The Playmaker
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The Playmaker is a historical novel by Australian author Thomas Keneally that dramatizes the staging of a play by convicts and officers in an early New South Wales penal colony.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Playmaker canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11328530 — 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 Playmaker Context triple: [Thomas Keneally, notableWork, The Playmaker]
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A.
The Playmaker
The Playmaker is the nickname of Michael Irvin, the Hall of Fame wide receiver who starred for the Dallas Cowboys during their 1990s Super Bowl dynasty.
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B.
The Players
The Players is a 2012 French comedy anthology film consisting of several vignettes about male infidelity, starring and co-directed by Jean Dujardin and Guillaume Canet.
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C.
The Spirit of the Game
The Spirit of the Game is a book by sports journalist Mihir Bose that explores the ethics, culture, and evolving values at the heart of competitive sport.
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D.
It’s All in the Playing
"It’s All in the Playing" is a memoir by actress and author Shirley MacLaine that explores her spiritual journey, metaphysical beliefs, and experiences with past-life regression.
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E.
The Rookie
The Rookie is a 2002 sports drama film based on the true story of high school teacher and former pitcher Jim Morris, who makes an unexpected late-in-life debut in Major League Baseball.
- 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 Playmaker Target entity description: The Playmaker is a historical novel by Australian author Thomas Keneally that dramatizes the staging of a play by convicts and officers in an early New South Wales penal colony.
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A.
The Playmaker
The Playmaker is the nickname of Michael Irvin, the Hall of Fame wide receiver who starred for the Dallas Cowboys during their 1990s Super Bowl dynasty.
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B.
The Players
The Players is a 2012 French comedy anthology film consisting of several vignettes about male infidelity, starring and co-directed by Jean Dujardin and Guillaume Canet.
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C.
The Spirit of the Game
The Spirit of the Game is a book by sports journalist Mihir Bose that explores the ethics, culture, and evolving values at the heart of competitive sport.
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D.
It’s All in the Playing
"It’s All in the Playing" is a memoir by actress and author Shirley MacLaine that explores her spiritual journey, metaphysical beliefs, and experiences with past-life regression.
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E.
The Rookie
The Rookie is a 2002 sports drama film based on the true story of high school teacher and former pitcher Jim Morris, who makes an unexpected late-in-life debut in Major League Baseball.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Keneally ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Australia ⓘ |
| depicts |
life in an early Australian penal settlement
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rehearsal and performance of a stage play ⓘ relationships between convicts and officers ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType |
British officers
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colonial administrators ⓘ convicts ⓘ |
| genre |
Australian literature
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historical fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | Australian ⓘ |
| hasFictionalStatus | fictionalized account of historical events ⓘ |
| hasMedium | print ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
British Empire
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history of New South Wales ⓘ penal colonies ⓘ transportation of convicts to Australia ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | standalone novel ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | early European theatre in Australia ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century Australian novel ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
art and imagination
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class and social hierarchy ⓘ colonialism ⓘ power and authority ⓘ punishment and redemption ⓘ survival ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | staging of a play by convicts and officers ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| settingContext | early New South Wales penal colony ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
New South Wales
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Sydney Cove ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | late 18th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Playmaker Description of subject: The Playmaker is a historical novel by Australian author Thomas Keneally that dramatizes the staging of a play by convicts and officers in an early New South Wales penal colony.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.