melody and prominent keyboard-driven sound.
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E.
Uproar
"Uproar" is a popular 2018 hip-hop single by Lil Wayne, known for its energetic beat, viral dance challenge, and prominent use of a classic G Herbo/DMX-style sample.
- 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: Hurlyburly Target entity description: Hurlyburly is a darkly comedic stage play by David Rabe, later adapted into a film, that explores the toxic, drug-fueled lives and moral disintegration of Hollywood insiders in 1980s Los Angeles.
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A.
Hullabaloo
Hullabaloo was a 1960s American musical variety television show that featured popular rock and pop performers of the era.
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B.
Topsy-Turvy
Topsy-Turvy is a 1999 British period musical drama film directed by Mike Leigh that explores the creation of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera The Mikado.
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C.
Stiltsville
Stiltsville is a historic collection of wooden stilt houses built over the shallow waters of Biscayne Bay near Miami, Florida.
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D.
Head over Heels
"Head over Heels" is a 1984 pop-rock single by the Go-Go’s, known for its catchy melody and prominent keyboard-driven sound.
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E.
Uproar
"Uproar" is a popular 2018 hip-hop single by Lil Wayne, known for its energetic beat, viral dance challenge, and prominent use of a classic G Herbo/DMX-style sample.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
black comedy
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drama ⓘ play adapted into film ⓘ stage play ⓘ |
| adaptationType | film adaptation ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
Hurlyburly (film)
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linked to:
Hurlyburly
|
| author | David Rabe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy | David Rabe ⓘ |
| creatorOccupation | playwright ⓘ |
| depicts |
cocaine use in 1980s Hollywood
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emotional dysfunction ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ |
| dramaticForm |
ensemble piece
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realist drama ⓘ |
| firstProductionType | stage play ⓘ |
| genre |
dark comedy
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | feature film ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary American drama ⓘ |
| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | ensemble cast of Hollywood professionals ⓘ |
| notableTheme |
alienation
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misogyny ⓘ moral decay in Hollywood ⓘ nihilism ⓘ substance abuse culture ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| primaryMedium | live performance ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1980s ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Hollywood insiders
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drug abuse ⓘ entertainment industry ⓘ moral disintegration ⓘ toxic relationships ⓘ |
| tone |
darkly comedic
ⓘ
satirical ⓘ |
| writer | David Rabe ⓘ |
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: Hurlyburly Description of subject: Hurlyburly is a darkly comedic stage play by David Rabe, later adapted into a film, that explores the toxic, drug-fueled lives and moral disintegration of Hollywood insiders in 1980s Los Angeles.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hurlyburly
linked to: Hurlyburly
linked to: Hurlyburly