One-Third of a Nation
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One-Third of a Nation is a 1938 Living Newspaper stage production that dramatized the urgent issues of urban housing and poverty in the United States during the Great Depression.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| One-Third of a Nation canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T193616 — 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: One-Third of a Nation Context triple: [Federal Theatre Project, notableWork, One-Third of a Nation]
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A.
Hundred Days
The Hundred Days refers to the intense early period of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency in 1933 when a flurry of New Deal legislation was rapidly enacted to combat the Great Depression.
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B.
Hundred Days
The Hundred Days was the brief 1815 period between Napoleon Bonaparte’s return from exile and his final defeat at Waterloo, marking the last phase of the Napoleonic Wars.
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C.
The People
"The People" is a politically charged hip-hop track by Common that reflects on social issues, community struggles, and empowerment.
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D.
Trial of the Twenty-One
The Trial of the Twenty-One was a 1938 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks and party leaders were accused of treason and executed, marking one of the most infamous episodes of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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E.
The Triumph of Peace
The Triumph of Peace is a 1634 Caroline-era masque by playwright James Shirley, celebrated for its lavish production and allegorical celebration of royal authority and harmony.
- 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: One-Third of a Nation Target entity description: One-Third of a Nation is a 1938 Living Newspaper stage production that dramatized the urgent issues of urban housing and poverty in the United States during the Great Depression.
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A.
Hundred Days
The Hundred Days refers to the intense early period of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency in 1933 when a flurry of New Deal legislation was rapidly enacted to combat the Great Depression.
-
B.
Hundred Days
The Hundred Days was the brief 1815 period between Napoleon Bonaparte’s return from exile and his final defeat at Waterloo, marking the last phase of the Napoleonic Wars.
-
C.
The People
"The People" is a politically charged hip-hop track by Common that reflects on social issues, community struggles, and empowerment.
-
D.
Trial of the Twenty-One
The Trial of the Twenty-One was a 1938 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks and party leaders were accused of treason and executed, marking one of the most infamous episodes of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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E.
The Triumph of Peace
The Triumph of Peace is a 1634 Caroline-era masque by playwright James Shirley, celebrated for its lavish production and allegorical celebration of royal authority and harmony.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Living Newspaper production
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stage production ⓘ theatrical play ⓘ |
| addresses |
economic inequality
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government responsibility for housing ⓘ public health in slums ⓘ |
| aim |
advocacy for social reform
ⓘ
public education on housing issues ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Works Progress Administration ⓘ |
| basedOn | contemporary news reports ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| dramaticForm | episodic structure ⓘ |
| dramaticTechnique |
didactic presentation
ⓘ
direct address to audience ⓘ montage of scenes ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1938 ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary theatre
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political theatre ⓘ |
| historicalContext | New Deal era ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | general public ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | stage ⓘ |
| partOf |
Living Newspaper series
ⓘ
linked to:
Federal Theatre Project
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| producedBy | Federal Theatre Project ⓘ |
| productionType | publicly funded theatre ⓘ |
| setting | urban United States ⓘ |
| subject |
Great Depression in the United States
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linked to:
Great Depression
housing reform ⓘ poverty ⓘ slum conditions ⓘ urban housing ⓘ |
| theme |
government reform
ⓘ
human cost of poverty ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | Great Depression ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo | Franklin D. Roosevelt’s phrase "one-third of a nation" ⓘ |
| uses |
multimedia projections
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narration ⓘ statistical data ⓘ |
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Subject: One-Third of a Nation Description of subject: One-Third of a Nation is a 1938 Living Newspaper stage production that dramatized the urgent issues of urban housing and poverty in the United States during the Great Depression.
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