By the Sea
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"By the Sea" is a darkly comic, fantasy-tinged song from Stephen Sondheim’s musical *Sweeney Todd*, in which Mrs. Lovett imagines an idyllic seaside life with the murderous barber.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| By the Sea canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5417655 — 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: By the Sea Context triple: [Sweeney Todd (stage production), notableSong, By the Sea]
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A.
By the Sea
By the Sea is a 2015 romantic drama film starring Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt as a troubled couple on a seaside vacation in 1970s France.
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B.
By the Sea
"By the Sea" is a novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Abdulrazak Gurnah that explores themes of exile, identity, and displacement through the intertwined stories of refugees from Zanzibar.
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C.
To the Sea
To the Sea is a mellow, introspective 2010 studio album by Hawaiian singer-songwriter Jack Johnson that blends acoustic surf rock with themes of family, memory, and the ocean.
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D.
Like the Sea
"Like the Sea" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys from her album "The Element of Freedom," noted for its serene, metaphor-rich lyrics and gentle, flowing melody.
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E.
At Sea
"At Sea" is a section or component of Ernest Hemingway's posthumously published novel "Islands in the Stream," focusing on the protagonist's experiences during World War II naval patrols.
- 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: By the Sea Target entity description: "By the Sea" is a darkly comic, fantasy-tinged song from Stephen Sondheim’s musical *Sweeney Todd*, in which Mrs. Lovett imagines an idyllic seaside life with the murderous barber.
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A.
By the Sea
By the Sea is a 2015 romantic drama film starring Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt as a troubled couple on a seaside vacation in 1970s France.
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B.
By the Sea
"By the Sea" is a novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Abdulrazak Gurnah that explores themes of exile, identity, and displacement through the intertwined stories of refugees from Zanzibar.
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C.
To the Sea
To the Sea is a mellow, introspective 2010 studio album by Hawaiian singer-songwriter Jack Johnson that blends acoustic surf rock with themes of family, memory, and the ocean.
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D.
Like the Sea
"Like the Sea" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys from her album "The Element of Freedom," noted for its serene, metaphor-rich lyrics and gentle, flowing melody.
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E.
At Sea
"At Sea" is a section or component of Ernest Hemingway's posthumously published novel "Islands in the Stream," focusing on the protagonist's experiences during World War II naval patrols.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| appearsInFilmAdaptation | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film) ⓘ |
| associatedWithRole |
Angela Lansbury
ⓘ
Helena Bonham Carter ⓘ Patti LuPone ⓘ |
| basedOnCharactersCreatedBy | Christopher Bond ⓘ |
| characterSinging | Mrs. Lovett ⓘ |
| composer | Stephen Sondheim ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | the violence of Sweeney Todd ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dramaticFunction |
contrasts with the musical’s grim plot
ⓘ
provides comic relief ⓘ reveals Mrs. Lovett’s fantasies about domestic life ⓘ |
| filmPerformer | Helena Bonham Carter ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| firstProduction | original 1979 Broadway production of Sweeney Todd ⓘ |
| genre |
dark comedy
ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ show tune ⓘ |
| imaginedLocation | the English seaside ⓘ |
| includedInCastRecording |
2005 Broadway revival cast recording of Sweeney Todd
ⓘ
original Broadway cast recording of Sweeney Todd ⓘ |
| includedInSoundtrack | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film soundtrack) ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalDevice |
black humor
ⓘ
fantasy versus reality ⓘ irony ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
comic escapism
ⓘ
fantasy of an idyllic seaside life ⓘ romantic obsession ⓘ |
| lyricist | Stephen Sondheim ⓘ |
| musical | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ⓘ |
| musicalContrastWith | the darker, more dissonant score of Sweeney Todd overall ⓘ |
| notableMedium |
film
ⓘ
stage ⓘ |
| orchestrationStyle | light and lilting compared to surrounding numbers ⓘ |
| partOfWork |
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
ⓘ
linked to:
Sweeney Todd (stage production)
|
| primaryVocalistInStageVersion | Mrs. Lovett ⓘ |
| productionType | Broadway musical number ⓘ |
| recurringMotif | domestic bliss by the sea ⓘ |
| settingInLyrics | a seaside cottage ⓘ |
| sungToCharacter |
Sweeney Todd
ⓘ
linked to:
Sweeney Todd (stage production)
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| tone |
darkly comic
ⓘ
whimsical ⓘ |
| workCreator | Stephen Sondheim ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: By the Sea Description of subject: "By the Sea" is a darkly comic, fantasy-tinged song from Stephen Sondheim’s musical *Sweeney Todd*, in which Mrs. Lovett imagines an idyllic seaside life with the murderous barber.
Referenced by (4)
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