The Bedbug
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The Bedbug is a satirical play by Vladimir Mayakovsky that critiques Soviet society through a darkly comic, futuristic storyline.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Bedbug canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6019077 — 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: The Bedbug Context triple: [Vladimir Mayakovsky, notableWork, The Bedbug]
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A.
The Pest
The Pest is a 1997 slapstick comedy film starring John Leguizamo as a fast-talking con artist who becomes the target of a deadly manhunt.
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B.
Jar of Flies
Jar of Flies is a critically acclaimed 1994 EP by American rock band Alice in Chains, known for its dark, acoustic sound and introspective themes.
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C.
El Piojo
El Piojo is the nickname of Argentine former professional footballer Claudio López, a fast and prolific forward known for his time with Valencia, Lazio, and the Argentina national team.
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D.
The Bag Man
The Bag Man is a 2014 neo-noir crime thriller film starring John Cusack and Robert De Niro, centered on a hitman tasked with retrieving a mysterious bag at a remote motel.
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E.
Nightwatch
Nightwatch is a 1994 Danish horror-thriller film about a law student who takes a night watchman job at a morgue and becomes entangled in a series of gruesome murders.
- 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: The Bedbug Target entity description: The Bedbug is a satirical play by Vladimir Mayakovsky that critiques Soviet society through a darkly comic, futuristic storyline.
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A.
The Pest
The Pest is a 1997 slapstick comedy film starring John Leguizamo as a fast-talking con artist who becomes the target of a deadly manhunt.
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B.
Jar of Flies
Jar of Flies is a critically acclaimed 1994 EP by American rock band Alice in Chains, known for its dark, acoustic sound and introspective themes.
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C.
El Piojo
El Piojo is the nickname of Argentine former professional footballer Claudio López, a fast and prolific forward known for his time with Valencia, Lazio, and the Argentina national team.
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D.
The Bag Man
The Bag Man is a 2014 neo-noir crime thriller film starring John Cusack and Robert De Niro, centered on a hitman tasked with retrieving a mysterious bag at a remote motel.
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E.
Nightwatch
Nightwatch is a 1994 Danish horror-thriller film about a law student who takes a night watchman job at a morgue and becomes entangled in a series of gruesome murders.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
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satirical play ⓘ |
| author | Vladimir Mayakovsky ⓘ |
| characterType | former worker turned philistine ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| critiques |
Soviet bureaucracy
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ideological hypocrisy ⓘ petty bourgeois mentality ⓘ |
| firstPerformedIn | Moscow ⓘ |
| form | dramatic work ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
satire ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
stage productions
ⓘ
television adaptations ⓘ |
| hasHumorStyle |
absurdist elements
ⓘ
grotesque humor ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Ivan Prisypkin ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Soviet political climate of the 1920s ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | adult ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Russian ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Futurism
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Russian avant-garde ⓘ |
| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | dark comedy ⓘ |
| notableComposerForProduction | Dmitri Shostakovich ⓘ |
| notableDirectorOfProduction | Vsevolod Meyerhold ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| partOf | Vladimir Mayakovsky bibliography ⓘ |
| plotElement |
cryogenic freezing of the protagonist
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revival in a future communist society ⓘ |
| setting |
Soviet Union
ⓘ
future society ⓘ |
| structure | multiple acts ⓘ |
| symbol | bedbug ⓘ |
| symbolism | persistence of bourgeois habits ⓘ |
| theme |
bourgeois values
ⓘ
bureaucracy ⓘ conformism ⓘ critique of Soviet society ⓘ |
| timeOfFirstPerformance | 1929 ⓘ |
| titleInRussian |
"Клоп"
ⓘ
linked to:
The Pest
|
| tone |
ironic
ⓘ
satirical ⓘ |
| writer | Vladimir Mayakovsky ⓘ |
| yearWritten | 1928 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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