The Respectful Prostitute
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The Respectful Prostitute is a play by Jean-Paul Sartre that explores themes of racism, injustice, and moral responsibility in the American South.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Respectful Prostitute canonical | 2 |
| The Respectful Prostitute (film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3069777 — 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 Respectful Prostitute Context triple: [Jean-Paul Sartre, notableWork, The Respectful Prostitute]
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A.
The Lady of Pleasure
The Lady of Pleasure is a Caroline-era comedy play by James Shirley that satirizes the excesses and moral corruption of the English aristocracy.
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B.
The Gentle Sex
The Gentle Sex is a 1943 British wartime drama film that follows the experiences of several women who join the Auxiliary Territorial Service during World War II.
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C.
Harlots
Harlots is a British period drama television series set in 18th-century London that explores the lives, rivalries, and struggles of women working in the city’s brothels.
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D.
The Stripper
The Stripper is a 1963 American drama film, adapted from William Inge’s play "A Loss of Roses," about an aging burlesque performer and featuring a score by composer David Rose.
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E.
Junky
Junky is a semi-autobiographical novel by William S. Burroughs that candidly chronicles heroin addiction and the American drug underworld in the mid-20th century.
- 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 Respectful Prostitute Target entity description: The Respectful Prostitute is a play by Jean-Paul Sartre that explores themes of racism, injustice, and moral responsibility in the American South.
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A.
The Lady of Pleasure
The Lady of Pleasure is a Caroline-era comedy play by James Shirley that satirizes the excesses and moral corruption of the English aristocracy.
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B.
The Gentle Sex
The Gentle Sex is a 1943 British wartime drama film that follows the experiences of several women who join the Auxiliary Territorial Service during World War II.
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C.
Harlots
Harlots is a British period drama television series set in 18th-century London that explores the lives, rivalries, and struggles of women working in the city’s brothels.
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D.
The Stripper
The Stripper is a 1963 American drama film, adapted from William Inge’s play "A Loss of Roses," about an aging burlesque performer and featuring a score by composer David Rose.
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E.
Junky
Junky is a semi-autobiographical novel by William S. Burroughs that candidly chronicles heroin addiction and the American drug underworld in the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
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theatrical work ⓘ |
| adaptationLanguage | French ⓘ |
| addresses |
abuse of political power
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racial segregation ⓘ sexual exploitation ⓘ violence against Black people in the United States ⓘ |
| author | Jean-Paul Sartre ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
individual conscience versus social pressure
ⓘ
pressure to give false testimony ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure | realist drama ⓘ |
| explores |
complicity of bystanders
ⓘ
institutional racism in the American South ⓘ miscarriage of justice ⓘ power and class dynamics ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1946 ⓘ |
| form | one-act play ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
political theatre ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Respectful Prostitute
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Respectful Prostitute (film)
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| hasCharacter |
Fred
ⓘ
Lizzie ⓘ Martha ⓘ Senator Clarke ⓘ The Negro ⓘ |
| hasDialogueLanguage | French ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | The Respectful Prostitute self-link ⓘ |
| hasMoralQuestion |
responsibility of the individual in an unjust society
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whether to tell the truth despite personal risk ⓘ |
| hasStageMedium | theatre ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | post-war French literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
injustice
ⓘ
moral responsibility ⓘ racism ⓘ |
| mediumOfAdaptation | film ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | La Putain respectueuse ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre | Sartre's engaged literature ⓘ |
| philosophicalMovement | existentialism ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1946 ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| settingLocation |
Southern United States
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surface form:
American South
|
| targetAudience | adult ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 20th century ⓘ |
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Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
The Respectful Prostitute (film)