The Male Animal
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The Male Animal is a 1940 Broadway stage comedy by James Thurber and Elliott Nugent about a mild-mannered English professor who must defend both his academic freedom and his marriage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Male Animal canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14053317 — 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 Male Animal Context triple: [She’s Working Her Way Through College, basedOn, The Male Animal]
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A.
The Female Animal
The Female Animal is a 1958 American drama film starring Hedy Lamarr that explores themes of aging, desire, and power within the Hollywood studio system.
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B.
The Animal
The Animal is a 2001 comedy film starring Rob Schneider as a man who develops animal-like abilities after undergoing a radical transplant procedure.
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C.
The Female of the Species
The Female of the Species is a stage play, best known for its Broadway production at the Shubert Theatre.
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D.
The Dog
The Dog is a nickname for Earl Simmons, better known as the influential American rapper and actor DMX.
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E.
The Dog
The Dog is the witty, talking canine companion and narrator’s sidekick in Jim Henson’s fantasy television series *The Storyteller*.
- 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 Male Animal Target entity description: The Male Animal is a 1940 Broadway stage comedy by James Thurber and Elliott Nugent about a mild-mannered English professor who must defend both his academic freedom and his marriage.
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A.
The Female Animal
The Female Animal is a 1958 American drama film starring Hedy Lamarr that explores themes of aging, desire, and power within the Hollywood studio system.
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B.
The Animal
The Animal is a 2001 comedy film starring Rob Schneider as a man who develops animal-like abilities after undergoing a radical transplant procedure.
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C.
The Female of the Species
The Female of the Species is a stage play, best known for its Broadway production at the Shubert Theatre.
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D.
The Dog
The Dog is the witty, talking canine companion and narrator’s sidekick in Jim Henson’s fantasy television series *The Storyteller*.
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E.
The Dog
The Dog is a nickname for Earl Simmons, better known as the influential American rapper and actor DMX.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
She’s Working Her Way Through College