The Boys from Syracuse (score)
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The Boys from Syracuse (score) is Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart’s celebrated 1938 Broadway musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, known for its witty lyrics and enduring jazz standards.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Boys from Syracuse | 1 |
| The Boys from Syracuse (score) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3169726 — 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 Boys from Syracuse (score) Context triple: [This Can't Be Love, partOf, The Boys from Syracuse (score)]
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A.
Merrily We Roll Along
"Merrily We Roll Along" is a popular song best known as the iconic theme music for the classic Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoons.
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B.
The Most Happy Fella
The Most Happy Fella is a 1956 Broadway musical by Frank Loesser, known for its operatic score and romantic story set in California’s Napa Valley.
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C.
The Pajama Game
The Pajama Game is a 1957 musical film adaptation of the Broadway show, known for its lively depiction of labor-management romance in a pajama factory and its classic choreography by Bob Fosse.
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D.
Kiss Me, Kate
Kiss Me, Kate is a classic Broadway musical comedy by Cole Porter that playfully intertwines a backstage romance with a musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.
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E.
Babes in Arms
Babes in Arms is a 1939 American musical film, based on the Rodgers and Hart stage musical, best known for starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney as aspiring performers putting on a show.
- 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 Boys from Syracuse (score) Target entity description: The Boys from Syracuse (score) is Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart’s celebrated 1938 Broadway musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, known for its witty lyrics and enduring jazz standards.
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A.
Merrily We Roll Along
"Merrily We Roll Along" is a popular song best known as the iconic theme music for the classic Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoons.
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B.
The Most Happy Fella
The Most Happy Fella is a 1956 Broadway musical by Frank Loesser, known for its operatic score and romantic story set in California’s Napa Valley.
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C.
The Pajama Game
The Pajama Game is a 1957 musical film adaptation of the Broadway show, known for its lively depiction of labor-management romance in a pajama factory and its classic choreography by Bob Fosse.
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D.
Kiss Me, Kate
Kiss Me, Kate is a classic Broadway musical comedy by Cole Porter that playfully intertwines a backstage romance with a musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.
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E.
Babes in Arms
Babes in Arms is a 1939 American musical film, based on the Rodgers and Hart stage musical, best known for starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney as aspiring performers putting on a show.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Broadway musical score
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musical theatre score ⓘ |
| adaptationType | musical adaptation of a Shakespeare play ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Comedy of Errors ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| composer | Richard Rodgers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| era |
Golden Age of Broadway (mature phase)
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surface form:
Golden Age of Broadway
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| firstPerformanceYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| genre |
Broadway musical
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musical theatre ⓘ |
| hasComposerLyricistTeam | Rodgers and Hart ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later jazz interpretations of show tunes ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Lorenz Hart ⓘ |
| musicStyle | jazz-influenced show tunes ⓘ |
| notableFor |
enduring jazz standards
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witty lyrics ⓘ |
| originalMedium | Broadway stage ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Boys from Syracuse
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surface form:
The Boys from Syracuse (musical)
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| period | 1930s American musical theatre ⓘ |
| sourceWorkForm | stage play ⓘ |
| sourceWorkGenre | Elizabethan comedy ⓘ |
| sourceWorkTitle | The Comedy of Errors ⓘ |
| title |
The Boys from Syracuse (score)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Boys from Syracuse
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Boys from Syracuse (score) Description of subject: The Boys from Syracuse (score) is Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart’s celebrated 1938 Broadway musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, known for its witty lyrics and enduring jazz standards.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Boys from Syracuse