This Is Our Youth (play)
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"This Is Our Youth" is a critically acclaimed stage play by Kenneth Lonergan that follows disaffected young adults in 1980s Manhattan as they navigate privilege, aimlessness, and moral uncertainty.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| This Is Our Youth | 1 |
| This Is Our Youth (play) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2135247 — 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: This Is Our Youth (play) Context triple: [Kenneth Lonergan, notableWork, This Is Our Youth (play)]
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A.
Spotlighters Theatre
Spotlighters Theatre is an intimate, long-running community theater in Baltimore known for its small in-the-round stage and diverse lineup of plays and musicals.
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B.
The Humans (play)
The Humans is a critically acclaimed one-act drama by Stephen Karam that portrays a family’s tense Thanksgiving gathering in a New York City apartment, exploring themes of anxiety, class, and generational conflict.
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C.
Babes in Arms
Babes in Arms is a 1937 Broadway musical by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, best known for songs like "My Funny Valentine" and "The Lady Is a Tramp."
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D.
Babes in Arms
Babes in Arms is a 1939 American musical film, based on the Rodgers and Hart stage musical, best known for starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney as aspiring performers putting on a show.
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E.
The Heir to the Hoorah (play)
The Heir to the Hoorah is an early 20th-century stage play by American dramatist William C. deMille, known for its blend of drama and social commentary.
- 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: This Is Our Youth (play) Target entity description: "This Is Our Youth" is a critically acclaimed stage play by Kenneth Lonergan that follows disaffected young adults in 1980s Manhattan as they navigate privilege, aimlessness, and moral uncertainty.
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A.
Spotlighters Theatre
Spotlighters Theatre is an intimate, long-running community theater in Baltimore known for its small in-the-round stage and diverse lineup of plays and musicals.
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B.
The Humans (play)
The Humans is a critically acclaimed one-act drama by Stephen Karam that portrays a family’s tense Thanksgiving gathering in a New York City apartment, exploring themes of anxiety, class, and generational conflict.
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C.
Babes in Arms
Babes in Arms is a 1937 Broadway musical by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, best known for songs like "My Funny Valentine" and "The Lady Is a Tramp."
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D.
Babes in Arms
Babes in Arms is a 1939 American musical film, based on the Rodgers and Hart stage musical, best known for starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney as aspiring performers putting on a show.
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E.
The Heir to the Hoorah (play)
The Heir to the Hoorah is an early 20th-century stage play by American dramatist William C. deMille, known for its blend of drama and social commentary.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dramatic work
ⓘ
stage play ⓘ |
| author | Kenneth Lonergan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| firstProductionYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| follows | disaffected young adults ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Dennis Ziegler
ⓘ
Jessica Goldman ⓘ Warren Straub ⓘ |
| hasType | three-character play ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
aimlessness
ⓘ
moral uncertainty ⓘ privilege ⓘ youth disaffection ⓘ |
| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| notableRevivalLocation |
Broadway
ⓘ
West End ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalProductionType | off-Broadway ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Manhattan ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1980s ⓘ |
| structure | two-act play ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
drug use
ⓘ
family conflict ⓘ petty crime ⓘ upper-middle-class New York youth ⓘ |
| writer | Kenneth Lonergan ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: This Is Our Youth (play) Description of subject: "This Is Our Youth" is a critically acclaimed stage play by Kenneth Lonergan that follows disaffected young adults in 1980s Manhattan as they navigate privilege, aimlessness, and moral uncertainty.
Referenced by (2)
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This Is Our Youth