A Soldier's Play
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A Soldier's Play is a Pulitzer Prize–winning stage drama by Charles Fuller that explores racism, identity, and justice within a segregated African American Army unit during World War II.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Soldier’s Play | 7 |
| A Soldier's Play canonical | 6 |
| A Soldier's Play (1981 stage play) | 2 |
| "A Soldier's Play" | 1 |
| A Soldier's Play (2020 Broadway production) | 1 |
| A Soldier’s Play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2459547 — 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: A Soldier's Play Context triple: [A Soldier's Story, basedOn, A Soldier's Play]
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A Time to Kill
A Time to Kill is a 1996 legal drama film based on John Grisham's novel, centered on a racially charged trial in Mississippi.
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No One Writes to the Colonel
No One Writes to the Colonel is a novella by Gabriel García Márquez that portrays an aging, impoverished colonel’s quiet hope and dignity as he waits in vain for a long-promised government pension.
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The Executioner’s Song
The Executioner’s Song is a Pulitzer Prize–winning nonfiction novel by Norman Mailer that chronicles the life, crimes, and execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore.
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In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 American crime drama film starring Sidney Poitier as a Black detective investigating a murder in a racially tense Southern town, noted for its powerful exploration of racism and social justice.
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E.
In the Heat of the Night (novel)
"In the Heat of the Night" is a 1965 crime novel by John Ball that introduces Black police detective Virgil Tibbs as he investigates a racially charged murder in a small Southern town.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Soldier's Play Target entity description: A Soldier's Play is a Pulitzer Prize–winning stage drama by Charles Fuller that explores racism, identity, and justice within a segregated African American Army unit during World War II.
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A.
A Time to Kill
A Time to Kill is a 1996 legal drama film based on John Grisham's novel, centered on a racially charged trial in Mississippi.
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B.
No One Writes to the Colonel
No One Writes to the Colonel is a novella by Gabriel García Márquez that portrays an aging, impoverished colonel’s quiet hope and dignity as he waits in vain for a long-promised government pension.
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C.
The Executioner’s Song
The Executioner’s Song is a Pulitzer Prize–winning nonfiction novel by Norman Mailer that chronicles the life, crimes, and execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore.
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D.
In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 American crime drama film starring Sidney Poitier as a Black detective investigating a murder in a racially tense Southern town, noted for its powerful exploration of racism and social justice.
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E.
In the Heat of the Night (novel)
"In the Heat of the Night" is a 1965 crime novel by John Ball that introduces Black police detective Virgil Tibbs as he investigates a racially charged murder in a small Southern town.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: A Soldier's Play Description of subject: A Soldier's Play is a Pulitzer Prize–winning stage drama by Charles Fuller that explores racism, identity, and justice within a segregated African American Army unit during World War II.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Charles Fuller
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Captain Davenport in A Soldier's Story
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Captain Davenport in A Soldier's Story
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