The Seven Deadly Sins

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ballet chanté satirical work stage work

The Seven Deadly Sins is a satirical ballet chanté by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill that critiques bourgeois morality through the story of two sisters journeying across American cities.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
The Seven Deadly Sins canonical	6
seven deadly sins	2
Die sieben Todsünden	1
Seven Deadly Sins	1
The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1348013 — 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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Target entity: The Seven Deadly Sins
Context triple: [Bertolt Brecht, notableWork, The Seven Deadly Sins]

A. The Sin
The Sin is a landmark 1965 Egyptian drama film directed by Henry Barakat, renowned for its stark portrayal of rural poverty and oppression and for featuring one of Faten Hamama’s most powerful performances.
B. Heaven and Hell
"Heaven and Hell" is a philosophical essay by Aldous Huxley that explores visionary experiences, altered states of consciousness, and their implications for understanding reality and the human mind.
C. Light of the Seven
"Light of the Seven" is a haunting, piano-driven orchestral piece by composer Ramin Djawadi, best known for underscoring the explosive climax of the Season 6 finale of Game of Thrones.
D. Thorns
Thorns is the commonly used shorthand name for Portland Thorns FC, a professional women's soccer team based in Portland, Oregon.
E. De Opificio Dei
De Opificio Dei is an early Christian theological treatise by Lactantius that reflects on the creation of the world and the nature of God through philosophical argument.
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 Seven Deadly Sins
Target entity description: The Seven Deadly Sins is a satirical ballet chanté by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill that critiques bourgeois morality through the story of two sisters journeying across American cities.

A. The Sin
The Sin is a landmark 1965 Egyptian drama film directed by Henry Barakat, renowned for its stark portrayal of rural poverty and oppression and for featuring one of Faten Hamama’s most powerful performances.
B. Heaven and Hell
"Heaven and Hell" is a philosophical essay by Aldous Huxley that explores visionary experiences, altered states of consciousness, and their implications for understanding reality and the human mind.
C. Light of the Seven
"Light of the Seven" is a haunting, piano-driven orchestral piece by composer Ramin Djawadi, best known for underscoring the explosive climax of the Season 6 finale of Game of Thrones.
D. Thorns
Thorns is the commonly used shorthand name for Portland Thorns FC, a professional women's soccer team based in Portland, Oregon.
E. De Opificio Dei
De Opificio Dei is an early Christian theological treatise by Lactantius that reflects on the creation of the world and the nature of God through philosophical argument.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ballet chanté ⓘ satirical work ⓘ stage work ⓘ
character	Anna I ⓘ linked to: Anna Ivanovna of Russia Anna II ⓘ the family chorus ⓘ
choreographerAtPremiere	George Balanchine ⓘ
commissionedBy	George Balanchine ⓘ
composer	Kurt Weill ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
creator	Bertolt Brecht ⓘ Kurt Weill ⓘ
depicts	journey through several American cities ⓘ
features	female lead role ⓘ male vocal quartet ⓘ
firstPerformanceCountry	France ⓘ
firstPerformanceLocation	Paris ⓘ
form	ballet with singing ⓘ
genre	political theatre ⓘ satire ⓘ
hasPart	prologue ⓘ scene on envy ⓘ scene on gluttony ⓘ scene on greed ⓘ scene on lust ⓘ scene on pride ⓘ scene on sloth ⓘ scene on wrath ⓘ
historicalContext	exile period of Brecht and Weill ⓘ
intendedAudience	European audiences ⓘ
language	German ⓘ
librettist	Bertolt Brecht ⓘ
musicStyle	Weimar-era modernism ⓘ cabaret influences ⓘ
narrativeFocus	two sisters named Anna ⓘ
notableInterpretation	critique of American capitalism ⓘ
numberOfParts	8 ⓘ
originalMedium	theatre ⓘ
premiereYear	1933 ⓘ
relatedMovement	epic theatre ⓘ
relatedWork	The Threepenny Opera ⓘ
setting	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
structure	prologue and seven scenes ⓘ
subject	seven deadly sins ⓘ linked to: The Seven Deadly Sins
theme	capitalism ⓘ critique of bourgeois morality ⓘ exploitation ⓘ moral hypocrisy ⓘ

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