The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown
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The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown is a short story by Damon Runyon that inspired the characters and plot of the musical Guys and Dolls.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5398179 — 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: The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown Context triple: [Guys and Dolls, basedOn, The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown]
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A.
An Old-Fashioned Girl
An Old-Fashioned Girl is a 19th-century coming-of-age novel by Louisa May Alcott that contrasts simple, traditional values with the temptations of fashionable city life through the experiences of its young heroine.
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B.
The Robber Bridegroom
The Robber Bridegroom is a dark Grimm Brothers fairy tale about a young woman who discovers her seemingly charming fiancé is actually a murderous bandit.
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C.
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Two Mules for Sister Sara is a 1970 Western film starring Clint Eastwood and Shirley MacLaine that blends action, comedy, and adventure against the backdrop of the French intervention in Mexico.
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D.
The Lonedale Operator
The Lonedale Operator is a 1911 silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith, noted for its innovative cross-cutting and suspenseful storytelling in early cinema.
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E.
The Ghost in the Mill
"The Ghost in the Mill" is a short ghost story by Harriet Beecher Stowe that blends New England folklore with moral and religious themes.
- 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 Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown Target entity description: The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown is a short story by Damon Runyon that inspired the characters and plot of the musical Guys and Dolls.
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A.
An Old-Fashioned Girl
An Old-Fashioned Girl is a 19th-century coming-of-age novel by Louisa May Alcott that contrasts simple, traditional values with the temptations of fashionable city life through the experiences of its young heroine.
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B.
The Robber Bridegroom
The Robber Bridegroom is a dark Grimm Brothers fairy tale about a young woman who discovers her seemingly charming fiancé is actually a murderous bandit.
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C.
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Two Mules for Sister Sara is a 1970 Western film starring Clint Eastwood and Shirley MacLaine that blends action, comedy, and adventure against the backdrop of the French intervention in Mexico.
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D.
The Lonedale Operator
The Lonedale Operator is a 1911 silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith, noted for its innovative cross-cutting and suspenseful storytelling in early cinema.
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E.
The Ghost in the Mill
"The Ghost in the Mill" is a short ghost story by Harriet Beecher Stowe that blends New England folklore with moral and religious themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
short story ⓘ |
| author | Damon Runyon ⓘ |
| basedOnSubculture | Broadway gambling underworld ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuresOrganization | Save-a-Soul Mission ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
gambling
ⓘ
religious mission work ⓘ romance ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
humorous fiction ⓘ short fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptationSourceFor |
stage musical Guys and Dolls
ⓘ
linked to:
Guys and Dolls
|
| hasInfluenceOn | American musical theatre ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Adelaide
ⓘ
Miss Sarah Brown ⓘ Nathan Detroit ⓘ Sky Masterson ⓘ |
| hasPublicationMedium | magazine fiction ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Miss Sarah Brown ⓘ |
| inspired |
characters of Guys and Dolls
ⓘ
plot of Guys and Dolls ⓘ |
| inspiredWork | Guys and Dolls ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | Runyonese ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorCorpus | Damon Runyon stories about Broadway characters ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
New York City
ⓘ
Times Square ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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Referenced by (3)
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