Cavalcade
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Cavalcade is a 1931 historical pageant play by Noël Coward that follows the lives of a British upper-class family and their servants across major events of early 20th-century England.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cavalcade canonical | 8 |
| Cavalcade (1933 film) | 5 |
| Cavalcade (stage production) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7596528 — 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: Cavalcade Context triple: [Noël Coward, notableWork, Cavalcade]
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A.
Random Harvest
Random Harvest is a 1942 romantic drama film, based on James Hilton’s novel, renowned for its amnesia-driven love story and considered one of director Mervyn LeRoy’s most enduring works.
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B.
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Kind Hearts and Coronets is a 1949 British black comedy film, produced by Ealing Studios, famed for its darkly humorous tale of an ambitious murderer and for Alec Guinness’s multiple-role performance.
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C.
Brigadoon
Brigadoon is a 1954 MGM musical fantasy film, directed by Vincente Minnelli and based on the Lerner and Loewe stage musical, about a mysterious Scottish village that appears for only one day every hundred years.
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D.
Broadway Melody of 1940
Broadway Melody of 1940 is a classic Hollywood musical film best known for its sophisticated song-and-dance numbers and the celebrated pairing of Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell.
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E.
The Easter Parade
The Easter Parade is a 1976 novel by American author Richard Yates that traces the quietly devastating lives of two sisters across mid-20th-century America, exemplifying his bleak, incisive realism.
- 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: Cavalcade Target entity description: Cavalcade is a 1931 historical pageant play by Noël Coward that follows the lives of a British upper-class family and their servants across major events of early 20th-century England.
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A.
Random Harvest
Random Harvest is a 1942 romantic drama film, based on James Hilton’s novel, renowned for its amnesia-driven love story and considered one of director Mervyn LeRoy’s most enduring works.
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B.
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Kind Hearts and Coronets is a 1949 British black comedy film, produced by Ealing Studios, famed for its darkly humorous tale of an ambitious murderer and for Alec Guinness’s multiple-role performance.
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C.
Brigadoon
Brigadoon is a 1954 MGM musical fantasy film, directed by Vincente Minnelli and based on the Lerner and Loewe stage musical, about a mysterious Scottish village that appears for only one day every hundred years.
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D.
Broadway Melody of 1940
Broadway Melody of 1940 is a classic Hollywood musical film best known for its sophisticated song-and-dance numbers and the celebrated pairing of Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell.
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E.
The Easter Parade
The Easter Parade is a 1976 novel by American author Richard Yates that traces the quietly devastating lives of two sisters across mid-20th-century America, exemplifying his bleak, incisive realism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film adaptation
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play ⓘ theatrical work ⓘ |
| alsoFollows | lives of their servants ⓘ |
| associatedWith | interwar British theatre ⓘ |
| author | Noël Coward ⓘ |
| basedOn | Cavalcade ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
change and continuity in British life
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effects of war on families ⓘ patriotism ⓘ social change ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfPremiere | 1931 ⓘ |
| depictsEvent |
Edwardian era
ⓘ
First World War ⓘ
linked to:
World War I
Second Boer War ⓘ death of Queen Victoria ⓘ post–World War I Britain ⓘ sinking of the RMS Titanic ⓘ
linked to:
RMS Titanic
|
| dramaticStructure | episodic ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| firstPerformedAt |
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
ⓘ
linked to:
Theatre Royal Drury Lane
|
| follows | lives of a British upper-class family ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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historical play ⓘ pageant play ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Cavalcade (1933 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Cavalcade
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| hasMusicBy | Noël Coward ⓘ |
| hasPart | multiple tableaux representing different years ⓘ |
| includes | songs by Noël Coward ⓘ |
| influenced | later large-scale historical stage spectacles ⓘ |
| mainFamilyName | Marryot family ⓘ |
| notableFor |
large cast and elaborate staging
ⓘ
spectacular pageant-style production ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfPremiere |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| producedBy |
C. B. Cochran
ⓘ
Noël Coward ⓘ |
| reception | commercial success at time of premiere ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th-century England ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
British society
ⓘ
class relations in Britain ⓘ impact of historical events on private lives ⓘ |
| theatricalTradition |
West End theatre
ⓘ
linked to:
West End theatre district
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| timeSpanOfNarrative | 1899 to early 1930s ⓘ |
| writer | Noël Coward ⓘ |
| yearOfWork | 1931 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cavalcade Description of subject: Cavalcade is a 1931 historical pageant play by Noël Coward that follows the lives of a British upper-class family and their servants across major events of early 20th-century England.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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