Seesaw
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Seesaw is a 1973 Broadway musical with music by Cy Coleman and lyrics by Dorothy Fields, known for its New York City setting and for showcasing Tommy Tune’s Tony Award–winning performance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Seesaw canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6226840 — 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: Seesaw Context triple: [Tommy Tune, notableWork, Seesaw]
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A.
The See-Saw
The See-Saw is a playful Rococo painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard that depicts elegantly dressed figures enjoying a garden pastime with a light, flirtatious atmosphere.
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B.
The Peg
The Peg is a colloquial nickname for Winnipeg, the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Manitoba.
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C.
The Toy
The Toy is a 1982 comedy film starring Richard Pryor as a man hired by a wealthy businessman to be a spoiled rich child's "live" plaything, exploring themes of race, class, and exploitation through slapstick humor.
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D.
Boomerang
Boomerang is a 1992 romantic comedy film starring Eddie Murphy that follows a suave advertising executive whose womanizing ways are challenged when he meets his match.
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E.
Boomerang
Boomerang is a television network known for airing classic and contemporary animated programming, particularly cartoons from the Warner Bros. and Hanna-Barbera libraries.
- 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: Seesaw Target entity description: Seesaw is a 1973 Broadway musical with music by Cy Coleman and lyrics by Dorothy Fields, known for its New York City setting and for showcasing Tommy Tune’s Tony Award–winning performance.
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A.
The See-Saw
The See-Saw is a playful Rococo painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard that depicts elegantly dressed figures enjoying a garden pastime with a light, flirtatious atmosphere.
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B.
The Peg
The Peg is a colloquial nickname for Winnipeg, the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Manitoba.
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C.
The Toy
The Toy is a 1982 comedy film starring Richard Pryor as a man hired by a wealthy businessman to be a spoiled rich child's "live" plaything, exploring themes of race, class, and exploitation through slapstick humor.
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D.
Boomerang
Boomerang is a 1992 romantic comedy film starring Eddie Murphy that follows a suave advertising executive whose womanizing ways are challenged when he meets his match.
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E.
Boomerang
Boomerang is a steel shuttle roller coaster known for its forward-and-backward looping layout, operating at the Worlds of Fun amusement park in Kansas City, Missouri.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Broadway musical
ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Two-character drama expanded into ensemble musical ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Tommy Tune) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Two for the Seesaw
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
play by William Gibson ⓘ |
| bookWriter |
Michael Bennett
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Neil Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwaySeason | 1972–1973 Broadway season ⓘ |
| choreographer | Michael Bennett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Cy Coleman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Michael Bennett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresSong |
It’s Not Where You Start
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nobody Does It Like Me NERFINISHED ⓘ Seesaw (title song) NERFINISHED ⓘ Welcome to Holiday Inn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | musical theatre ⓘ |
| hasChoreographicStyle | contemporary jazz and street-influenced dance ⓘ |
| hasType | dance-heavy musical ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location | Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricist | Dorothy Fields NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Tony Award for Best Choreography
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Award for Best Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Award for Best Original Score NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
New York City setting
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Tommy Tune’s Tony Award–winning performance ⓘ |
| notablePerformance | Tommy Tune as David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfBroadwayPerformances | 296 ⓘ |
| orchestrator | Don Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayOpeningDate | 1973-03-18 ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayTheatre | Uris Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalCastAlbumLabel | MGM Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1973 ⓘ |
| premieredInDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| producer | David Merrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| starred |
Ken Howard
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michele Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ Tommy Tune NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | romantic relationship between a Nebraska lawyer and a New York dancer ⓘ |
| tryoutCity |
Boston
NERFINISHED
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Detroit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Seesaw Description of subject: Seesaw is a 1973 Broadway musical with music by Cy Coleman and lyrics by Dorothy Fields, known for its New York City setting and for showcasing Tommy Tune’s Tony Award–winning performance.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.