Act III
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Act III is the final act of the 19th-century stage comedy "Our American Cousin," historically noted as the portion of the play being performed during Abraham Lincoln’s assassination at Ford’s Theatre.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Act III canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5904559 — 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: Act III Context triple: [Our American Cousin, hasPart, Act III]
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A.
Act III
Act III is the final act of Edward Albee’s Pulitzer Prize–winning play "A Delicate Balance," in which the tensions and emotional conflicts within a suburban family reach their climax and resolution.
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B.
Act III
Act III is the final act of Thornton Wilder’s play "The Skin of Our Teeth," depicting the Antrobus family’s post-apocalyptic struggle to rebuild civilization and affirm human resilience.
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C.
Act III
Act III is the final act of Giacomo Puccini’s opera "Turandot," culminating in the famous tenor aria "Nessun dorma" and the resolution of the opera’s central conflict.
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D.
Act II
Act II is the middle section of Thornton Wilder’s play "The Skin of Our Teeth," continuing the Antrobus family’s allegorical journey through recurring catastrophes and human resilience.
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E.
Act II
Act II is the middle segment of the 1858 comic play "Our American Cousin," in which the plot and character conflicts further develop toward the story’s climax.
- 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: Act III Target entity description: Act III is the final act of the 19th-century stage comedy "Our American Cousin," historically noted as the portion of the play being performed during Abraham Lincoln’s assassination at Ford’s Theatre.
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A.
Act III
Act III is the final act of Thornton Wilder’s play "The Skin of Our Teeth," depicting the Antrobus family’s post-apocalyptic struggle to rebuild civilization and affirm human resilience.
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B.
Act III
Act III is the final act of Giacomo Puccini’s opera "Turandot," culminating in the famous tenor aria "Nessun dorma" and the resolution of the opera’s central conflict.
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C.
Act III
Act III is the final act of Edward Albee’s Pulitzer Prize–winning play "A Delicate Balance," in which the tensions and emotional conflicts within a suburban family reach their climax and resolution.
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D.
Act II
Act II is the middle section of Thornton Wilder’s play "The Skin of Our Teeth," continuing the Antrobus family’s allegorical journey through recurring catastrophes and human resilience.
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E.
Act II
Act II is the middle segment of the 1858 comic play "Our American Cousin," in which the plot and character conflicts further develop toward the story’s climax.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | theatrical act ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American Civil War era theatre
ⓘ
Ford’s Theatre performance of April 14, 1865 ⓘ
linked to:
Ford's Theatre
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| chronologyWithinWork |
follows Act II (Our American Cousin)
ⓘ
precedes curtain call of Our American Cousin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
stage comedy ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Tom Taylor ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Asa Trenchard
ⓘ
Augusta Mountchessington ⓘ
linked to:
Mountchessington
Binny ⓘ Florence Trenchard ⓘ Georgina Mountchessington ⓘ Lieutenant Vernon ⓘ Lord Dundreary ⓘ Mary Meredith ⓘ Mrs. Mountchessington ⓘ Sharpe ⓘ Sir Edward Trenchard ⓘ Skillet ⓘ |
| hasDramaticFunction |
climax
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denouement ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeRole | resolution of the play’s romantic and inheritance plots ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Trenchard family estate in England
ⓘ
linked to:
Trenchard family estate
|
| hasStructure | dialogue-driven scenes ⓘ |
| hasSubject | cultural clash between an American visitor and English aristocracy ⓘ |
| hasTone | comic ⓘ |
| hasWorkTitle | Act III ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | linked to the moment of Abraham Lincoln’s shooting by John Wilkes Booth ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntityDuringAssassination | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| locationOfFirstPerformanceDuringAssassination |
Ford’s Theatre
ⓘ
linked to:
Ford's Theatre
|
| medium | live theatre ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Abraham Lincoln assassination ⓘ |
| notableFor | being performed during the assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| partOf |
19th-century stage comedy
ⓘ
Our American Cousin ⓘ |
| partOfEvent | performance of Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865 ⓘ |
| positionInSeries |
final act
ⓘ
third act ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Act III Description of subject: Act III is the final act of the 19th-century stage comedy "Our American Cousin," historically noted as the portion of the play being performed during Abraham Lincoln’s assassination at Ford’s Theatre.
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