A Cautionary Tale
E387173
"A Cautionary Tale" is an opening number from the Mean Girls stage musical that sets up the story’s themes of high school hierarchy, bullying, and the consequences of social cruelty.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Cautionary Tale canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3773137 — 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: A Cautionary Tale Context triple: [Mean Girls (musical), notableSong, A Cautionary Tale]
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A.
The Inevitable
The Inevitable is an English rendering of the name of Surah Al-Waqi'ah, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly describes the certainty of the Day of Resurrection and the final sorting of humanity into different groups.
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B.
The Consequences
The Consequences is a notable work associated with the creator or project known as Consequence, recognized for its significance within their body of work.
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C.
A Strange Story
A Strange Story is an 1862 supernatural novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton that blends occult themes with psychological and philosophical exploration.
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D.
The Consequence
The Consequence is a story-driven downloadable expansion for the survival horror game The Evil Within, focusing on detective Juli Kidman's perspective and uncovering additional narrative details.
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E.
Living to Tell the Tale
Living to Tell the Tale is Gabriel García Márquez’s memoir, recounting his early life and the experiences that shaped him as a writer.
- 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: A Cautionary Tale Target entity description: "A Cautionary Tale" is an opening number from the Mean Girls stage musical that sets up the story’s themes of high school hierarchy, bullying, and the consequences of social cruelty.
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A.
The Inevitable
The Inevitable is an English rendering of the name of Surah Al-Waqi'ah, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly describes the certainty of the Day of Resurrection and the final sorting of humanity into different groups.
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B.
The Consequences
The Consequences is a notable work associated with the creator or project known as Consequence, recognized for its significance within their body of work.
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C.
A Strange Story
A Strange Story is an 1862 supernatural novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton that blends occult themes with psychological and philosophical exploration.
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D.
The Consequence
The Consequence is a story-driven downloadable expansion for the survival horror game The Evil Within, focusing on detective Juli Kidman's perspective and uncovering additional narrative details.
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E.
Living to Tell the Tale
Living to Tell the Tale is Gabriel García Márquez’s memoir, recounting his early life and the experiences that shaped him as a writer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical theatre song
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opening number ⓘ song ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Mean Girls (musical)
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surface form:
Mean Girls North American tour
Mean Girls (musical) ⓘ
surface form:
Mean Girls on Broadway
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| basedOn | Mean Girls (2004 film) ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describesTheme |
adolescent insecurity
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bullying ⓘ cliques ⓘ consequences of bullying ⓘ high school social hierarchy ⓘ peer pressure ⓘ social cruelty ⓘ |
| genre |
musical theatre
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show tune ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| medium | stage musical performance ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
introduces main themes of Mean Girls musical
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provides exposition about high school environment ⓘ sets tone for story ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mean Girls (musical)
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surface form:
Mean Girls (stage musical)
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| positionInWork | first musical number in Mean Girls stage musical ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
teen and young adult audiences
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theatre audiences ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: A Cautionary Tale Description of subject: "A Cautionary Tale" is an opening number from the Mean Girls stage musical that sets up the story’s themes of high school hierarchy, bullying, and the consequences of social cruelty.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.