Awake and Sing!
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Awake and Sing! is a landmark 1935 social realist play by Clifford Odets that portrays the struggles and aspirations of a working-class Jewish family in the Bronx during the Great Depression.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Awake and Sing! canonical | 3 |
| Awake and Sing! (2006 Broadway revival) | 1 |
| Awake and Sing! (2006 revival) | 1 |
| Awake and Sing! (Broadway revival, 2006) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3202044 — 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: Awake and Sing! Context triple: [Group Theatre, notableWork, Awake and Sing!]
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A.
You Can't Take It with You
You Can't Take It with You is a Pulitzer Prize–winning 1936 comedic play by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman about an eccentric family whose free-spirited lifestyle clashes with conventional society.
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B.
Fiddler on the Roof
Fiddler on the Roof is a classic 1971 musical film adaptation of the Broadway show, depicting the life of a Jewish milkman and his family in a pre-revolutionary Russian village.
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C.
Babes in Arms
Babes in Arms is a 1937 Broadway musical by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, best known for songs like "My Funny Valentine" and "The Lady Is a Tramp."
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- 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: Awake and Sing! Target entity description: Awake and Sing! is a landmark 1935 social realist play by Clifford Odets that portrays the struggles and aspirations of a working-class Jewish family in the Bronx during the Great Depression.
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A.
You Can't Take It with You
You Can't Take It with You is a Pulitzer Prize–winning 1936 comedic play by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman about an eccentric family whose free-spirited lifestyle clashes with conventional society.
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B.
Fiddler on the Roof
Fiddler on the Roof is a classic 1971 musical film adaptation of the Broadway show, depicting the life of a Jewish milkman and his family in a pre-revolutionary Russian village.
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C.
Babes in Arms
Babes in Arms is a 1937 Broadway musical by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, best known for songs like "My Funny Valentine" and "The Lady Is a Tramp."
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
ⓘ
stage work ⓘ |
| associatedWith | American leftist theatre of the 1930s ⓘ |
| author | Clifford Odets ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depictsEthnicGroup | Jewish American family ⓘ |
| depictsSocialClass | working-class ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | realist family drama ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 1935 ⓘ |
| firstProducedBy | Group Theatre ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
social realist drama ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
radio adaptation
ⓘ
television adaptation ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
economic hardship
ⓘ
intergenerational tensions ⓘ pursuit of the American Dream ⓘ urban Jewish identity ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Great Depression
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Depression in the United States
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American drama ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
aspiration and disillusionment
ⓘ
economic struggle ⓘ family conflict ⓘ generational conflict ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Bessie Berger
ⓘ
Hennie Berger ⓘ Jacob ⓘ Moe Axelrod ⓘ Ralph Berger ⓘ |
| originalMedium | theatre ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1935 ⓘ |
| premierePlace | New York City ⓘ |
| producedBy |
Group Theatre (New York)
ⓘ
surface form:
Group Theatre
|
| settingCity | New York City ⓘ |
| settingLocation | The Bronx ⓘ |
| settingTime | Great Depression ⓘ |
| significance |
landmark of American social realist theatre
ⓘ
major work of Clifford Odets ⓘ |
| structure | three-act play ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
impact of the Great Depression on urban families
ⓘ
life of a Jewish family in the Bronx ⓘ |
| theatricalMovement |
American social realism
ⓘ
left-wing theatre ⓘ |
| writer | Clifford Odets ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Awake and Sing! Description of subject: Awake and Sing! is a landmark 1935 social realist play by Clifford Odets that portrays the struggles and aspirations of a working-class Jewish family in the Bronx during the Great Depression.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Awake and Sing! (2006 revival)
this entity surface form:
Awake and Sing! (2006 Broadway revival)
this entity surface form:
Awake and Sing! (Broadway revival, 2006)