The Common Pursuit (stage production)
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The Common Pursuit (stage production) is a theatrical adaptation of Tom Sharpe’s satirical novel, known for its comedic portrayal of academic and social pretensions and for featuring actor James Dreyfus in a notable role.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Common Pursuit (stage production) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8179525 — 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 Common Pursuit (stage production) Context triple: [James Dreyfus, notableWork, The Common Pursuit (stage production)]
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A.
Period of Adjustment (play)
Period of Adjustment (play) is a 1960 dark comedy by Tennessee Williams that explores the marital tensions of two couples over a single turbulent Christmas Eve.
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B.
The Loved Ones (stage adaptation)
The Loved Ones (stage adaptation) is a theatrical version of the Australian horror story about a sadistic high-school girl’s twisted prom night, adapted for the stage and featuring Robin McLeavy in a key role.
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C.
The Fox (stage adaptation)
The Fox (stage adaptation) is a stage play adaptation of D.H. Lawrence’s novella "The Fox," known for its intense psychological drama and for featuring actor Keir Dullea in a prominent role.
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D.
Possible Worlds (stage production)
Possible Worlds (stage production) is an experimental, multimedia-infused stage play by Robert Lepage that blends science fiction, mystery, and philosophical exploration of parallel realities and identity.
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E.
Bluets (stage adaptation)
Bluets (stage adaptation) is a theatrical work that reimagines Maggie Nelson’s acclaimed lyric essay for the stage, translating its meditations on love, loss, and the color blue into a live performance.
- 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 Common Pursuit (stage production) Target entity description: The Common Pursuit (stage production) is a theatrical adaptation of Tom Sharpe’s satirical novel, known for its comedic portrayal of academic and social pretensions and for featuring actor James Dreyfus in a notable role.
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A.
Period of Adjustment (play)
Period of Adjustment (play) is a 1960 dark comedy by Tennessee Williams that explores the marital tensions of two couples over a single turbulent Christmas Eve.
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B.
The Loved Ones (stage adaptation)
The Loved Ones (stage adaptation) is a theatrical version of the Australian horror story about a sadistic high-school girl’s twisted prom night, adapted for the stage and featuring Robin McLeavy in a key role.
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C.
The Fox (stage adaptation)
The Fox (stage adaptation) is a stage play adaptation of D.H. Lawrence’s novella "The Fox," known for its intense psychological drama and for featuring actor Keir Dullea in a prominent role.
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D.
Possible Worlds (stage production)
Possible Worlds (stage production) is an experimental, multimedia-infused stage play by Robert Lepage that blends science fiction, mystery, and philosophical exploration of parallel realities and identity.
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E.
Bluets (stage adaptation)
Bluets (stage adaptation) is a theatrical work that reimagines Maggie Nelson’s acclaimed lyric essay for the stage, translating its meditations on love, loss, and the color blue into a live performance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | stage play ⓘ |
| adaptationOfGenre | satirical novel ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Common Pursuit (novel) ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Tom Sharpe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
satire ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
academic pretension
ⓘ
career failure ⓘ friendship ⓘ literary ambition ⓘ social pretension ⓘ university life ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | live theatre ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
founding of a literary magazine
ⓘ
group of Cambridge students ⓘ |
| notableCastMember | James Dreyfus ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comedic portrayal of academic and social pretensions
ⓘ
featuring James Dreyfus in a notable role ⓘ |
| portrays |
British middle‑class society
ⓘ
academic life in Britain ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult theatre audiences ⓘ |
| tone |
comic
ⓘ
satirical ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Common Pursuit (stage production) Description of subject: The Common Pursuit (stage production) is a theatrical adaptation of Tom Sharpe’s satirical novel, known for its comedic portrayal of academic and social pretensions and for featuring actor James Dreyfus in a notable role.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.