The Magic Show
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The Magic Show is a 1974 Broadway musical that blends stage magic with a pop-infused score, helping launch composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz’s early career success.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Magic Show canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2666946 — 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: The Magic Show Context triple: [Stephen Schwartz, notableWork, The Magic Show]
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A.
It's Magic
"It's Magic" is a popular song written by lyricist Sammy Cahn, best known for its introduction in the 1948 film "Romance on the High Seas" and subsequent status as a pop standard.
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B.
The Circus
The Circus is a historic circular Georgian residential street and architectural landmark in Bath, Somerset, renowned for its elegant townhouses and classical design.
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C.
The Circus
The Circus is a 1928 silent comedy film written, directed, and starring Charlie Chaplin as his iconic Tramp character, following his misadventures in a traveling circus.
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D.
The Circus
The Circus is a 2008 studio album by British pop group Take That, noted for its theatrical themes and hit singles like "Greatest Day" and "Up All Night."
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E.
Vienna House Magic Circus
Vienna House Magic Circus is a family-oriented, circus-themed hotel located near Disneyland Paris that offers playful décor and convenient access to the resort’s attractions.
- 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 Magic Show Target entity description: The Magic Show is a 1974 Broadway musical that blends stage magic with a pop-infused score, helping launch composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz’s early career success.
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A.
It's Magic
"It's Magic" is a popular song written by lyricist Sammy Cahn, best known for its introduction in the 1948 film "Romance on the High Seas" and subsequent status as a pop standard.
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B.
The Circus
The Circus is a historic circular Georgian residential street and architectural landmark in Bath, Somerset, renowned for its elegant townhouses and classical design.
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C.
The Circus
The Circus is a 1928 silent comedy film written, directed, and starring Charlie Chaplin as his iconic Tramp character, following his misadventures in a traveling circus.
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D.
The Circus
The Circus is a 2008 studio album by British pop group Take That, noted for its theatrical themes and hit singles like "Greatest Day" and "Up All Night."
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E.
Vienna House Magic Circus
Vienna House Magic Circus is a family-oriented, circus-themed hotel located near Disneyland Paris that offers playful décor and convenient access to the resort’s attractions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Broadway musical
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stage musical ⓘ |
| artisticStyle | 1970s pop musical ⓘ |
| composer | Stephen Schwartz ⓘ |
| contributedTo | early career success of Stephen Schwartz ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| features |
pop-influenced score
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stage magic ⓘ |
| followsWorkBySameCreator | Godspell ⓘ |
| genre | musical theatre ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | subsequent use of magic in musical theatre staging ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfMusic |
pop
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show tunes ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Stephen Schwartz ⓘ |
| lyricsBy | Stephen Schwartz ⓘ |
| medium | live theatre ⓘ |
| musicBy | Stephen Schwartz ⓘ |
| notableFor | integration of live magic acts into a musical ⓘ |
| openedOnBroadway | 1974 ⓘ |
| partOf | Stephen Schwartz’s early body of work ⓘ |
| placeOfPremiere | New York City ⓘ |
| precedesWorkBySameCreator |
Pippin (2013 Broadway revival)
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surface form:
Pippin (in terms of Schwartz’s broader 1970s prominence)
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| productionType | Broadway production ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | magic and illusion performance ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Magic Show Description of subject: The Magic Show is a 1974 Broadway musical that blends stage magic with a pop-infused score, helping launch composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz’s early career success.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.