The Browning Version
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The Browning Version is a 1948 stage play by British dramatist Terence Rattigan that portrays the emotional and professional decline of a repressed, aging schoolmaster at an English public school.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T151042 — 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)
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Target entity: The Browning Version Context triple: [Terence Rattigan, notableWork, The Browning Version]
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A.
No One Writes to the Colonel
No One Writes to the Colonel is a novella by Gabriel García Márquez that portrays an aging, impoverished colonel’s quiet hope and dignity as he waits in vain for a long-promised government pension.
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B.
As He Saw It
"As He Saw It" is a memoir by Elliott Roosevelt that offers an insider’s account of his father Franklin D. Roosevelt’s views and experiences during World War II.
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C.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is a comic fantasy detective novel by Douglas Adams featuring the eccentric holistic detective Dirk Gently as he becomes entangled with Norse gods and bizarre supernatural events in modern-day London.
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D.
The Eagle
The Eagle is a 1925 silent adventure film starring Rudolph Valentino as a dashing Russian outlaw hero.
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E.
Harrow Songs
Harrow Songs are a celebrated collection of traditional school songs closely associated with the culture and history of Harrow School in England.
- 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 Browning Version Target entity description: The Browning Version is a 1948 stage play by British dramatist Terence Rattigan that portrays the emotional and professional decline of a repressed, aging schoolmaster at an English public school.
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A.
No One Writes to the Colonel
No One Writes to the Colonel is a novella by Gabriel García Márquez that portrays an aging, impoverished colonel’s quiet hope and dignity as he waits in vain for a long-promised government pension.
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B.
As He Saw It
"As He Saw It" is a memoir by Elliott Roosevelt that offers an insider’s account of his father Franklin D. Roosevelt’s views and experiences during World War II.
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C.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is a comic fantasy detective novel by Douglas Adams featuring the eccentric holistic detective Dirk Gently as he becomes entangled with Norse gods and bizarre supernatural events in modern-day London.
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D.
The Eagle
The Eagle is a 1925 silent adventure film starring Rudolph Valentino as a dashing Russian outlaw hero.
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E.
Harrow Songs
Harrow Songs are a celebrated collection of traditional school songs closely associated with the culture and history of Harrow School in England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
one-act play
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stage play ⓘ |
| author | Terence Rattigan ⓘ |
| basedOnWork | translation of Aeschylus by Robert Browning ⓘ |
| centralConflict | Crocker-Harris's confrontation with his own failure ⓘ |
| centralRelationship |
Andrew Crocker-Harris and his pupils
ⓘ
Andrew Crocker-Harris and his wife Millie ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReputation | considered one of Terence Rattigan's finest works ⓘ |
| dramaticDevice | farewell presentation scene ⓘ |
| dramaticFocus | character study of a failing teacher ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure | realist drama ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1948 ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| firstPublisher | Hamish Hamilton ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Browning Version
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Browning Version (1951 film)
The Browning Version self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Browning Version (1985 television film)
The Browning Version self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Browning Version (1994 film)
|
| hasCompanionPiece | Harlequinade ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
British class system
ⓘ
classics education ⓘ middle age crisis ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century British drama ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Andrew Crocker-Harris ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | classics schoolmaster ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Frank Hunter
ⓘ
Millie Crocker-Harris ⓘ Taplow ⓘ |
| oftenPerformedWith | Harlequinade ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalMedium | theatre ⓘ |
| partOf | Separate Tables and Other Plays (collections of Rattigan plays) ⓘ |
| setting | English public school ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
English public school
ⓘ
schoolmaster ⓘ |
| theme |
emotional repression
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failure ⓘ marital breakdown ⓘ professional decline ⓘ redemption ⓘ unfulfilled potential ⓘ |
| titleReference | Robert Browning's translation of Aeschylus' Agamemnon ⓘ |
| tone |
melancholic
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tragic ⓘ |
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Subject: The Browning Version Description of subject: The Browning Version is a 1948 stage play by British dramatist Terence Rattigan that portrays the emotional and professional decline of a repressed, aging schoolmaster at an English public school.
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The Browning Version (1951 film)
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The Browning Version (1985 television film)
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The Browning Version (1994 film)
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The Browning Version (stage)
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The Browning Version (1948 play)
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The Browning Version (1948 play)
this entity surface form:
The Browning Version (1948 play)