A Little Priest
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"A Little Priest" is a darkly comic duet from the musical Sweeney Todd in which the title character and Mrs. Lovett gleefully plot to turn his victims into meat pies.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Little Priest canonical | 2 |
| “A Little Priest” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5417649 — 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 Little Priest Context triple: [Sweeney Todd (stage production), notableSong, A Little Priest]
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A.
The Priest
The Priest is a pivotal religious figure in Franz Kafka's novel "The Trial," who delivers the parable "Before the Law" and offers a cryptic, unsettling perspective on guilt and justice.
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B.
The Priest
"The Priest" is a reflective folk song by Joni Mitchell from her 1970 album "Ladies of the Canyon."
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C.
The Priest
The Priest is a supporting character in Miguel de Cervantes' "Don Quixote," a friend of the protagonist who often represents conventional wisdom and attempts to bring Don Quixote back to reality.
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D.
The Priest
The Priest is the unnamed, charismatic and morally ambiguous Catholic clergyman from the television series "Fleabag," whose intense relationship with the protagonist became one of Andrew Scott’s most acclaimed roles.
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E.
Three Priests
Three Priests are a group of clergymen in T. S. Eliot’s play "Murder in the Cathedral" who comment on and react to the political and spiritual crisis surrounding Archbishop Thomas Becket.
- 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 Little Priest Target entity description: "A Little Priest" is a darkly comic duet from the musical Sweeney Todd in which the title character and Mrs. Lovett gleefully plot to turn his victims into meat pies.
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A.
The Priest
The Priest is a pivotal religious figure in Franz Kafka's novel "The Trial," who delivers the parable "Before the Law" and offers a cryptic, unsettling perspective on guilt and justice.
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B.
The Priest
The Priest is a supporting character in Miguel de Cervantes' "Don Quixote," a friend of the protagonist who often represents conventional wisdom and attempts to bring Don Quixote back to reality.
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C.
The Priest
The Priest is the unnamed, charismatic and morally ambiguous Catholic clergyman from the television series "Fleabag," whose intense relationship with the protagonist became one of Andrew Scott’s most acclaimed roles.
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D.
The Priest
"The Priest" is a reflective folk song by Joni Mitchell from her 1970 album "Ladies of the Canyon."
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E.
Three Priests
Three Priests are a group of clergymen in T. S. Eliot’s play "Murder in the Cathedral" who comment on and react to the political and spiritual crisis surrounding Archbishop Thomas Becket.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| act | Act I ⓘ |
| bookBy | Hugh Wheeler ⓘ |
| composer | Stephen Sondheim ⓘ |
| dramaticPurpose |
to juxtapose horror with comedy
ⓘ
to reveal the full extent of the protagonists’ moral descent ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterDecision |
Mrs. Lovett chooses to bake victims into pies
ⓘ
linked to:
Mrs. Lovett
Sweeney Todd chooses to begin systematic killing for profit ⓘ |
| filmPerformers |
Helena Bonham Carter
ⓘ
Johnny Depp ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceIn |
Sweeney Todd original Broadway production
ⓘ
linked to:
Sweeney Todd (stage production)
|
| franchise |
Sweeney Todd
ⓘ
linked to:
Sweeney Todd (stage production)
|
| genre |
comic patter song
ⓘ
dark comedy ⓘ |
| hasFilmAdaptationPerformance | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film) ⓘ |
| hasNotableRecording | original Broadway cast recording of Sweeney Todd ⓘ |
| includes | puns on different professions as pie flavors ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Stephen Sondheim ⓘ |
| lyricStyle |
pun-heavy
ⓘ
wordplay ⓘ |
| medium | stage musical ⓘ |
| musicalNumberType | character duet ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | waltz-like feel in sections ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | act-ending number ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayPerformers |
Angela Lansbury
ⓘ
Len Cariou ⓘ |
| originalProductionLocation | Broadway ⓘ |
| partOf | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ⓘ |
| placementInShow | immediately before the Act I finale ⓘ |
| plotElement | Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett decide to use murder victims as filling for meat pies ⓘ |
| premiereYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| reputation | one of Stephen Sondheim’s most celebrated comic songs ⓘ |
| settingWithinStory | Mrs. Lovett’s pie shop ⓘ |
| structure | extended comic list song ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
cannibalism
ⓘ
economic desperation ⓘ murder ⓘ |
| sungByCharacter |
Mrs. Lovett
ⓘ
Sweeney Todd ⓘ
linked to:
Sweeney Todd (stage production)
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| theme |
class satire
ⓘ
dehumanization ⓘ moral corruption ⓘ |
| tone |
macabre
ⓘ
satirical ⓘ |
| workFrom |
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (musical)
ⓘ
linked to:
Sweeney Todd (stage production)
|
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Input
Subject: A Little Priest Description of subject: "A Little Priest" is a darkly comic duet from the musical Sweeney Todd in which the title character and Mrs. Lovett gleefully plot to turn his victims into meat pies.
Referenced by (3)
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linked to: A Little Priest