The Dinner Party
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The Dinner Party is a novel by American writer Howard Fast that explores political and social tensions through the interactions of guests at a fraught social gathering.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Dinner Party canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8135428 — 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 Dinner Party Context triple: [Howard Fast, notableWork, The Dinner Party]
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A.
The Dinner Party
The Dinner Party is a landmark feminist art installation by Judy Chicago that features an elaborate ceremonial banquet table honoring women’s history and achievements.
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B.
"Dinner Party"
"Dinner Party" is a famously cringe-inducing and critically acclaimed episode of the U.S. version of The Office, centered on an excruciatingly awkward evening at Michael and Jan’s condo.
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C.
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.
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D.
The Gala
The Gala is a flagship opening-night showcase of top local and international comedians, staged as a major televised charity event during the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
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E.
The Anniversary Party
The Anniversary Party is a 2001 independent comedy-drama film co-written, co-directed by, and starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, focusing on the tensions and revelations that unfold during a Hollywood couple’s celebratory gathering.
- 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 Dinner Party Target entity description: The Dinner Party is a novel by American writer Howard Fast that explores political and social tensions through the interactions of guests at a fraught social gathering.
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A.
The Dinner Party
The Dinner Party is a landmark feminist art installation by Judy Chicago that features an elaborate ceremonial banquet table honoring women’s history and achievements.
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B.
"Dinner Party"
"Dinner Party" is a famously cringe-inducing and critically acclaimed episode of the U.S. version of The Office, centered on an excruciatingly awkward evening at Michael and Jan’s condo.
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C.
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.
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D.
The Gala
The Gala is a flagship opening-night showcase of top local and international comedians, staged as a major televised charity event during the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
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E.
The Anniversary Party
The Anniversary Party is a 2001 independent comedy-drama film co-written, co-directed by, and starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, focusing on the tensions and revelations that unfold during a Hollywood couple’s celebratory gathering.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Howard Fast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| explores |
conflicting political beliefs
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moral dilemmas in a polarized society ⓘ personal relationships under political strain ⓘ social dynamics among different classes ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
political novel ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Howard Fast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Dinner Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isWrittenIn | English ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
class conflict
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ideological conflict ⓘ political tensions ⓘ social tensions ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | single social event ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | interactions among dinner guests ⓘ |
| setting | a social gathering ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Dinner Party Description of subject: The Dinner Party is a novel by American writer Howard Fast that explores political and social tensions through the interactions of guests at a fraught social gathering.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.