Noises Off
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Noises Off is a celebrated farce by Michael Frayn that comically depicts the disastrous on- and off-stage antics of a touring theatre company.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Noises Off canonical | 11 |
| Noises Off (1992 film) | 1 |
| Noises Off (Broadway production) | 1 |
| Noises Off (Broadway revival) | 1 |
| Noises Off (stage) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2240960 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Noises Off Context triple: [Michael Frayn, notableWork, Noises Off]
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A.
Stage Door
Stage Door is a 1937 American comedy-drama film about aspiring actresses living in a New York boarding house, noted for its sharp dialogue and ensemble cast including Katharine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers.
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B.
Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers is a classic British television sitcom co-created by and starring John Cleese, renowned for its farcical humor and depiction of a disastrously run seaside hotel.
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C.
Hancock's Half Hour
Hancock's Half Hour is a classic British radio and television comedy series from the 1950s and early 1960s, starring Tony Hancock and known for its character-driven humor and influential role in shaping modern sitcoms.
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D.
Steptoe and Son
Steptoe and Son is a British television sitcom about a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son, widely known as the inspiration for the American series Sanford and Son.
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E.
Bedroom Farce
Bedroom Farce is a comedic stage play by Alan Ayckbourn that humorously explores the tangled relationships of three couples over the course of one chaotic night.
- 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: Noises Off Target entity description: Noises Off is a celebrated farce by Michael Frayn that comically depicts the disastrous on- and off-stage antics of a touring theatre company.
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A.
Stage Door
Stage Door is a 1937 American comedy-drama film about aspiring actresses living in a New York boarding house, noted for its sharp dialogue and ensemble cast including Katharine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers.
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B.
Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers is a classic British television sitcom co-created by and starring John Cleese, renowned for its farcical humor and depiction of a disastrously run seaside hotel.
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C.
Hancock's Half Hour
Hancock's Half Hour is a classic British radio and television comedy series from the 1950s and early 1960s, starring Tony Hancock and known for its character-driven humor and influential role in shaping modern sitcoms.
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D.
Steptoe and Son
Steptoe and Son is a British television sitcom about a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son, widely known as the inspiration for the American series Sanford and Son.
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E.
Bedroom Farce
Bedroom Farce is a comedic stage play by Alan Ayckbourn that humorously explores the tangled relationships of three couples over the course of one chaotic night.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Noises Off Description of subject: Noises Off is a celebrated farce by Michael Frayn that comically depicts the disastrous on- and off-stage antics of a touring theatre company.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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