The Miraculous Mandarin
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The Miraculous Mandarin is a one-act pantomime ballet by Béla Bartók, renowned for its modernist, dissonant score and dark, expressionist storyline.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Miraculous Mandarin | 1 |
| The Miraculous Mandarin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11019481 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Miraculous Mandarin Context triple: [Béla Bartók, notableWork, The Miraculous Mandarin]
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A.
witch of the Iron Fan
The witch of the Iron Fan is a magical antagonist from the children's fantasy novel "The Land of Green Ginger," known for wielding a powerful iron fan and opposing the story’s heroes.
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B.
O Mandarim
O Mandarim is a satirical novella by Portuguese writer Eça de Queirós that explores greed, morality, and the consequences of wish fulfillment through a fantastical tale about a clerk who can gain a fortune by causing the death of a distant Chinese mandarin.
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C.
The Mandarin
The Mandarin is a notorious Marvel Comics supervillain, often portrayed as one of Iron Man’s primary adversaries and a mastermind wielding advanced technology or mystical power.
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D.
The Magic Man
The Magic Man is the nickname of Pavel Datsyuk, a Russian former NHL star renowned for his exceptional puck-handling, creativity, and two-way play.
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E.
Le docteur Miracle
Le docteur Miracle is a one-act comic opera by Georges Bizet, known for its lighthearted plot and early display of the composer's melodic talent.
- 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 Miraculous Mandarin Target entity description: The Miraculous Mandarin is a one-act pantomime ballet by Béla Bartók, renowned for its modernist, dissonant score and dark, expressionist storyline.
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A.
witch of the Iron Fan
The witch of the Iron Fan is a magical antagonist from the children's fantasy novel "The Land of Green Ginger," known for wielding a powerful iron fan and opposing the story’s heroes.
-
B.
O Mandarim
O Mandarim is a satirical novella by Portuguese writer Eça de Queirós that explores greed, morality, and the consequences of wish fulfillment through a fantastical tale about a clerk who can gain a fortune by causing the death of a distant Chinese mandarin.
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C.
The Mandarin
The Mandarin is a notorious Marvel Comics supervillain, often portrayed as one of Iron Man’s primary adversaries and a mastermind wielding advanced technology or mystical power.
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D.
The Magic Man
The Magic Man is the nickname of Pavel Datsyuk, a Russian former NHL star renowned for his exceptional puck-handling, creativity, and two-way play.
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E.
Le docteur Miracle
Le docteur Miracle is a one-act comic opera by Georges Bizet, known for its lighthearted plot and early display of the composer's melodic talent.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
one-act ballet
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orchestral work ⓘ pantomime ballet ⓘ |
| bannedIn |
Germany
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Hungary ⓘ |
| basedOn | story by Melchior Lengyel ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber |
BB 82
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Sz. 73 ⓘ |
| characteristic |
dark storyline
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dissonant score ⓘ |
| composer | Béla Bartók ⓘ |
| compositionEndYear | 1924 ⓘ |
| compositionStartYear | 1918 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Hungary ⓘ |
| genre |
ballet
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modernist music ⓘ pantomime ⓘ |
| hasOrchestralSuite | The Miraculous Mandarin (concert suite) ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
expressionist theatre
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urban modernity ⓘ |
| languageOfLibretto | Hungarian ⓘ |
| librettist | Melchior Lengyel ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
the Girl
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the Mandarin ⓘ three thugs ⓘ |
| movementCountInSuite | 3 ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
bitonality and polytonality
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complex rhythms ⓘ use of leitmotifs ⓘ |
| notableInstrumentation |
extensive percussion
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large orchestra ⓘ prominent brass ⓘ |
| notableRecording |
The Miraculous Mandarin conducted by Georg Solti
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The Miraculous Mandarin conducted by Pierre Boulez ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 1 ⓘ |
| orchestralSuiteArrangedBy | Béla Bartók ⓘ |
| orchestralSuiteYear | 1927 ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century classical music ⓘ |
| plotElement |
Mandarin dies only after his desire is fulfilled
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Mandarin repeatedly survives attempts to kill him ⓘ girl used as decoy to lure men to be robbed ⓘ |
| premiereConductor | Eugen Szenkar ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | Germany ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1926-11-27 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Cologne ⓘ |
| premiereTheatre | Stadttheater Köln ⓘ |
| reasonForBan | sexual and violent content ⓘ |
| setting | urban underworld ⓘ |
| style | expressionism ⓘ |
| yearOfCompletion | 1924 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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