The Time of the Cuckoo
E333780
The Time of the Cuckoo is a romantic stage play by Arthur Laurents about a lonely American woman who finds unexpected love while vacationing in Venice.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Time of the Cuckoo canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3170429 — 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 Time of the Cuckoo Context triple: [Do I Hear a Waltz?, basedOn, The Time of the Cuckoo]
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A.
Parliament of Fowls
Parliament of Fowls is a Middle English dream-vision poem by Geoffrey Chaucer that satirically explores themes of love and choice through a gathering of birds on St. Valentine’s Day.
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B.
The Bird of Time
The Bird of Time is a celebrated early 20th-century poetry collection by Indian poet Sarojini Naidu, noted for its lyrical style and themes of love, mortality, and Indian life.
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C.
The Clock
The Clock is a 1945 romantic drama film starring Judy Garland and Robert Walker, directed by Vincente Minnelli, about a brief but intense wartime romance in New York City.
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D.
The Black Windmill
The Black Windmill is a 1974 British spy thriller film directed by Don Siegel and starring Michael Caine as an MI6 agent whose son is kidnapped by arms dealers.
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E.
The Rising of the Lark
The Rising of the Lark is a traditional Welsh tune best known as the official regimental march of the Welsh Guards.
- 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 Time of the Cuckoo Target entity description: The Time of the Cuckoo is a romantic stage play by Arthur Laurents about a lonely American woman who finds unexpected love while vacationing in Venice.
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A.
Parliament of Fowls
Parliament of Fowls is a Middle English dream-vision poem by Geoffrey Chaucer that satirically explores themes of love and choice through a gathering of birds on St. Valentine’s Day.
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B.
The Bird of Time
The Bird of Time is a celebrated early 20th-century poetry collection by Indian poet Sarojini Naidu, noted for its lyrical style and themes of love, mortality, and Indian life.
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C.
The Clock
The Clock is a 1945 romantic drama film starring Judy Garland and Robert Walker, directed by Vincente Minnelli, about a brief but intense wartime romance in New York City.
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D.
The Black Windmill
The Black Windmill is a 1974 British spy thriller film directed by Don Siegel and starring Michael Caine as an MI6 agent whose son is kidnapped by arms dealers.
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E.
The Rising of the Lark
The Rising of the Lark is a traditional Welsh tune best known as the official regimental march of the Welsh Guards.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
romantic play
ⓘ
stage play ⓘ |
| adaptationDirector | David Lean ⓘ |
| adaptationTitle | Summertime (1955 film) ⓘ |
| adaptationType | film ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | Summertime ⓘ |
| author | Arthur Laurents ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dramaticForm | straight play ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
romance ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
American tourist
ⓘ
Italian lover ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacterType | middle‑aged woman ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | adult ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th‑century American theatre ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | a lonely American woman ⓘ |
| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | an American tourist in Venice ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation |
European city
ⓘ
tourist destination ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A lonely American woman finds unexpected love while vacationing in Venice ⓘ |
| setting |
Italy
ⓘ
Venice ⓘ |
| theme |
loneliness
ⓘ
love ⓘ romance during travel ⓘ |
| writer | Arthur Laurents ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Time of the Cuckoo Description of subject: The Time of the Cuckoo is a romantic stage play by Arthur Laurents about a lonely American woman who finds unexpected love while vacationing in Venice.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.