The Man Who Came to Dinner
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The Man Who Came to Dinner is a classic 1939 Broadway comedy play, co-written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, about an acerbic radio personality whose injury-induced stay with a Midwestern family wreaks hilarious havoc.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T440148 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Man Who Came to Dinner Context triple: [Moss Hart, notableWork, The Man Who Came to Dinner]
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High Society
High Society is a 1956 musical romantic comedy film, starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, and Frank Sinatra, that reimagines the play and film The Philadelphia Story with a jazz-infused score by Cole Porter.
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
Breakfast at Tiffany's is a 1958 novella by Truman Capote that follows the enigmatic socialite Holly Golightly in mid-20th-century New York City.
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My Favorite Husband
My Favorite Husband is a late-1940s American radio sitcom starring Lucille Ball that served as a precursor to and inspiration for the television series I Love Lucy.
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D.
On the Town
On the Town is a 1944 Broadway musical with music by Leonard Bernstein that follows three sailors on 24-hour shore leave in New York City, later adapted into a popular 1949 film.
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E.
The Cocktail Party
The Cocktail Party is a verse drama by T. S. Eliot that explores themes of marriage, identity, and spiritual crisis through a drawing-room comedy that gradually reveals deeper psychological and religious dimensions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Man Who Came to Dinner Target entity description: The Man Who Came to Dinner is a classic 1939 Broadway comedy play, co-written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, about an acerbic radio personality whose injury-induced stay with a Midwestern family wreaks hilarious havoc.
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A.
High Society
High Society is a 1956 musical romantic comedy film, starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, and Frank Sinatra, that reimagines the play and film The Philadelphia Story with a jazz-infused score by Cole Porter.
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B.
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Breakfast at Tiffany's is a 1958 novella by Truman Capote that follows the enigmatic socialite Holly Golightly in mid-20th-century New York City.
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C.
My Favorite Husband
My Favorite Husband is a late-1940s American radio sitcom starring Lucille Ball that served as a precursor to and inspiration for the television series I Love Lucy.
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D.
On the Town
On the Town is a 1944 Broadway musical with music by Leonard Bernstein that follows three sailors on 24-hour shore leave in New York City, later adapted into a popular 1949 film.
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E.
The Cocktail Party
The Cocktail Party is a verse drama by T. S. Eliot that explores themes of marriage, identity, and spiritual crisis through a drawing-room comedy that gradually reveals deeper psychological and religious dimensions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Broadway play
ⓘ
comedy play ⓘ stage play ⓘ |
| author |
George S. Kaufman
ⓘ
Moss Hart ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coWriter |
George S. Kaufman
ⓘ
Moss Hart ⓘ |
| dateOfFirstPerformance | 1939 ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Man Who Came to Dinner
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942 film)
|
| hasCharacterType | eccentric houseguest ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
fame and celebrity
ⓘ
family life ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Sheridan Whiteside ⓘ |
| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| notableFor |
satirical portrayal of celebrity culture
ⓘ
witty dialogue ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century American drama ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPerformance | Broadway ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An acerbic radio personality is injured and forced to stay with a Midwestern family, causing chaos in their household. ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | radio personality ⓘ |
| setting | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| theatricalTradition |
United States theatre
ⓘ
surface form:
American theatre
|
| workType | dramatic work ⓘ |
| yearWritten | 1939 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Man Who Came to Dinner Description of subject: The Man Who Came to Dinner is a classic 1939 Broadway comedy play, co-written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, about an acerbic radio personality whose injury-induced stay with a Midwestern family wreaks hilarious havoc.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Man Who Came to Dinner (Broadway play)
this entity surface form:
The Man Who Came to Dinner (co-written with George S. Kaufman)
this entity surface form:
The Man Who Came to Dinner (comedy play, co-author)
subject surface form:
Moss Hart
this entity surface form:
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942 film)
subject surface form:
Moss Hart
this entity surface form:
The Man Who Came to Dinner (film)
this entity surface form:
The Man Who Came to Dinner (film)
this entity surface form:
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1939 stage premiere)
this entity surface form:
The Man Who Came to Dinner (television adaptation)
this entity surface form:
The Man Who Came to Dinner (film)