On Approval
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On Approval is a British stage comedy, later adapted for film, known for its witty exploration of courtship and social conventions among the upper class.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| On Approval canonical | 7 |
| On Approval (film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13155986 — 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: On Approval Context triple: [Diana Wynyard, notableWork, On Approval]
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A.
The Confirmation
The Confirmation is a 2016 American comedy-drama film about a young boy bonding with his troubled, down-on-his-luck father over the course of a chaotic weekend.
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B.
The Vote
The Vote is a stage play by James Graham that dramatizes the final 90 minutes of polling on election day, famously performed live on television during the 2015 UK general election.
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C.
Prêt à Voter
Prêt à Voter is an end-to-end verifiable voting system that uses randomized candidate orders and cryptographic techniques to allow voters to confirm their vote was counted correctly without revealing how they voted.
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D.
Road to Acceptance
"Road to Acceptance" is a song by American punk rock band Green Day, originally released on their debut studio album 39/Smooth.
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E.
Di Consentes
Di Consentes are the twelve major deities of the Roman pantheon, roughly equivalent to the Greek Olympian gods and regarded as the principal gods of Rome.
- 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: On Approval Target entity description: On Approval is a British stage comedy, later adapted for film, known for its witty exploration of courtship and social conventions among the upper class.
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A.
The Confirmation
The Confirmation is a 2016 American comedy-drama film about a young boy bonding with his troubled, down-on-his-luck father over the course of a chaotic weekend.
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B.
The Vote
The Vote is a stage play by James Graham that dramatizes the final 90 minutes of polling on election day, famously performed live on television during the 2015 UK general election.
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C.
Prêt à Voter
Prêt à Voter is an end-to-end verifiable voting system that uses randomized candidate orders and cryptographic techniques to allow voters to confirm their vote was counted correctly without revealing how they voted.
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D.
Road to Acceptance
"Road to Acceptance" is a song by American punk rock band Green Day, originally released on their debut studio album 39/Smooth.
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E.
Di Consentes
Di Consentes are the twelve major deities of the Roman pantheon, roughly equivalent to the Greek Olympian gods and regarded as the principal gods of Rome.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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film ⓘ play ⓘ stage comedy ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
On Approval (1930 film)
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On Approval (1944 film) ⓘ
linked to:
On Approval (1930 film)
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| author | Frederick Lonsdale ⓘ |
| basedOn |
On Approval
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On Approval ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Clive Brook ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1926 ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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comedy film ⓘ comedy film ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
radio adaptations
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television adaptations ⓘ |
| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
courtship
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social conventions ⓘ |
| notableFor |
satire of upper-class manners
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witty dialogue ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| periodOfOrigin | interwar period ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Clive Brook ⓘ |
| setting | upper-class British society ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Beatrice Lillie
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Clive Brook ⓘ Googie Withers ⓘ Roland Culver ⓘ |
| theme |
class and privilege
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gender roles in courtship ⓘ marriage as a social contract ⓘ |
| writer | Frederick Lonsdale ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: On Approval Description of subject: On Approval is a British stage comedy, later adapted for film, known for its witty exploration of courtship and social conventions among the upper class.
Referenced by (8)
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