The Sponge
E341088
"The Sponge" is a memorable Seinfeld episode centered on Elaine Benes hoarding her favorite discontinued contraceptive sponges and rigorously judging whether potential partners are "sponge-worthy."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Sponge canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3240205 — 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.
Target entity: The Sponge Context triple: [Elaine Benes, appearsInEpisode, The Sponge]
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A.
Blooper
Blooper is the fuzzy, energetic costumed mascot of Major League Baseball’s Atlanta Braves, known for entertaining fans with comedic antics at games.
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B.
The Shark
"The Shark" is a poem by Greek national poet Dionysios Solomos, reflecting his Romantic style and thematic focus on nature and the human condition.
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C.
Elbee the Shark
Elbee the Shark is the costumed shark mascot representing California State University, Long Beach at athletic events and campus activities.
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D.
The Flounder
The Flounder is a novel by Nobel Prize–winning German author Günter Grass that blends myth, history, and political satire through the fantastical tale of a talking fish influencing human events.
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E.
Mycale
Mycale is a promontory on the western coast of Asia Minor, near the island of Samos, known in antiquity as the site of a decisive Greek victory over the Persians during the Greco-Persian Wars.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Sponge Target entity description: "The Sponge" is a memorable Seinfeld episode centered on Elaine Benes hoarding her favorite discontinued contraceptive sponges and rigorously judging whether potential partners are "sponge-worthy."
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A.
Blooper
Blooper is the fuzzy, energetic costumed mascot of Major League Baseball’s Atlanta Braves, known for entertaining fans with comedic antics at games.
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B.
The Shark
"The Shark" is a poem by Greek national poet Dionysios Solomos, reflecting his Romantic style and thematic focus on nature and the human condition.
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C.
Elbee the Shark
Elbee the Shark is the costumed shark mascot representing California State University, Long Beach at athletic events and campus activities.
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D.
The Flounder
The Flounder is a novel by Nobel Prize–winning German author Günter Grass that blends myth, history, and political satire through the fantastical tale of a talking fish influencing human events.
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E.
Mycale
Mycale is a promontory on the western coast of Asia Minor, near the island of Samos, known in antiquity as the site of a decisive Greek victory over the Persians during the Greco-Persian Wars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Seinfeld episode
ⓘ
television episode ⓘ |
| airDateSeason7 | 1995-12-07 ⓘ |
| continuity | continues ongoing storylines of Elaine Benes’s dating life ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| directedBy | Andy Ackerman ⓘ |
| distributor | Sony Pictures Television (syndication) ⓘ |
| episodeNumberInSeason | 9 ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Cosmo Kramer
ⓘ
Elaine Benes ⓘ George Costanza ⓘ Jerry Seinfeld ⓘ
surface form:
Jerry Seinfeld (character)
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| genre |
sitcom
ⓘ
television comedy ⓘ |
| hasReception | considered one of the memorable Seinfeld episodes ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
contraception
ⓘ
romantic selectiveness ⓘ scarcity ⓘ sexual relationships ⓘ |
| introducesConcept | sponge-worthy ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| notableCatchphrase | sponge-worthy ⓘ |
| originalAirDate | 1995-12-07 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | NBC ⓘ |
| partOf |
Seinfeld
ⓘ
surface form:
Seinfeld season 7
|
| partOfFranchise |
Seinfeld
ⓘ
surface form:
Seinfeld franchise
|
| plotFocus |
Elaine Benes
ⓘ
surface form:
Elaine Benes hoards her favorite discontinued contraceptive sponges
Elaine evaluates whether potential partners are sponge-worthy ⓘ |
| productionCode | 707 ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Castle Rock Entertainment ⓘ |
| runningTime | approximately 22 minutes ⓘ |
| season | 7 ⓘ |
| series | Seinfeld ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| starsActorAsCharacter |
Jason Alexander as George Costanza
ⓘ
Jerry Seinfeld ⓘ
surface form:
Jerry Seinfeld as Jerry Seinfeld (character)
Elaine Benes ⓘ
surface form:
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Elaine Benes
Michael Richards as Cosmo Kramer ⓘ |
| title | The Sponge self-link ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Peter Mehlman ⓘ |
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Subject: The Sponge Description of subject: "The Sponge" is a memorable Seinfeld episode centered on Elaine Benes hoarding her favorite discontinued contraceptive sponges and rigorously judging whether potential partners are "sponge-worthy."
Referenced by (2)
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