My Friend, the Dictionary
E211517
"My Friend, the Dictionary" is a humorous and heartfelt song from the Broadway musical *The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee*, sung by the character Olive Ostrovsky as she reveals her love of words and her loneliness.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| My Friend, the Dictionary canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1894798 — 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.
Target entity: My Friend, the Dictionary Context triple: [The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, notableSong, My Friend, the Dictionary]
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Word and Object
"Word and Object" is a seminal 1960 work of analytic philosophy by W.V.O. Quine that develops his views on meaning, reference, and the indeterminacy of translation.
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The Peg
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E.
The Student's Tale
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: My Friend, the Dictionary Target entity description: "My Friend, the Dictionary" is a humorous and heartfelt song from the Broadway musical *The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee*, sung by the character Olive Ostrovsky as she reveals her love of words and her loneliness.
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A.
Onomasticon
Onomasticon is an early fourth-century geographical and biblical reference work by Eusebius of Caesarea that catalogs and explains place names mentioned in the Bible.
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B.
Twenty Letters to a Friend
"Twenty Letters to a Friend" is a memoir by Svetlana Alliluyeva, Joseph Stalin’s daughter, in which she reflects on her life inside the Soviet elite and her complex relationship with her father.
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C.
Word and Object
"Word and Object" is a seminal 1960 work of analytic philosophy by W.V.O. Quine that develops his views on meaning, reference, and the indeterminacy of translation.
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D.
The Peg
The Peg is a colloquial nickname for Winnipeg, the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Manitoba.
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E.
The Student's Tale
"The Student's Tale" is one of the narrative poems within Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's collection *Tales of a Wayside Inn*, presented as a story told by the character known as the Student.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical theatre song
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show tune ⓘ song ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacterTrait |
Olive Ostrovsky's loneliness
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Olive Ostrovsky's love of reading ⓘ Olive Ostrovsky's shyness ⓘ |
| audiencePerception |
funny
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touching ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceContext | original production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee ⓘ |
| fromMusical | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee ⓘ |
| genre |
character song
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comedy song ⓘ show tune ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricTheme |
childhood
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emotional isolation ⓘ family neglect ⓘ friendship with books ⓘ imagination ⓘ loneliness ⓘ love of words ⓘ |
| medium | stage performance ⓘ |
| musicalType | Broadway musical song ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Olive Ostrovsky ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
backstory exposition
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character introduction song for Olive Ostrovsky ⓘ |
| partOfWork | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee ⓘ |
| performedBy | actress playing Olive Ostrovsky ⓘ |
| performedIn |
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
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surface form:
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Broadway production)
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee ⓘ
surface form:
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (regional productions)
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee ⓘ
surface form:
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (school and amateur productions)
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| settingContext |
Putnam County Spelling Bee
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surface form:
Putnam County Spelling Bee competition
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| subjectMatter |
coping with loneliness through words
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relationship between a child and her dictionary ⓘ |
| sungByCharacter | Olive Ostrovsky ⓘ |
| targetMedium | live theatre ⓘ |
| title | My Friend, the Dictionary self-link ⓘ |
| tone |
heartfelt
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humorous ⓘ |
| workType | musical number ⓘ |
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Subject: My Friend, the Dictionary Description of subject: "My Friend, the Dictionary" is a humorous and heartfelt song from the Broadway musical *The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee*, sung by the character Olive Ostrovsky as she reveals her love of words and her loneliness.
Referenced by (3)
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