Oleanna
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Oleanna is a controversial two-character play by David Mamet that explores power dynamics, sexual harassment, and miscommunication between a college professor and his female student.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oleanna canonical | 3 |
| Oleanna (stage performance) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5618539 — 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: Oleanna Context triple: [Julia Stiles, theaterWork, Oleanna]
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A.
A Delicate Balance
A Delicate Balance is a Pulitzer Prize–winning play by Edward Albee that explores the fragility of family relationships and the existential anxieties underlying upper-middle-class life.
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B.
The Accused
The Accused is a 1988 American legal drama film that powerfully examines sexual assault and victim-blaming, featuring an Oscar-winning performance by Jodie Foster.
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C.
A Lie of the Mind
A Lie of the Mind is a 1985 play by American playwright Sam Shepard that explores themes of family dysfunction, violence, and the fragility of identity in the American West.
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D.
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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E.
Crimes of the Heart
Crimes of the Heart is a 1986 dark comedy-drama film adaptation of Beth Henley’s Pulitzer Prize–winning play, centered on three eccentric sisters reuniting in small-town Mississippi.
- 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: Oleanna Target entity description: Oleanna is a controversial two-character play by David Mamet that explores power dynamics, sexual harassment, and miscommunication between a college professor and his female student.
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A.
A Delicate Balance
A Delicate Balance is a Pulitzer Prize–winning play by Edward Albee that explores the fragility of family relationships and the existential anxieties underlying upper-middle-class life.
-
B.
The Accused
The Accused is a 1988 American legal drama film that powerfully examines sexual assault and victim-blaming, featuring an Oscar-winning performance by Jodie Foster.
-
C.
A Lie of the Mind
A Lie of the Mind is a 1985 play by American playwright Sam Shepard that explores themes of family dysfunction, violence, and the fragility of identity in the American West.
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D.
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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E.
Crimes of the Heart
Crimes of the Heart is a 1986 dark comedy-drama film adaptation of Beth Henley’s Pulitzer Prize–winning play, centered on three eccentric sisters reuniting in small-town Mississippi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
ⓘ
stage work ⓘ |
| actCount | 3 ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | film ⓘ |
| author | David Mamet ⓘ |
| broadwayOpeningYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| broadwayTransfer | true ⓘ |
| controversial | true ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dialogueStyle | Mametian rapid-fire dialogue ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | two-hander ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Carol
ⓘ
John ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | David Mamet ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1992 ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
psychological drama ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ambiguous portrayal of events
ⓘ
provoking strong audience reactions ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | college professor ⓘ |
| mainCharacterRole | female student ⓘ |
| notableFor |
minimalist set and focus on language
ⓘ
shifting audience sympathies between characters ⓘ |
| numberOfCharacters | 2 ⓘ |
| originalMedium | stage ⓘ |
| period | late 20th-century American theatre ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| premiereTheatre | American Repertory Theater ⓘ |
| productionHistory | frequently revived in regional theatres ⓘ |
| setting | professor's office ⓘ |
| structure | three scenes corresponding to three meetings ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
allegations of sexual harassment in academia
ⓘ
power struggle between teacher and student ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
extensive academic criticism
ⓘ
feminist and anti-feminist debate ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult ⓘ |
| theme |
academic politics
ⓘ
gender relations ⓘ miscommunication ⓘ political correctness ⓘ power dynamics ⓘ sexual harassment ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | contemporary to early 1990s ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | folk song "Oleanna" about a utopian community ⓘ |
| writer | David Mamet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Oleanna Description of subject: Oleanna is a controversial two-character play by David Mamet that explores power dynamics, sexual harassment, and miscommunication between a college professor and his female student.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Oleanna