A Woman of No Importance
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A Woman of No Importance is an 1893 social comedy play by Oscar Wilde that satirizes Victorian upper-class morality and gender double standards.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Woman of No Importance canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1579068 — 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: A Woman of No Importance Context triple: [Oscar Wilde, notableWork, A Woman of No Importance]
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A.
The Skin Game
The Skin Game is a 1920 play by English writer John Galsworthy that explores class conflict and moral compromise through a bitter feud between an old aristocratic family and a nouveau riche industrialist.
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B.
Wings of a Dove
"Wings of a Dove" is a popular 1983 ska single by the British band Culture Club, known for its upbeat, gospel-influenced sound and celebratory lyrics.
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C.
The Paradine Case
The Paradine Case is a 1947 courtroom drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, in which Gregory Peck plays a defense attorney entangled in a complex murder trial involving a beautiful widow.
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D.
The Aspern Papers
The Aspern Papers is a novella by Henry James that explores themes of literary obsession, secrecy, and moral ambiguity through a scholar’s attempt to obtain the private papers of a deceased poet from his reclusive former lover.
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E.
The Wings of the Dove
The Wings of the Dove is a 1902 novel by Henry James that explores complex moral and emotional entanglements surrounding love, wealth, and betrayal in Edwardian society.
- 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: A Woman of No Importance Target entity description: A Woman of No Importance is an 1893 social comedy play by Oscar Wilde that satirizes Victorian upper-class morality and gender double standards.
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A.
The Skin Game
The Skin Game is a 1920 play by English writer John Galsworthy that explores class conflict and moral compromise through a bitter feud between an old aristocratic family and a nouveau riche industrialist.
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B.
Wings of a Dove
"Wings of a Dove" is a popular 1983 ska single by the British band Culture Club, known for its upbeat, gospel-influenced sound and celebratory lyrics.
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C.
The Paradine Case
The Paradine Case is a 1947 courtroom drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, in which Gregory Peck plays a defense attorney entangled in a complex murder trial involving a beautiful widow.
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D.
The Aspern Papers
The Aspern Papers is a novella by Henry James that explores themes of literary obsession, secrecy, and moral ambiguity through a scholar’s attempt to obtain the private papers of a deceased poet from his reclusive former lover.
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E.
The Wings of the Dove
The Wings of the Dove is a 1902 novel by Henry James that explores complex moral and emotional entanglements surrounding love, wealth, and betrayal in Edwardian society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
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stage work ⓘ |
| author | Oscar Wilde ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 1893 ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | drawing-room comedy ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCity |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| firstPerformanceLocation | Haymarket Theatre ⓘ |
| followsInOeuvre |
Lady Windermere’s Fan
ⓘ
surface form:
Lady Windermere's Fan
|
| genre |
comedy of manners
ⓘ
social comedy ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
radio adaptations
ⓘ
stage revivals worldwide ⓘ television adaptations ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Gerald Arbuthnot
ⓘ
Hester Worsley ⓘ Lady Caroline Pontefract ⓘ Lady Hunstanton ⓘ Lord Illingworth ⓘ Mrs. Allonby ⓘ Mrs. Arbuthnot ⓘ Sir John Pontefract ⓘ |
| hasMoralConflictBetween | individual conscience and social convention ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
critique of Victorian upper-class morality
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gender double standards ⓘ hypocrisy ⓘ illegitimacy and social stigma ⓘ sexual morality ⓘ |
| movement |
Aestheticism
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fin de siècle literature ⓘ |
| notableFor |
epigrammatic dialogue
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satire of aristocracy ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Oscar Wilde's society plays ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPublication |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| precedesInOeuvre |
An Ideal Husband
ⓘ
The Importance of Being Earnest ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstEdition | John Lane ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Victorian era ⓘ |
| setting | English country house ⓘ |
| structure | four-act play ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
class and privilege
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illegitimate child ⓘ single motherhood ⓘ |
| timeSetting | late 19th century ⓘ |
| writer | Oscar Wilde ⓘ |
| yearOfPremiere | 1893 ⓘ |
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Subject: A Woman of No Importance Description of subject: A Woman of No Importance is an 1893 social comedy play by Oscar Wilde that satirizes Victorian upper-class morality and gender double standards.
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