On Whitman Avenue
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"On Whitman Avenue" is a socially conscious 1946 Broadway play, co-starring Canada Lee, that confronts racism and housing discrimination in postwar America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| On Whitman Avenue canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13475902 — 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: On Whitman Avenue Context triple: [Canada Lee, notableWork, On Whitman Avenue]
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A.
Mainland Street
Mainland Street is a prominent thoroughfare in Vancouver’s Yaletown neighborhood, known for its historic warehouse buildings, restaurants, and shops.
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B.
The Avenue
The Avenue is an upmarket shopping and dining destination located within the Spinningfields district of Manchester, England.
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C.
On the Avenue
"On the Avenue" is a 1937 American musical film featuring songs by Irving Berlin and starring Madeleine Carroll and Dick Powell.
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D.
One-Way Street
One-Way Street is a 1928 collection of experimental, fragmentary prose pieces by Walter Benjamin that blends philosophy, cultural criticism, and literary reflection.
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E.
Van Dyke Avenue
Van Dyke Avenue is a major north–south thoroughfare in Michigan that serves as a key route through Detroit and its northern suburbs.
- 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: On Whitman Avenue Target entity description: "On Whitman Avenue" is a socially conscious 1946 Broadway play, co-starring Canada Lee, that confronts racism and housing discrimination in postwar America.
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A.
Mainland Street
Mainland Street is a prominent thoroughfare in Vancouver’s Yaletown neighborhood, known for its historic warehouse buildings, restaurants, and shops.
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B.
The Avenue
The Avenue is an upmarket shopping and dining destination located within the Spinningfields district of Manchester, England.
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C.
On the Avenue
"On the Avenue" is a 1937 American musical film featuring songs by Irving Berlin and starring Madeleine Carroll and Dick Powell.
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D.
One-Way Street
One-Way Street is a 1928 collection of experimental, fragmentary prose pieces by Walter Benjamin that blends philosophy, cultural criticism, and literary reflection.
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E.
Van Dyke Avenue
Van Dyke Avenue is a major north–south thoroughfare in Michigan that serves as a key route through Detroit and its northern suburbs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Broadway play
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theatrical play ⓘ |
| coStarred |
African American actor Canada Lee
NERFINISHED
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Canada Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
discriminatory housing practices
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white resistance to Black neighbors ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType | African American war veteran ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 1946 ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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social problem play ⓘ |
| hasSocialIssueFocus |
civil rights
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race relations in the United States ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
African American civil rights
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injustice in post–World War II America ⓘ racial segregation in housing ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
emergence of civil rights discourse on Broadway
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postwar American housing crisis ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | Broadway theatre-goers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
housing discrimination
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postwar American society ⓘ racism ⓘ |
| medium | stage ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early Broadway treatment of housing discrimination
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socially conscious portrayal of racism ⓘ |
| productionType | Broadway production ⓘ |
| setIn |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| setInPeriod | post–World War II era ⓘ |
| workChronology | 20th-century American theatre ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: On Whitman Avenue Description of subject: "On Whitman Avenue" is a socially conscious 1946 Broadway play, co-starring Canada Lee, that confronts racism and housing discrimination in postwar America.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.