Life with Father (original Broadway production)
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Life with Father (original Broadway production) is a long-running 1939 Broadway stage comedy, adapted from Clarence Day’s stories about his family life in turn-of-the-century New York.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Life with Father (original Broadway production) canonical | 2 |
| Life with Father (play) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9326534 — 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)
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Target entity: Life with Father (original Broadway production) Context triple: [Howard Lindsay, hasBroadwayCredit, Life with Father (original Broadway production)]
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A.
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (stage)
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is a British stage play, later adapted into a film, about a shy young woman with an extraordinary talent for mimicking famous singers, which became widely known through acclaimed performances including those by Alison Steadman.
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B.
Merrily We Roll Along
"Merrily We Roll Along" is a popular song best known as the iconic theme music for the classic Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoons.
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C.
Merrily We Roll Along
Merrily We Roll Along is a 1981 Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim that traces the troubled lives and careers of three friends in reverse chronological order.
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D.
The Boys from Syracuse
The Boys from Syracuse is a 1938 Rodgers and Hart musical comedy based on Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, known for its mistaken-identity plot and classic songs.
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E.
A Doll's Life
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- 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: Life with Father (original Broadway production) Target entity description: Life with Father (original Broadway production) is a long-running 1939 Broadway stage comedy, adapted from Clarence Day’s stories about his family life in turn-of-the-century New York.
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A.
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (stage)
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is a British stage play, later adapted into a film, about a shy young woman with an extraordinary talent for mimicking famous singers, which became widely known through acclaimed performances including those by Alison Steadman.
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B.
Merrily We Roll Along
"Merrily We Roll Along" is a popular song best known as the iconic theme music for the classic Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoons.
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C.
Merrily We Roll Along
Merrily We Roll Along is a 1981 Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim that traces the troubled lives and careers of three friends in reverse chronological order.
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D.
The Boys from Syracuse
The Boys from Syracuse is a 1938 Rodgers and Hart musical comedy based on Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, known for its mistaken-identity plot and classic songs.
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E.
A Doll's Life
A Doll's Life is a 1982 Broadway musical with a book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green that imagines what happens to Nora after the ending of Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll’s House.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Broadway play ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Clarence Day’s autobiographical stories ⓘ |
| basedOn | stories by Clarence Day ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| depicts | Day family life in New York ⓘ |
| describedAtTime | turn of the 20th century ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1939 ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| hasCreator |
Clarence Day
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linked to:
Clarence Day Sr.
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| hasPart | stage performance ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location |
Broadway
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| mainSubject | family life in turn-of-the-century New York ⓘ |
| medium | live theatre ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation |
New York City
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| notableFor | long Broadway run ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayProduction | Life with Father (original Broadway production) ⓘ |
| originalLanguageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
Broadway theatre
ⓘ
linked to:
Broadway theater
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| productionType | theatrical production ⓘ |
| publicationPlace | New York City ⓘ |
| settingTime | early 1900s ⓘ |
| startTime | 1939 ⓘ |
| title | Life with Father ⓘ |
| workType | play ⓘ |
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: Life with Father (original Broadway production) Description of subject: Life with Father (original Broadway production) is a long-running 1939 Broadway stage comedy, adapted from Clarence Day’s stories about his family life in turn-of-the-century New York.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Life with Father (original Broadway production)
linked to: Life with Father (original Broadway production)
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