Oedipa Maas watches a performance of the play
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"Oedipa Maas watches a performance of the play" refers to the pivotal scene in Thomas Pynchon's novel *The Crying of Lot 49* in which the protagonist attends a staging of the fictional Jacobean revenge tragedy *The Courier’s Tragedy*, triggering her deeper involvement in the novel’s central conspiracy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oedipa Maas watches a performance of the play canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12759602 — 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: Oedipa Maas watches a performance of the play Context triple: [The Courier’s Tragedy, firstEncounterContext, Oedipa Maas watches a performance of the play]
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A.
Oedipus at Palm Springs
Oedipus at Palm Springs is a darkly comic, lesbian-themed stage adaptation of the Oedipus myth created by the feminist theater collective Five Lesbian Brothers.
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B.
Welcome to the Theatre
"Welcome to the Theatre" is a musical number from the Broadway show "Applause," known for its theatrical flair and celebration of life onstage.
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C.
Remains to Be Seen (play)
Remains to Be Seen is a mid-20th-century Broadway comedy play co-written by Howard Lindsay that blends murder mystery elements with lighthearted, sophisticated humor.
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D.
The Allegory of Theatre
The Allegory of Theatre is a Baroque-era painting by Dutch artist Abraham Bloemaert that personifies the art of theatrical performance through symbolic and allegorical figures.
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E.
Still Life (play)
Still Life is a stage play by American writer Alexander Dinelaris Jr. that explores themes of love, trauma, and emotional paralysis in contemporary New York City.
- 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: Oedipa Maas watches a performance of the play Target entity description: "Oedipa Maas watches a performance of the play" refers to the pivotal scene in Thomas Pynchon's novel *The Crying of Lot 49* in which the protagonist attends a staging of the fictional Jacobean revenge tragedy *The Courier’s Tragedy*, triggering her deeper involvement in the novel’s central conspiracy.
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A.
Oedipus at Palm Springs
Oedipus at Palm Springs is a darkly comic, lesbian-themed stage adaptation of the Oedipus myth created by the feminist theater collective Five Lesbian Brothers.
-
B.
Welcome to the Theatre
"Welcome to the Theatre" is a musical number from the Broadway show "Applause," known for its theatrical flair and celebration of life onstage.
-
C.
Remains to Be Seen (play)
Remains to Be Seen is a mid-20th-century Broadway comedy play co-written by Howard Lindsay that blends murder mystery elements with lighthearted, sophisticated humor.
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D.
The Allegory of Theatre
The Allegory of Theatre is a Baroque-era painting by Dutch artist Abraham Bloemaert that personifies the art of theatrical performance through symbolic and allegorical figures.
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E.
Still Life (play)
Still Life is a stage play by American writer Alexander Dinelaris Jr. that explores themes of love, trauma, and emotional paralysis in contemporary New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictionalEvent
ⓘ
literaryScene ⓘ |
| appearsInChapterOf | The Crying of Lot 49 (early chapters) ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Tristero
ⓘ
secretPostalSystem ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Oedipa Maas ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasGenreContext | postmodernFiction ⓘ |
| hasInterpretation |
allegoryOfTextualIndeterminacy
ⓘ
commentaryOnInformationOverload ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryPeriod | postwarAmericanLiterature ⓘ |
| hasMedium | novel ⓘ |
| hasPublicationContext |
The Crying of Lot 49 first published 1966
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linked to:
The Crying of Lot 49
|
| hasSetting | theatrePerformance ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
ambiguityOfReality
ⓘ
conspiracy ⓘ interpretationOfSigns ⓘ metafiction ⓘ paranoia ⓘ |
| hasWorkAuthor | Thomas Pynchon ⓘ |
| illustrates | playWithinAPlayDevice ⓘ |
| includesWork | The Courier’s Tragedy ⓘ |
| includesWorkType | fictionalJacobeanRevengeTragedy ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
incitingIncidentForConspiracyPlot
ⓘ
turningPointInOedipaInvestigation ⓘ |
| partOf | The Crying of Lot 49 ⓘ |
| precedes | Oedipa Maas search for Tristero symbols ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Crying of Lot 49 ⓘ |
| triggers | Oedipa Maas deeper involvement in Tristero conspiracy ⓘ |
| usedAs | embeddedTextWithinText ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Oedipa Maas watches a performance of the play Description of subject: "Oedipa Maas watches a performance of the play" refers to the pivotal scene in Thomas Pynchon's novel *The Crying of Lot 49* in which the protagonist attends a staging of the fictional Jacobean revenge tragedy *The Courier’s Tragedy*, triggering her deeper involvement in the novel’s central conspiracy.
Referenced by (1)
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