Would You Do It for a Penny?
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"Would You Do It for a Penny?" is a short story by Harlan Ellison that appears in his collection *Shatterday*, exploring moral compromise and human behavior through speculative fiction.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Would You Do It for a Penny? canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23140675 — 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: Would You Do It for a Penny? Context triple: [Shatterday, containsWork, Would You Do It for a Penny?]
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A.
Penny for Your Thoughts
"Penny for Your Thoughts" is an acoustic instrumental track by Peter Frampton featured on his landmark live album *Frampton Comes Alive!*
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B.
What Would You Do?
"What Would You Do?" is a 1990s West Coast hip hop track by Tha Dogg Pound, best known for its appearance on the soundtrack of the short film and album "Murder Was the Case."
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C.
What Would You Do?
"What Would You Do?" is a poignant solo number from the musical Cabaret in which Fraulein Schneider reflects on the compromises and moral dilemmas she faces under the rise of Nazism.
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D.
Throw a Penny
"Throw a Penny" is a song associated with the artist Mr. Natural, likely featured as part of one of his musical releases.
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E.
Would You?
"Would You?" is a popular song from the early 20th century, best known today for its use in the classic musical film "Singin' in the Rain."
- 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: Would You Do It for a Penny? Target entity description: "Would You Do It for a Penny?" is a short story by Harlan Ellison that appears in his collection *Shatterday*, exploring moral compromise and human behavior through speculative fiction.
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A.
Penny for Your Thoughts
"Penny for Your Thoughts" is an acoustic instrumental track by Peter Frampton featured on his landmark live album *Frampton Comes Alive!*
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B.
What Would You Do?
"What Would You Do?" is a 1990s West Coast hip hop track by Tha Dogg Pound, best known for its appearance on the soundtrack of the short film and album "Murder Was the Case."
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C.
What Would You Do?
"What Would You Do?" is a poignant solo number from the musical Cabaret in which Fraulein Schneider reflects on the compromises and moral dilemmas she faces under the rise of Nazism.
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D.
Throw a Penny
"Throw a Penny" is a song associated with the artist Mr. Natural, likely featured as part of one of his musical releases.
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E.
Would You?
"Would You?" is a popular song from the early 20th century, best known today for its use in the classic musical film "Singin' in the Rain."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.