Machinal
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Machinal is a 1928 expressionist play by Sophie Treadwell that critiques the dehumanizing effects of modern industrial society through the story of a young woman driven to murder.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Machinal canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15487336 — 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: Machinal Context triple: [Morgan Spector, notableWork, Machinal]
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A.
Desire Under the Elms
Desire Under the Elms is a 1924 tragedy by American playwright Eugene O'Neill that reimagines Greek myth in a New England farm setting, exploring themes of greed, desire, and family conflict.
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B.
Mourning Becomes Electra
Mourning Becomes Electra is a trilogy of plays by Eugene O'Neill that transposes the themes and plot of Aeschylus's Oresteia into a post–Civil War New England family drama.
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C.
Love-Lies-Bleeding
Love-Lies-Bleeding is a stage play by Don DeLillo that explores end-of-life decisions, consciousness, and the ethics of assisted dying within a family drama.
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D.
The Virgin Spring
The Virgin Spring is a 1960 Swedish medieval drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman, renowned for its stark exploration of faith, guilt, and revenge and for winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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E.
A Good Woman
A Good Woman is a 2004 romantic drama film, based on Oscar Wilde’s play "Lady Windermere’s Fan," in which Diana Hardcastle appears alongside stars like Helen Hunt and Scarlett Johansson.
- 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: Machinal Target entity description: Machinal is a 1928 expressionist play by Sophie Treadwell that critiques the dehumanizing effects of modern industrial society through the story of a young woman driven to murder.
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A.
Desire Under the Elms
Desire Under the Elms is a 1924 tragedy by American playwright Eugene O'Neill that reimagines Greek myth in a New England farm setting, exploring themes of greed, desire, and family conflict.
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B.
Mourning Becomes Electra
Mourning Becomes Electra is a trilogy of plays by Eugene O'Neill that transposes the themes and plot of Aeschylus's Oresteia into a post–Civil War New England family drama.
-
C.
Love-Lies-Bleeding
Love-Lies-Bleeding is a stage play by Don DeLillo that explores end-of-life decisions, consciousness, and the ethics of assisted dying within a family drama.
-
D.
The Virgin Spring
The Virgin Spring is a 1960 Swedish medieval drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman, renowned for its stark exploration of faith, guilt, and revenge and for winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
-
E.
A Good Woman
A Good Woman is a 2004 romantic drama film, based on Oscar Wilde’s play "Lady Windermere’s Fan," in which Diana Hardcastle appears alongside stars like Helen Hunt and Scarlett Johansson.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.