The Prescott Proposals (play)
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The Prescott Proposals is a stage play co-written by Howard Lindsay that reflects his mid-20th-century American theatrical style and reputation for polished, commercially successful drama.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Prescott Proposals (play) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9326510 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Prescott Proposals (play) Context triple: [Howard Lindsay, notableWork, The Prescott Proposals (play)]
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Terra Nova (play)
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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B.
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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C.
Dodsworth (play)
Dodsworth is a 1934 stage adaptation by Sidney Howard of Sinclair Lewis's novel, focusing on the disintegration of a middle-aged American couple's marriage during their travels in Europe.
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D.
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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E.
The Women (play)
The Women is a 1936 satirical comedy play by Clare Boothe Luce that portrays the lives, rivalries, and romantic entanglements of a group of wealthy New York women, notable for its all-female cast.
- 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 Prescott Proposals (play) Target entity description: The Prescott Proposals is a stage play co-written by Howard Lindsay that reflects his mid-20th-century American theatrical style and reputation for polished, commercially successful drama.
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A.
The Gazebo (play)
The Gazebo is a 1958 Broadway mystery-comedy play, co-written by Alec Coppel and Leueen MacGrath, about a television writer who tries to dispose of a blackmailer’s body in his backyard gazebo with farcical consequences.
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B.
Terra Nova (play)
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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C.
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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D.
Dodsworth (play)
Dodsworth is a 1934 stage adaptation by Sidney Howard of Sinclair Lewis's novel, focusing on the disintegration of a middle-aged American couple's marriage during their travels in Europe.
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E.
The High Ground (play)
The High Ground is a stage play written by Leueen MacGrath, best known as part of her body of work as a mid-20th-century playwright and screenwriter.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American dramatist
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playwright ⓘ stage play ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Howard Lindsay’s theatrical reputation ⓘ |
| author | Howard Lindsay ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| coWrittenBy | Howard Lindsay ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
commercially successful
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polished ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Prescott Proposals ⓘ |
| reflectsStyleOf | mid-20th-century American theatre ⓘ |
| workOf | Howard Lindsay ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Prescott Proposals (play) Description of subject: The Prescott Proposals is a stage play co-written by Howard Lindsay that reflects his mid-20th-century American theatrical style and reputation for polished, commercially successful drama.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.