The Jazz Singer (short story "The Day of Atonement")
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The Jazz Singer (short story "The Day of Atonement") is a 1922 short story by Samson Raphaelson about a young Jewish man torn between his religious upbringing and his desire to become a jazz performer, which later inspired the landmark 1927 film.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5624722 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Jazz Singer (short story "The Day of Atonement") Context triple: [Samson Raphaelson, notableWork, The Jazz Singer (short story "The Day of Atonement")]
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The Jazz Singer (1927 film)
The Jazz Singer (1927 film) is a landmark American musical drama widely regarded as the first feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialogue sequences, marking the dawn of the sound era in cinema.
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Hollywood Revue of 1929
Hollywood Revue of 1929 is an early MGM musical revue film notable for its all-star cast, lavish song-and-dance numbers, and use of early sound technology during the transition from silent movies.
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The Jazz Singer (1980 film)
The Jazz Singer (1980 film) is a 1980 musical drama film starring Neil Diamond as an aspiring singer torn between his traditional Jewish family and his dreams of pop stardom.
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" is a famous Great Depression-era American song that poignantly captures the disillusionment and hardship of unemployed workers.
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E.
Awake and Sing!
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.
- 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: The Jazz Singer (short story "The Day of Atonement") Target entity description: The Jazz Singer (short story "The Day of Atonement") is a 1922 short story by Samson Raphaelson about a young Jewish man torn between his religious upbringing and his desire to become a jazz performer, which later inspired the landmark 1927 film.
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A.
The Jazz Singer (1927 film)
The Jazz Singer (1927 film) is a landmark American musical drama widely regarded as the first feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialogue sequences, marking the dawn of the sound era in cinema.
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B.
Hollywood Revue of 1929
Hollywood Revue of 1929 is an early MGM musical revue film notable for its all-star cast, lavish song-and-dance numbers, and use of early sound technology during the transition from silent movies.
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C.
The Jazz Singer (1980 film)
The Jazz Singer (1980 film) is a 1980 musical drama film starring Neil Diamond as an aspiring singer torn between his traditional Jewish family and his dreams of pop stardom.
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D.
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" is a famous Great Depression-era American song that poignantly captures the disillusionment and hardship of unemployed workers.
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E.
Awake and Sing!
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle | The Jazz Singer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Samson Raphaelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorEthnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| basisFor | The Jazz Singer (stage play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConflict | duty to family and faith versus desire for a show-business career ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
fiction
ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ |
| inspired | The Jazz Singer (1927 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredAdaptationTitle | The Jazz Singer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredAdaptationType | film ⓘ |
| inspiredAdaptationYear | 1927 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | young Jewish man ⓘ |
| medium | prose ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the literary source for the first feature-length talking picture ⓘ |
| publicationDecade | 1920s ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1922 ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Yom Kippur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Jewish immigrant milieu in the United States ⓘ |
| subject |
Judaism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
jazz music ⓘ |
| theme |
Jewish identity
ⓘ
assimilation ⓘ conflict between religious tradition and secular ambition ⓘ family conflict ⓘ |
| title | The Day of Atonement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Jazz Singer (short story "The Day of Atonement") Description of subject: The Jazz Singer (short story "The Day of Atonement") is a 1922 short story by Samson Raphaelson about a young Jewish man torn between his religious upbringing and his desire to become a jazz performer, which later inspired the landmark 1927 film.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Jazz Singer (screenplay)
this entity surface form:
The Jazz Singer (short story)
this entity surface form:
The Jazz Singer (story, play, film)
this entity surface form:
The Jazz Singer (adaptations)