The Trials of Oscar Wilde
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The Trials of Oscar Wilde is a 1960 British courtroom drama film depicting the real-life libel and gross indecency trials that led to the downfall and imprisonment of playwright Oscar Wilde.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Trials of Oscar Wilde canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4823973 — 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: The Trials of Oscar Wilde Context triple: [Ken Hughes, notableWork, The Trials of Oscar Wilde]
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Oscar Wilde libel trial
The Oscar Wilde libel trial was the 1895 court case in which playwright Oscar Wilde sued the Marquess of Queensberry for libel, leading to Wilde’s own prosecution and conviction for “gross indecency” and his subsequent downfall.
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The Winslow Boy
The Winslow Boy is a 1946 stage play by Terence Rattigan that dramatizes a real Edwardian-era legal case in which a family sacrifices everything to clear their young son’s name.
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C.
A Woman of No Importance
A Woman of No Importance is an 1893 social comedy play by Oscar Wilde that satirizes Victorian upper-class morality and gender double standards.
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D.
Diary of a Victorian Dandy
Diary of a Victorian Dandy is a photographic art series by Yinka Shonibare that reimagines Victorian high society with a Black dandy protagonist to explore race, class, and colonialism.
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E.
Travesties
Travesties is a 1974 play by Tom Stoppard that comically intertwines historical figures and literary styles to explore art, politics, and memory in Zurich during World War I.
- 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 Trials of Oscar Wilde Target entity description: The Trials of Oscar Wilde is a 1960 British courtroom drama film depicting the real-life libel and gross indecency trials that led to the downfall and imprisonment of playwright Oscar Wilde.
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A.
Oscar Wilde libel trial
The Oscar Wilde libel trial was the 1895 court case in which playwright Oscar Wilde sued the Marquess of Queensberry for libel, leading to Wilde’s own prosecution and conviction for “gross indecency” and his subsequent downfall.
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B.
The Winslow Boy
The Winslow Boy is a 1946 stage play by Terence Rattigan that dramatizes a real Edwardian-era legal case in which a family sacrifices everything to clear their young son’s name.
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C.
A Woman of No Importance
A Woman of No Importance is an 1893 social comedy play by Oscar Wilde that satirizes Victorian upper-class morality and gender double standards.
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D.
Diary of a Victorian Dandy
Diary of a Victorian Dandy is a photographic art series by Yinka Shonibare that reimagines Victorian high society with a Black dandy protagonist to explore race, class, and colonialism.
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E.
Travesties
Travesties is a 1974 play by Tom Stoppard that comically intertwines historical figures and literary styles to explore art, politics, and memory in Zurich during World War I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Trials of Oscar Wilde Description of subject: The Trials of Oscar Wilde is a 1960 British courtroom drama film depicting the real-life libel and gross indecency trials that led to the downfall and imprisonment of playwright Oscar Wilde.
Referenced by (6)
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