The Show-Off
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The Show-Off is a 1924 Broadway comedy play by George Kelly, best known for its satirical portrayal of a brash, boastful salesman and considered a classic of early 20th-century American theater.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Show-Off canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12731124 — 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 Show-Off Context triple: [Florence Eldridge, notableWork, The Show-Off]
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A.
The Story of the Gadsbys
The Story of the Gadsbys is a collection of interconnected short stories by Rudyard Kipling that portrays the social life and relationships of British colonial officers and their families in India.
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B.
The Human Comedy
The Human Comedy is a 1943 novel by William Saroyan that portrays the lives and struggles of a small-town American family during World War II.
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C.
The Grass Harp
The Grass Harp is a 1951 novella by Truman Capote that tells a lyrical, bittersweet coming-of-age story about misfits who retreat to a treehouse, blending Southern Gothic atmosphere with themes of individuality and belonging.
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D.
Three Tall Women
Three Tall Women is a Pulitzer Prize–winning play by Edward Albee that explores memory, aging, and identity through three characters who represent different stages of a woman's life.
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E.
Not Without Laughter
Not Without Laughter is Langston Hughes’s semi-autobiographical 1930 novel that portrays African American life and coming-of-age in a Midwestern Kansas town during the early 20th century.
- 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 Show-Off Target entity description: The Show-Off is a 1924 Broadway comedy play by George Kelly, best known for its satirical portrayal of a brash, boastful salesman and considered a classic of early 20th-century American theater.
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A.
The Story of the Gadsbys
The Story of the Gadsbys is a collection of interconnected short stories by Rudyard Kipling that portrays the social life and relationships of British colonial officers and their families in India.
-
B.
The Human Comedy
The Human Comedy is a 1943 novel by William Saroyan that portrays the lives and struggles of a small-town American family during World War II.
-
C.
The Grass Harp
The Grass Harp is a 1951 novella by Truman Capote that tells a lyrical, bittersweet coming-of-age story about misfits who retreat to a treehouse, blending Southern Gothic atmosphere with themes of individuality and belonging.
-
D.
Three Tall Women
Three Tall Women is a Pulitzer Prize–winning play by Edward Albee that explores memory, aging, and identity through three characters who represent different stages of a woman's life.
-
E.
Not Without Laughter
Not Without Laughter is Langston Hughes’s semi-autobiographical 1930 novel that portrays African American life and coming-of-age in a Midwestern Kansas town during the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.