Terra Nova (play)
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Terra Nova is a stage play by Ted Tally that dramatizes Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s ill-fated Antarctic expedition, blending historical fact with psychological exploration.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Terra Nova (play) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5907739 — 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: Terra Nova (play) Context triple: [Ted Tally, notableWork, Terra Nova (play)]
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A.
Clouds (play)
Clouds is an ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes that satirizes Socrates and the intellectual fashions of classical Athens.
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B.
The Green Goddess (play)
The Green Goddess (play) is a 1921 melodramatic stage thriller by William Archer about British hostages held by a fanatical ruler in a remote Himalayan kingdom.
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C.
The Warrens of Virginia (play)
The Warrens of Virginia is an early 20th-century American stage drama set during the Civil War, written by playwright William C. deMille.
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D.
Our Town
Our Town is a classic 1940 American drama film adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s play, directed by Sam Wood and celebrated for its poignant portrayal of small-town life and universal human experiences.
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E.
The Three Lives of Thomasina
The Three Lives of Thomasina is a 1963 Disney fantasy film about a girl and her cat whose apparent death and mysterious return transform the lives and beliefs of a Scottish village.
- 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: Terra Nova (play) Target entity description: Terra Nova is a stage play by Ted Tally that dramatizes Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s ill-fated Antarctic expedition, blending historical fact with psychological exploration.
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A.
Clouds (play)
Clouds is an ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes that satirizes Socrates and the intellectual fashions of classical Athens.
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B.
The Green Goddess (play)
The Green Goddess (play) is a 1921 melodramatic stage thriller by William Archer about British hostages held by a fanatical ruler in a remote Himalayan kingdom.
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C.
The Warrens of Virginia (play)
The Warrens of Virginia is an early 20th-century American stage drama set during the Civil War, written by playwright William C. deMille.
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D.
Our Town
Our Town is a classic 1940 American drama film adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s play, directed by Sam Wood and celebrated for its poignant portrayal of small-town life and universal human experiences.
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E.
The Three Lives of Thomasina
The Three Lives of Thomasina is a 1963 Disney fantasy film about a girl and her cat whose apparent death and mysterious return transform the lives and beliefs of a Scottish village.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | stage play ⓘ |
| author | Ted Tally ⓘ |
| basedOn | ill-fated South Pole expedition of Robert Falcon Scott ⓘ |
| character |
Robert Falcon Scott
ⓘ
members of Scott's Antarctic expedition ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dramaticForm |
expressionistic elements
ⓘ
nonlinear ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ |
| intendedFor | stage performance ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Robert Falcon Scott ⓘ |
| medium | live theatre ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
blend of historical fact and psychological drama
ⓘ
psychological exploration of Robert Falcon Scott ⓘ |
| portrays |
Scott's internal conflicts
ⓘ
extreme Antarctic conditions ⓘ race to the South Pole ⓘ |
| setting | Antarctica ⓘ |
| subject |
Antarctic exploration
ⓘ
Robert Falcon Scott ⓘ Terra Nova Expedition ⓘ
linked to:
British Antarctic Expedition
|
| theme |
failure
ⓘ
heroism ⓘ human endurance ⓘ mortality ⓘ obsession ⓘ the cost of exploration ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| writer | Ted Tally ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Terra Nova (play) Description of subject: Terra Nova is a stage play by Ted Tally that dramatizes Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s ill-fated Antarctic expedition, blending historical fact with psychological exploration.
Referenced by (1)
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