Edna Ferber's novel "Show Boat"
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Edna Ferber's novel "Show Boat" is a 1926 American literary work that chronicles the lives, loves, and racial tensions surrounding performers and workers on a Mississippi River showboat, later inspiring the landmark musical adaptation.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Show Boat (1926 novel) | 2 |
| Edna Ferber's novel "Show Boat" canonical | 1 |
| novel Show Boat (1926) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14049931 — 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: Edna Ferber's novel "Show Boat" Context triple: [Cap'n Andy Hawks, characterIn, Edna Ferber's novel "Show Boat"]
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Show Boat
Show Boat is a landmark American musical, with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics and book by Oscar Hammerstein II, that broke new ground by integrating serious themes and complex characters into its storytelling.
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Porgy (novel)
Porgy (novel) is a 1925 work by DuBose Heyward that portrays the lives of African American residents in Charleston’s Catfish Row and later served as the basis for the opera Porgy and Bess.
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The Soul of Richard Rodgers
The Soul of Richard Rodgers is a studio album by Billy Porter that reimagines classic Richard Rodgers compositions through contemporary soul, R&B, and theatrical interpretations.
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Booth Tarkington’s Alice Adams
Booth Tarkington’s *Alice Adams* is a 1921 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel about a young woman from a struggling Midwestern family whose social ambitions and romantic hopes clash with the rigid class expectations of her small town.
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The Ziegfelds' Girl
The Ziegfelds' Girl is a memoir by Patricia Ziegfeld Stephenson recounting her life as the daughter of legendary Broadway impresario Florenz Ziegfeld and actress Billie Burke.
- 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: Edna Ferber's novel "Show Boat" Target entity description: Edna Ferber's novel "Show Boat" is a 1926 American literary work that chronicles the lives, loves, and racial tensions surrounding performers and workers on a Mississippi River showboat, later inspiring the landmark musical adaptation.
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A.
Show Boat
Show Boat is a landmark American musical, with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics and book by Oscar Hammerstein II, that broke new ground by integrating serious themes and complex characters into its storytelling.
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B.
Porgy (novel)
Porgy (novel) is a 1925 work by DuBose Heyward that portrays the lives of African American residents in Charleston’s Catfish Row and later served as the basis for the opera Porgy and Bess.
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C.
The Soul of Richard Rodgers
The Soul of Richard Rodgers is a studio album by Billy Porter that reimagines classic Richard Rodgers compositions through contemporary soul, R&B, and theatrical interpretations.
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D.
Booth Tarkington’s Alice Adams
Booth Tarkington’s *Alice Adams* is a 1921 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel about a young woman from a struggling Midwestern family whose social ambitions and romantic hopes clash with the rigid class expectations of her small town.
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E.
The Ziegfelds' Girl
The Ziegfelds' Girl is a memoir by Patricia Ziegfeld Stephenson recounting her life as the daughter of legendary Broadway impresario Florenz Ziegfeld and actress Billie Burke.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Edna Ferber's novel "Show Boat"
linked to: Edna Ferber's novel "Show Boat"
linked to: Edna Ferber's novel "Show Boat"