Whistling in the Dark (play)
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"Whistling in the Dark" is a comedic mystery play best known for its blend of suspense and humor, which later inspired several film adaptations.
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| Whistling in the Dark (play) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20383702 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whistling in the Dark (play) Context triple: [Whistling in the Dark, basedOn, Whistling in the Dark (play)]
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What's Done in the Dark (stage play)
"What's Done in the Dark" is a popular Tyler Perry stage play, featuring Tamela Mann, that blends comedy, drama, and gospel themes around the secrets and struggles of patients and staff in a hospital setting.
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The Sign on the Door (play)
The Sign on the Door is a 1919 stage drama by American playwright Marion Fairfax, best known for its suspenseful plot involving secrets, blackmail, and moral dilemmas.
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The Gazebo (play)
The Gazebo is a 1958 Broadway mystery-comedy play, co-written by Alec Coppel and Leueen MacGrath, about a television writer who tries to dispose of a blackmailer’s body in his backyard gazebo with farcical consequences.
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Still Life (play)
Still Life is a stage play by American writer Alexander Dinelaris Jr. that explores themes of love, trauma, and emotional paralysis in contemporary New York City.
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Remains to Be Seen (play)
Remains to Be Seen is a mid-20th-century Broadway comedy play co-written by Howard Lindsay that blends murder mystery elements with lighthearted, sophisticated humor.
- 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: Whistling in the Dark (play) Target entity description: "Whistling in the Dark" is a comedic mystery play best known for its blend of suspense and humor, which later inspired several film adaptations.
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A.
What's Done in the Dark (stage play)
"What's Done in the Dark" is a popular Tyler Perry stage play, featuring Tamela Mann, that blends comedy, drama, and gospel themes around the secrets and struggles of patients and staff in a hospital setting.
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B.
The Sign on the Door (play)
The Sign on the Door is a 1919 stage drama by American playwright Marion Fairfax, best known for its suspenseful plot involving secrets, blackmail, and moral dilemmas.
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C.
The Gazebo (play)
The Gazebo is a 1958 Broadway mystery-comedy play, co-written by Alec Coppel and Leueen MacGrath, about a television writer who tries to dispose of a blackmailer’s body in his backyard gazebo with farcical consequences.
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D.
Still Life (play)
Still Life is a stage play by American writer Alexander Dinelaris Jr. that explores themes of love, trauma, and emotional paralysis in contemporary New York City.
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E.
Remains to Be Seen (play)
Remains to Be Seen is a mid-20th-century Broadway comedy play co-written by Howard Lindsay that blends murder mystery elements with lighthearted, sophisticated humor.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.