The Difficult Man
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The Difficult Man is the English title of Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s early 20th-century Austrian play "Der Schwierige," a sophisticated comedy of manners about social awkwardness and miscommunication in Viennese high society.
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| The Difficult Man canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17694555 — 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 Difficult Man Context triple: [Der Schwierige, titleTranslation, The Difficult Man]
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A.
The Devil All the Time
The Devil All the Time is a 2020 American psychological thriller film, based on Donald Ray Pollock’s novel, that weaves together violent, gothic tales of faith, corruption, and trauma in mid-20th-century rural Ohio and West Virginia.
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B.
A Night This Side of Dying
"A Night This Side of Dying" is a song by Carole King featured on her 1974 album *Wrap Around Joy*.
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C.
The Man Between
The Man Between is a 1953 British Cold War thriller film set in postwar Berlin, directed by Carol Reed and noted for its atmospheric cinematography and espionage-driven plot.
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D.
The Dresser
The Dresser is a 1983 British drama film, adapted from Ronald Harwood’s play, about the complex relationship between an aging Shakespearean actor and his devoted dresser during World War II.
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E.
The Horseman on the Roof
The Horseman on the Roof is a 1995 French historical adventure-romance film set during a 19th-century cholera epidemic in Provence, based on Jean Giono’s novel and starring Juliette Binoche and Olivier Martinez.
- 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 Difficult Man Target entity description: The Difficult Man is the English title of Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s early 20th-century Austrian play "Der Schwierige," a sophisticated comedy of manners about social awkwardness and miscommunication in Viennese high society.
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A.
The Devil All the Time
The Devil All the Time is a 2020 American psychological thriller film, based on Donald Ray Pollock’s novel, that weaves together violent, gothic tales of faith, corruption, and trauma in mid-20th-century rural Ohio and West Virginia.
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B.
A Night This Side of Dying
"A Night This Side of Dying" is a song by Carole King featured on her 1974 album *Wrap Around Joy*.
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C.
The Man Between
The Man Between is a 1953 British Cold War thriller film set in postwar Berlin, directed by Carol Reed and noted for its atmospheric cinematography and espionage-driven plot.
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D.
The Dresser
The Dresser is a 1983 British drama film, adapted from Ronald Harwood’s play, about the complex relationship between an aging Shakespearean actor and his devoted dresser during World War II.
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E.
The Horseman on the Roof
The Horseman on the Roof is a 1995 French historical adventure-romance film set during a 19th-century cholera epidemic in Provence, based on Jean Giono’s novel and starring Juliette Binoche and Olivier Martinez.
- F. None of above. chosen
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