Headlong
E246819
Headlong is a comic novel by Michael Frayn in which a hapless philosopher becomes obsessed with a possibly undiscovered Bruegel painting, blending farce with art-historical intrigue.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Headlong canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2240970 — 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: Headlong Context triple: [Michael Frayn, notableWork, Headlong]
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A.
The Actress
The Actress is a 1953 American comedy-drama film, directed by George Cukor and based on Ruth Gordon’s autobiographical play, depicting a young woman’s determination to pursue a stage career against her father’s wishes.
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B.
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Magnificent Ambersons is a 1942 Orson Welles film adaptation of Booth Tarkington’s novel, chronicling the decline of a wealthy Midwestern family amid the rise of industrialization.
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C.
Some Came Running
Some Came Running is a 1958 American drama film, based on James Jones's novel, starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Shirley MacLaine in a story of a war veteran's troubled return to small-town life.
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D.
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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E.
Manhattan Melodrama
Manhattan Melodrama is a 1934 American crime drama film, best known for starring Clark Gable, William Powell, and Myrna Loy and for being the movie John Dillinger watched before his death.
- 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: Headlong Target entity description: Headlong is a comic novel by Michael Frayn in which a hapless philosopher becomes obsessed with a possibly undiscovered Bruegel painting, blending farce with art-historical intrigue.
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A.
The Actress
The Actress is a 1953 American comedy-drama film, directed by George Cukor and based on Ruth Gordon’s autobiographical play, depicting a young woman’s determination to pursue a stage career against her father’s wishes.
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B.
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Magnificent Ambersons is a 1942 Orson Welles film adaptation of Booth Tarkington’s novel, chronicling the decline of a wealthy Midwestern family amid the rise of industrialization.
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C.
Some Came Running
Some Came Running is a 1958 American drama film, based on James Jones's novel, starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Shirley MacLaine in a story of a war veteran's troubled return to small-town life.
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D.
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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E.
Manhattan Melodrama
Manhattan Melodrama is a 1934 American crime drama film, best known for starring Clark Gable, William Powell, and Myrna Loy and for being the movie John Dillinger watched before his death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Michael Frayn ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
art-historical intrigue
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farce ⓘ obsession with a possibly undiscovered Bruegel painting ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
comic novel
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humorous fiction ⓘ satirical fiction ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
book
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print ⓘ |
| includesCharacterRole |
academic philosopher
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art historian ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
comic farce
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first-person narrative ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | philosopher ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | search for a lost painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of farce and art-historical analysis
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comic treatment of scholarly obsession ⓘ |
| protagonistDescription | hapless philosopher ⓘ |
| setting |
English countryside
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contemporary England ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
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Renaissance art ⓘ academic life ⓘ art history ⓘ moral dilemmas ⓘ |
| workOfAuthor | Michael Frayn ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Headlong Description of subject: Headlong is a comic novel by Michael Frayn in which a hapless philosopher becomes obsessed with a possibly undiscovered Bruegel painting, blending farce with art-historical intrigue.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
King Ralph