The Desk Set
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The Desk Set is a 1955 stage comedy by William Marchant, later adapted into a popular 1957 film starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, about the clash between human expertise and new computer technology in a television network’s research department.
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| The Desk Set canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14171378 — 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 Desk Set Context triple: [Joseph Fields, notableWork, The Desk Set]
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A.
The Philadelphia Story
The Philadelphia Story is a classic 1939 romantic comedy play by Philip Barry, best known through its acclaimed 1940 film adaptation starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and James Stewart.
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B.
The Apartment
The Apartment is a 1960 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Billy Wilder, celebrated for its blend of sharp satire and poignant romance and for winning the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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C.
The Apartment
The Apartment is a 1996 French-Italian romantic thriller film, best known for its intricate, nonlinear love story and for featuring Monica Bellucci in one of her early prominent roles.
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D.
The Seven Year Itch
The Seven Year Itch is a 1955 romantic comedy film best known for Marilyn Monroe’s iconic subway-grate dress scene and its satirical take on mid-century marriage and temptation.
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E.
The Shop Around the Corner
The Shop Around the Corner is a classic 1940 romantic comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch, celebrated for its witty dialogue and tender portrayal of anonymous pen-pal lovers who unknowingly work together in the same shop.
- 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 Desk Set Target entity description: The Desk Set is a 1955 stage comedy by William Marchant, later adapted into a popular 1957 film starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, about the clash between human expertise and new computer technology in a television network’s research department.
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A.
The Philadelphia Story
The Philadelphia Story is a classic 1939 romantic comedy play by Philip Barry, best known through its acclaimed 1940 film adaptation starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and James Stewart.
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B.
The Apartment
The Apartment is a 1960 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Billy Wilder, celebrated for its blend of sharp satire and poignant romance and for winning the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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C.
The Apartment
The Apartment is a 1996 French-Italian romantic thriller film, best known for its intricate, nonlinear love story and for featuring Monica Bellucci in one of her early prominent roles.
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D.
The Seven Year Itch
The Seven Year Itch is a 1955 romantic comedy film best known for Marilyn Monroe’s iconic subway-grate dress scene and its satirical take on mid-century marriage and temptation.
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E.
The Shop Around the Corner
The Shop Around the Corner is a classic 1940 romantic comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch, celebrated for its witty dialogue and tender portrayal of anonymous pen-pal lovers who unknowingly work together in the same shop.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.