Beckett on Film: Waiting for Godot
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Beckett on Film: Waiting for Godot is a filmed adaptation of Samuel Beckett’s iconic absurdist play, produced as part of the Beckett on Film project.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Beckett on Film: Waiting for Godot canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3446912 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Beckett on Film: Waiting for Godot Context triple: [Billie Whitelaw, notableWork, Beckett on Film: Waiting for Godot]
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A.
Beckett on Film: Play
Beckett on Film: Play is a filmed adaptation of Samuel Beckett’s short play "Play," produced as part of the Beckett on Film project.
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B.
Beckett on Film: Not I
Beckett on Film: Not I is a filmed adaptation of Samuel Beckett’s intense monologue play, featuring a disembodied mouth delivering a rapid, fragmented stream of consciousness in near-total darkness.
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C.
Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot is a landmark absurdist play by Samuel Beckett in which two characters endlessly wait for the mysterious Godot, exploring themes of existentialism, time, and the human condition.
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D.
Five Characters in Search of an Exit
"Five Characters in Search of an Exit" is a classic, surreal episode of The Twilight Zone in which five strangers trapped in a mysterious, featureless space struggle to understand who they are and why they are there.
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E.
Krapp's Last Tape
Krapp's Last Tape is a one-act monodrama by Samuel Beckett that explores memory, aging, and regret through an old man listening to recordings of his younger self.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Beckett on Film: Waiting for Godot Target entity description: Beckett on Film: Waiting for Godot is a filmed adaptation of Samuel Beckett’s iconic absurdist play, produced as part of the Beckett on Film project.
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A.
Beckett on Film: Play
Beckett on Film: Play is a filmed adaptation of Samuel Beckett’s short play "Play," produced as part of the Beckett on Film project.
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B.
Beckett on Film: Not I
Beckett on Film: Not I is a filmed adaptation of Samuel Beckett’s intense monologue play, featuring a disembodied mouth delivering a rapid, fragmented stream of consciousness in near-total darkness.
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C.
Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot is a landmark absurdist play by Samuel Beckett in which two characters endlessly wait for the mysterious Godot, exploring themes of existentialism, time, and the human condition.
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D.
Five Characters in Search of an Exit
"Five Characters in Search of an Exit" is a classic, surreal episode of The Twilight Zone in which five strangers trapped in a mysterious, featureless space struggle to understand who they are and why they are there.
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E.
Krapp's Last Tape
Krapp's Last Tape is a one-act monodrama by Samuel Beckett that explores memory, aging, and regret through an old man listening to recordings of his younger self.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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television film ⓘ |
| adaptationOfGenre | absurdist play ⓘ |
| basedOn | Waiting for Godot ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Samuel Beckett ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| genre |
absurdist film
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drama film ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Boy
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Estragon ⓘ Lucky ⓘ Pozzo ⓘ Vladimir ⓘ |
| hasFormat | filmed stage play ⓘ |
| isAdaptationOf | stage play ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | two tramps waiting for a man named Godot ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being part of a complete filmed cycle of Beckett’s plays
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faithful adaptation of Samuel Beckett’s text ⓘ |
| originalWorkAuthor | Samuel Beckett ⓘ |
| originalWorkTitle | Waiting for Godot ⓘ |
| partOf |
Beckett on Film project
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surface form:
Beckett on Film
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| productionType | television adaptation of a play ⓘ |
| project | Beckett on Film project ⓘ |
| setting | a country road with a tree ⓘ |
| subject |
absurdism
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existentialism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Beckett on Film: Waiting for Godot Description of subject: Beckett on Film: Waiting for Godot is a filmed adaptation of Samuel Beckett’s iconic absurdist play, produced as part of the Beckett on Film project.
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