Act II
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Act II is the second major division of Sam Shepard's play "A Lie of the Mind," in which the drama's central conflicts and character relationships intensify and further develop.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Act II canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9592821 — 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: Act II Context triple: [A Lie of the Mind, hasPart, Act II]
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Act II
Act II is the middle act of Edward Albee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play "A Delicate Balance," in which the tensions and unspoken conflicts within a suburban family intensify.
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Act II
Act II is the second act of Bruce Norris's Pulitzer Prize–winning play "Clybourne Park," set in the same house 50 years later to explore contemporary racial and gentrification tensions.
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Act II
Act II is the middle segment of the 1858 comic play "Our American Cousin," in which the plot and character conflicts further develop toward the story’s climax.
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Act II
Act II is the concluding section of Tchaikovsky’s ballet *The Nutcracker*, set in the Land of Sweets and featuring many of its most famous character dances and musical numbers.
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Act II
Act II is the middle act of Richard Wagner's opera "Lohengrin," advancing the drama through political intrigue and the deepening conflict surrounding the mysterious knight’s identity.
- 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: Act II Target entity description: Act II is the second major division of Sam Shepard's play "A Lie of the Mind," in which the drama's central conflicts and character relationships intensify and further develop.
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A.
Act II
Act II is the middle act of Edward Albee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play "A Delicate Balance," in which the tensions and unspoken conflicts within a suburban family intensify.
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B.
Act II
Act II is the middle segment of the 1858 comic play "Our American Cousin," in which the plot and character conflicts further develop toward the story’s climax.
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Act II
Act II is the middle section of Thornton Wilder’s play "The Skin of Our Teeth," continuing the Antrobus family’s allegorical journey through recurring catastrophes and human resilience.
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Act II
Act II is the middle act of Richard Wagner's opera "Lohengrin," advancing the drama through political intrigue and the deepening conflict surrounding the mysterious knight’s identity.
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Act II
Act II is a central segment of Goethe’s dramatic poem "Faust, Part Two," in which Faust’s journey shifts into allegorical, political, and classical-mythological realms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | act of a play ⓘ |
| basedOnWork |
A Lie of the Mind (play text)
ⓘ
linked to:
A Lie of the Mind
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Sam Shepard ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction |
deepening of family conflict
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escalation of dramatic tension ⓘ exploration of psychological damage ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Act III (A Lie of the Mind)
ⓘ
linked to:
A Lie of the Mind
|
| follows |
Act I (A Lie of the Mind)
ⓘ
linked to:
A Lie of the Mind
|
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
psychological drama ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Baylor
ⓘ
Beth ⓘ Frankie ⓘ Jake ⓘ Lorraine ⓘ Meg ⓘ Mike ⓘ Sally ⓘ |
| hasDramaticStructureElement | scenes ⓘ |
| hasMainSubject |
family relationships
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identity ⓘ marital conflict ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
breakdown of communication
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illusion versus reality ⓘ loyalty and betrayal ⓘ memory and perception ⓘ violence within families ⓘ |
| intendedPerformanceForm | live stage performance ⓘ |
| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
development of central conflicts
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intensification of character relationships ⓘ |
| originalAuthor | Sam Shepard ⓘ |
| partOf | A Lie of the Mind ⓘ |
| partOfWorkStructure | three-act structure of A Lie of the Mind ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | 2 ⓘ |
| setInWork |
American West
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linked to:
Old West
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| timeInNarrative |
after initial crisis of the play
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before final resolution in Act III ⓘ |
| workChronologyWithinPlay | middle section of A Lie of the Mind ⓘ |
| workLanguage | English ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Act II Description of subject: Act II is the second major division of Sam Shepard's play "A Lie of the Mind," in which the drama's central conflicts and character relationships intensify and further develop.
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