"Square Pegs"
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"Square Pegs" is an early-1980s American teen sitcom that follows two awkward high school girls trying to fit in with various cliques, noted for its offbeat humor and depiction of adolescent social dynamics.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| "Square Pegs" canonical | 1 |
| Square Pegs (TV series) | 1 |
| Square Pegs (theme song) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3754413 — 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: "Square Pegs" Context triple: [Square Pegs, openingTheme, "Square Pegs"]
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A.
The Square Peg
The Square Peg is a 1958 British comedy film starring Norman Wisdom as a road repairman who is mistaken for a top German general during World War II.
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B.
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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C.
"The Adventures of a Nobody"
"The Adventures of a Nobody" is a memoir by Louisa Catherine Adams, wife of U.S. President John Quincy Adams, offering a rare firsthand perspective on early American political and social life from a woman's point of view.
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D.
“A Hero Sits Next Door”
“A Hero Sits Next Door” is an early episode of the animated sitcom Family Guy in which the Griffins meet their new neighbor Joe Swanson, a paraplegic police officer who becomes Peter’s friend.
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E.
Freaks and Geeks
Freaks and Geeks is a cult-classic American teen comedy-drama television series from the late 1990s that follows the lives of misfit high school students in the 1980s and helped launch the careers of several major actors.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: "Square Pegs" Target entity description: "Square Pegs" is an early-1980s American teen sitcom that follows two awkward high school girls trying to fit in with various cliques, noted for its offbeat humor and depiction of adolescent social dynamics.
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A.
The Square Peg
The Square Peg is a 1958 British comedy film starring Norman Wisdom as a road repairman who is mistaken for a top German general during World War II.
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B.
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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C.
"The Adventures of a Nobody"
"The Adventures of a Nobody" is a memoir by Louisa Catherine Adams, wife of U.S. President John Quincy Adams, offering a rare firsthand perspective on early American political and social life from a woman's point of view.
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D.
“A Hero Sits Next Door”
“A Hero Sits Next Door” is an early episode of the animated sitcom Family Guy in which the Griffins meet their new neighbor Joe Swanson, a paraplegic police officer who becomes Peter’s friend.
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E.
Freaks and Geeks
Freaks and Geeks is a cult-classic American teen comedy-drama television series from the late 1990s that follows the lives of misfit high school students in the 1980s and helped launch the careers of several major actors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
sitcom
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teen sitcom ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| broadcastOn | network television ⓘ |
| composer | Bill Conti ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Anne Beatts ⓘ |
| depicts |
adolescent social dynamics
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high school cliques ⓘ |
| era | 1980s American television ⓘ |
| executiveProducer | Anne Beatts ⓘ |
| filmingStyle | single-camera ⓘ |
| firstAired |
1982
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September 27, 1982 ⓘ |
| genre |
high school comedy
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sitcom ⓘ teen comedy ⓘ |
| hasFormat | 30-minute episodes ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
fitting in at high school
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friendship ⓘ identity ⓘ |
| lastAired |
1983
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March 7, 1983 ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Lauren Hutchinson
NERFINISHED
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Patty Greene ⓘ |
| notableFor |
offbeat humor
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realistic portrayal of teenage awkwardness ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 20 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 1 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | CBS ⓘ |
| originalRunEndYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| originalRunStartYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Amy Linker
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surface form:
Lauren Hutchinson – Amy Linker
Patty Greene – Sarah Jessica Parker ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
CBS Studios
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surface form:
CBS Entertainment Productions
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| setting | Weemawee High School ⓘ |
| starring |
Amy Linker
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Claudiu Teohari ⓘ Jami Gertz ⓘ Jamie Gertz ⓘ John Femia NERFINISHED ⓘ Merritt Butrick ⓘ Sarah Jessica Parker ⓘ Tracy Nelson ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
teenagers
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young adults ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 1980s ⓘ |
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Subject: "Square Pegs" Description of subject: "Square Pegs" is an early-1980s American teen sitcom that follows two awkward high school girls trying to fit in with various cliques, noted for its offbeat humor and depiction of adolescent social dynamics.
Referenced by (3)
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