The Glass Teat
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The Glass Teat is a collection of Harlan Ellison’s incisive television criticism columns that sharply examine the cultural and political impact of TV in late-1960s America.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Glass Teat canonical | 2 |
| The Other Glass Teat | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6227750 — 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 Glass Teat Context triple: [Harlan Ellison, notableWork, The Glass Teat]
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A.
The Glass Egg
The Glass Egg is a distinctive, modern glass-and-steel civic building in London known for its striking, egg-like architectural design.
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B.
The Cut-Glass Bowl
The Cut-Glass Bowl is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald that explores themes of materialism, marital strain, and the unintended consequences of seemingly glamorous possessions in early 20th-century American society.
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C.
The World of Glass
The World of Glass is a museum and visitor attraction in St Helens, England, dedicated to the history, science, and art of glassmaking.
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D.
The Broken Jug
The Broken Jug is an 18th-century genre painting by French artist Jean-Baptiste Greuze, depicting a young girl with a broken water jug as a moralizing allegory of lost innocence.
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E.
The Glass of Lemonade
The Glass of Lemonade is a 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Gerard ter Borch, depicting an intimate domestic scene that exemplifies his refined rendering of fabrics and subtle psychological interaction between figures.
- 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 Glass Teat Target entity description: The Glass Teat is a collection of Harlan Ellison’s incisive television criticism columns that sharply examine the cultural and political impact of TV in late-1960s America.
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A.
The Glass Egg
The Glass Egg is a distinctive, modern glass-and-steel civic building in London known for its striking, egg-like architectural design.
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B.
The Cut-Glass Bowl
The Cut-Glass Bowl is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald that explores themes of materialism, marital strain, and the unintended consequences of seemingly glamorous possessions in early 20th-century American society.
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C.
The World of Glass
The World of Glass is a museum and visitor attraction in St Helens, England, dedicated to the history, science, and art of glassmaking.
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D.
The Broken Jug
The Broken Jug is an 18th-century genre painting by French artist Jean-Baptiste Greuze, depicting a young girl with a broken water jug as a moralizing allegory of lost innocence.
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E.
The Glass of Lemonade
The Glass of Lemonade is a 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Gerard ter Borch, depicting an intimate domestic scene that exemplifies his refined rendering of fabrics and subtle psychological interaction between figures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
essay collection ⓘ television criticism ⓘ |
| associatedWith | counterculture of the 1960s ⓘ |
| author | Harlan Ellison ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticizes | American television industry ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
cultural impact of television
ⓘ
political impact of television ⓘ |
| genre |
cultural criticism
ⓘ
media criticism ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | collection of columns ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
The Other Glass Teat
ⓘ
linked to:
The Glass Teat
|
| hasTitle | The Glass Teat ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediumCritiqued | television ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of television as a social force
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incisive and polemical style ⓘ |
| originalMediumOfColumns | newspaper column ⓘ |
| publicationPeriodCovered | late 1960s ⓘ |
| subject |
American culture
ⓘ
politics in the United States ⓘ television ⓘ |
| timePeriodDiscussed |
Vietnam War era
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civil rights era ⓘ |
| tone |
angry
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provocative ⓘ satirical ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Harlan Ellison ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Glass Teat Description of subject: The Glass Teat is a collection of Harlan Ellison’s incisive television criticism columns that sharply examine the cultural and political impact of TV in late-1960s America.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Glass Teat
linked to: The Glass Teat