The Switchback
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The Switchback is a stage play by Scottish dramatist James Bridie, known for its sharp wit and exploration of moral and social themes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Switchback canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10888703 — 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 Switchback Context triple: [James Bridie, notableWork, The Switchback]
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A.
The Reversal
The Reversal is a legal thriller novel by Michael Connelly featuring defense attorney Mickey Haller and LAPD detective Harry Bosch working together on a high-profile retrial case.
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B.
There and Back
"There and Back" is a 1980 instrumental rock and jazz fusion album by English guitarist Jeff Beck, noted for its virtuosic playing and innovative use of synthesizers.
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C.
Reversing Falls
Reversing Falls is a set of powerful rapids and whirlpools near Saint John, New Brunswick, where the tidal forces of the Bay of Fundy dramatically reverse the flow of the river.
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D.
The Zigzag Way
The Zigzag Way is a novel by Indian author Anita Desai that follows a young American’s journey to Mexico, exploring themes of history, identity, and cultural displacement.
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E.
The Crooked Way
The Crooked Way is a 1949 American film noir crime drama about an amnesiac war veteran drawn into a violent criminal underworld.
- 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 Switchback Target entity description: The Switchback is a stage play by Scottish dramatist James Bridie, known for its sharp wit and exploration of moral and social themes.
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A.
The Reversal
The Reversal is a legal thriller novel by Michael Connelly featuring defense attorney Mickey Haller and LAPD detective Harry Bosch working together on a high-profile retrial case.
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B.
There and Back
"There and Back" is a 1980 instrumental rock and jazz fusion album by English guitarist Jeff Beck, noted for its virtuosic playing and innovative use of synthesizers.
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C.
Reversing Falls
Reversing Falls is a set of powerful rapids and whirlpools near Saint John, New Brunswick, where the tidal forces of the Bay of Fundy dramatically reverse the flow of the river.
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D.
The Zigzag Way
The Zigzag Way is a novel by Indian author Anita Desai that follows a young American’s journey to Mexico, exploring themes of history, identity, and cultural displacement.
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E.
The Crooked Way
The Crooked Way is a 1949 American film noir crime drama about an amnesiac war veteran drawn into a violent criminal underworld.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (16)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
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stage play ⓘ theatrical work ⓘ |
| author | James Bridie ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| creatorOccupation | Scottish dramatist ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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drama ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | sharp wit ⓘ |
| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| nationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| occupation | dramatist ⓘ |
| theme |
moral questions
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social issues ⓘ |
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 Switchback Description of subject: The Switchback is a stage play by Scottish dramatist James Bridie, known for its sharp wit and exploration of moral and social themes.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.