A Small Family Business
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A Small Family Business is a darkly comic stage play by British dramatist Alan Ayckbourn that satirically explores corruption and moral compromise within a seemingly ordinary middle-class family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Small Family Business canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8629854 — 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: A Small Family Business Context triple: [Alan Ayckbourn, notableWork, A Small Family Business]
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A.
The Family Business
The Family Business is an American crime drama television series that follows the powerful Duncan family as they juggle their high-end exotic car dealership with their dangerous underworld operations.
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B.
The Family Trade
The Family Trade is a science fiction novel by Charles Stross that follows a journalist who discovers she can travel between parallel worlds and becomes embroiled in the politics and intrigues of a powerful interdimensional trading clan.
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C.
No Small Affair
No Small Affair is a 1984 romantic comedy film starring Jon Cryer and Demi Moore, centered on a teenage photographer who becomes infatuated with an aspiring nightclub singer.
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D.
The Family Meeting
"The Family Meeting" is a short story by Washington Irving included in his 1822 collection "Bracebridge Hall; or, The Humorists," depicting the customs and dynamics of an English country household.
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E.
A Family Affair
A Family Affair is a 1937 American comedy-drama film that introduced the popular Hardy family characters and launched the long-running Andy Hardy film series.
- 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: A Small Family Business Target entity description: A Small Family Business is a darkly comic stage play by British dramatist Alan Ayckbourn that satirically explores corruption and moral compromise within a seemingly ordinary middle-class family.
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A.
The Family Business
The Family Business is an American crime drama television series that follows the powerful Duncan family as they juggle their high-end exotic car dealership with their dangerous underworld operations.
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B.
The Family Trade
The Family Trade is a science fiction novel by Charles Stross that follows a journalist who discovers she can travel between parallel worlds and becomes embroiled in the politics and intrigues of a powerful interdimensional trading clan.
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C.
No Small Affair
No Small Affair is a 1984 romantic comedy film starring Jon Cryer and Demi Moore, centered on a teenage photographer who becomes infatuated with an aspiring nightclub singer.
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D.
The Family Meeting
"The Family Meeting" is a short story by Washington Irving included in his 1822 collection "Bracebridge Hall; or, The Humorists," depicting the customs and dynamics of an English country household.
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E.
A Family Affair
A Family Affair is a 1962 Broadway musical comedy with music by John Kander that marked the first Broadway directing credit of legendary producer-director Harold Prince.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dark comedy
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stage play ⓘ |
| author | Alan Ayckbourn ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure | full-length play ⓘ |
| dramaticStyle |
realism
ⓘ
social satire ⓘ |
| explores |
corruption in small-scale enterprise
ⓘ
the clash between personal morality and financial gain ⓘ the façade of respectability ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
a family-run business
ⓘ
a middle-class family ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
dark comedy ⓘ family drama ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasAudience | theatre audiences ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | British ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
business owner
ⓘ
family members ⓘ |
| hasForm | dialogue-driven drama ⓘ |
| intendedMedium | stage ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Alan Ayckbourn plays ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
business ethics
ⓘ
corruption ⓘ greed ⓘ hypocrisy ⓘ middle-class values ⓘ moral compromise ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | linear narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| setting | contemporary Britain ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
business corruption
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family relationships ⓘ middle-class life ⓘ |
| tone |
darkly comic
ⓘ
satirical ⓘ |
| writer | Alan Ayckbourn ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Small Family Business Description of subject: A Small Family Business is a darkly comic stage play by British dramatist Alan Ayckbourn that satirically explores corruption and moral compromise within a seemingly ordinary middle-class family.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.