A Doll's Life
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A Doll's Life is a 1982 Broadway musical with a book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green that imagines what happens to Nora after the ending of Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll’s House.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Doll's Life canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3367209 — 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: A Doll's Life Context triple: [Betty Comden, notableWork, A Doll's Life]
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A.
Three Tall Women
Three Tall Women is a Pulitzer Prize–winning play by Edward Albee that explores memory, aging, and identity through three characters who represent different stages of a woman's life.
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B.
The Children’s Hour
The Children’s Hour is a 1934 stage play by Lillian Hellman that centers on the devastating consequences of a false accusation of lesbianism against two women who run a girls’ boarding school.
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C.
Dodsworth (play)
Dodsworth is a 1934 stage adaptation by Sidney Howard of Sinclair Lewis's novel, focusing on the disintegration of a middle-aged American couple's marriage during their travels in Europe.
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D.
The Boys from Syracuse
The Boys from Syracuse is a 1938 Rodgers and Hart musical comedy based on Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, known for its mistaken-identity plot and classic songs.
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E.
The Actress
The Actress is a 1953 American comedy-drama film, directed by George Cukor and based on Ruth Gordon’s autobiographical play, depicting a young woman’s determination to pursue a stage career against her father’s wishes.
- 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: A Doll's Life Target entity description: A Doll's Life is a 1982 Broadway musical with a book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green that imagines what happens to Nora after the ending of Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll’s House.
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A.
Three Tall Women
Three Tall Women is a Pulitzer Prize–winning play by Edward Albee that explores memory, aging, and identity through three characters who represent different stages of a woman's life.
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B.
The Children’s Hour
The Children’s Hour is a 1934 stage play by Lillian Hellman that centers on the devastating consequences of a false accusation of lesbianism against two women who run a girls’ boarding school.
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C.
Dodsworth (play)
Dodsworth is a 1934 stage adaptation by Sidney Howard of Sinclair Lewis's novel, focusing on the disintegration of a middle-aged American couple's marriage during their travels in Europe.
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D.
The Boys from Syracuse
The Boys from Syracuse is a 1938 Rodgers and Hart musical comedy based on Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, known for its mistaken-identity plot and classic songs.
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E.
The Actress
The Actress is a 1953 American comedy-drama film, directed by George Cukor and based on Ruth Gordon’s autobiographical play, depicting a young woman’s determination to pursue a stage career against her father’s wishes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (21)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Broadway musical
ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ |
| basedOn |
A Doll's House
ⓘ
linked to:
A Doll’s House
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| basedOnWorkBy | Henrik Ibsen ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| genre | musical theatre ⓘ |
| hasBookBy |
Adolph Green
ⓘ
Betty Comden ⓘ |
| hasComposer | Larry Grossman ⓘ |
| hasLyricsBy |
Adolph Green
ⓘ
Betty Comden ⓘ |
| hasMusicBy | Larry Grossman ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll's House
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linked to:
A Doll’s House
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| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Nora Helmer ⓘ |
| originalMedium | stage ⓘ |
| premieredOn | Broadway ⓘ |
| premieredOnBroadwayInYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| settingAfter | events of A Doll's House ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | Nora's life after leaving her husband ⓘ |
| yearOfWork | 1982 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Doll's Life Description of subject: A Doll's Life is a 1982 Broadway musical with a book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green that imagines what happens to Nora after the ending of Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll’s House.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Elizabeth Cohen