The Education of Max Bickford
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The Education of Max Bickford is an American television drama series centered on a college professor navigating personal and professional challenges at a small liberal arts college.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Education of Max Bickford canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Education of Max Bickford Context triple: [Regina Taylor, notableWork, The Education of Max Bickford]
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A.
The Student's Tale
"The Student's Tale" is one of the narrative poems within Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's collection *Tales of a Wayside Inn*, presented as a story told by the character known as the Student.
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B.
A estudante
A estudante is a significant modernist painting by Brazilian artist Anita Malfatti, exemplifying her bold, expressionist style that helped spark Brazil’s early 20th-century modern art movement.
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C.
Colegio del Aire
Colegio del Aire is Mexico’s military aviation academy responsible for training officers and specialists for the Mexican Air Force.
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D.
The Learning Tree
The Learning Tree is a semi-autobiographical novel by Gordon Parks that portrays an African American boy’s coming-of-age in 1920s Kansas amid racism and moral conflict.
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E.
The Tutor
The Tutor is a satirical play by Bertolt Brecht that critiques bourgeois education and social hypocrisy through the misadventures of an opportunistic schoolteacher.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Education of Max Bickford Target entity description: The Education of Max Bickford is an American television drama series centered on a college professor navigating personal and professional challenges at a small liberal arts college.
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A.
The Student's Tale
"The Student's Tale" is one of the narrative poems within Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's collection *Tales of a Wayside Inn*, presented as a story told by the character known as the Student.
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B.
A estudante
A estudante is a significant modernist painting by Brazilian artist Anita Malfatti, exemplifying her bold, expressionist style that helped spark Brazil’s early 20th-century modern art movement.
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C.
Colegio del Aire
Colegio del Aire is Mexico’s military aviation academy responsible for training officers and specialists for the Mexican Air Force.
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D.
The Learning Tree
The Learning Tree is a semi-autobiographical novel by Gordon Parks that portrays an African American boy’s coming-of-age in 1920s Kansas amid racism and moral conflict.
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E.
The Tutor
The Tutor is a satirical play by Bertolt Brecht that critiques bourgeois education and social hypocrisy through the misadventures of an opportunistic schoolteacher.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | American television drama series ⓘ |
| airedInDecade | 2000s ⓘ |
| character |
Andrea Haskell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Erin NERFINISHED ⓘ Judith Bryant NERFINISHED ⓘ Lester NERFINISHED ⓘ Max Bickford NERFINISHED ⓘ Nell Bickford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator |
Dawn Prestwich
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nicole Yorkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| features |
ethical dilemmas in academia
ⓘ
interpersonal drama ⓘ |
| firstAiredOnNetwork | CBS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
academic life
ⓘ
faculty politics ⓘ family relationships ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasFormat | hour-long episodes ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
personal challenges
ⓘ
professional challenges ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | character-driven storytelling ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 1 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | CBS ⓘ |
| portrays | liberal arts education ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | college professor ⓘ |
| setting | small liberal arts college ⓘ |
| starring |
Andrew McCarthy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elena Uhlig NERFINISHED ⓘ Erika Alexander NERFINISHED ⓘ Katee Sackhoff NERFINISHED ⓘ Marcia Gay Harden NERFINISHED ⓘ Regina Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Dreyfuss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult viewers ⓘ |
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