“Last Midnight”
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“Last Midnight” is the Witch’s climactic, darkly comic solo number from the musical Into the Woods, in which she unleashes her frustration and fatalism at the story’s other characters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| “Last Midnight” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “Last Midnight” Context triple: [The Witch (Into the Woods), hasSong, “Last Midnight”]
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A.
Call After Midnight
Call After Midnight is a romantic suspense novel by Tess Gerritsen that blends mystery, danger, and romance as a woman investigates her supposedly dead husband's disappearance.
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B.
Midnight
"Midnight" is a 1939 screwball comedy film, co-written by Billy Wilder, about a penniless American chorus girl who becomes entangled in high-society schemes in Paris.
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C.
Midnight
Midnight is a popular late-night section of the Sundance Film Festival that showcases edgy, genre-driven, and boundary-pushing films.
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D.
Soon After Midnight
"Soon After Midnight" is a song by Bob Dylan, known as a moody, romantic ballad from his 2012 album "Tempest."
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E.
“A Night”
“A Night” is one of the autobiographical sketches in Louisa May Alcott’s Civil War memoir *Hospital Sketches*, depicting her experiences as a nurse caring for wounded soldiers.
- 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: “Last Midnight” Target entity description: “Last Midnight” is the Witch’s climactic, darkly comic solo number from the musical Into the Woods, in which she unleashes her frustration and fatalism at the story’s other characters.
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A.
Call After Midnight
Call After Midnight is a romantic suspense novel by Tess Gerritsen that blends mystery, danger, and romance as a woman investigates her supposedly dead husband's disappearance.
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B.
Midnight
"Midnight" is a 1939 screwball comedy film, co-written by Billy Wilder, about a penniless American chorus girl who becomes entangled in high-society schemes in Paris.
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C.
Midnight
Midnight is a popular late-night section of the Sundance Film Festival that showcases edgy, genre-driven, and boundary-pushing films.
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D.
Soon After Midnight
"Soon After Midnight" is a song by Bob Dylan, known as a moody, romantic ballad from his 2012 album "Tempest."
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E.
“A Night”
“A Night” is one of the autobiographical sketches in Louisa May Alcott’s Civil War memoir *Hospital Sketches*, depicting her experiences as a nurse caring for wounded soldiers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| act | Act II ⓘ |
| adaptationAppearance |
Into the Woods (1991 American television production)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Into the Woods (2014 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWorkCreator | James Lapine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Stephen Sondheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dramaticOutcome | The Witch chooses to remove herself from the group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceWork | original Broadway production of Into the Woods ⓘ |
| genre |
dark comedy
ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
disillusionment with fairy-tale endings
ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricFeature |
catalogue of other characters’ faults
ⓘ
self-referential commentary on fairy-tale morals ⓘ |
| lyricist | Stephen Sondheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicalFeature |
dramatic dynamic shifts
ⓘ
rapid patter sections ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
11 o’clock number
ⓘ
climactic solo number ⓘ |
| notableFilmPerformer | Meryl Streep NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalPerformer | Bernadette Peters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalProductionCharacter | The Witch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfWork | Into the Woods NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performanceTradition | often used as an audition piece for female musical theatre performers ⓘ |
| performerCharacter | The Witch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotContext | The Witch confronts the other characters about the Giant and their choices NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInShow | late Act II ⓘ |
| productionType | Broadway musical song ⓘ |
| settingWithinStory | the woods at night ⓘ |
| theme |
blame
ⓘ
consequences of wishes ⓘ fatalism ⓘ responsibility ⓘ |
| tone |
angry
ⓘ
cathartic ⓘ darkly comic ⓘ |
| vocalType | mezzo-soprano feature ⓘ |
| workBasedOn | fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm ⓘ |
| yearIntroduced | 1987 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: “Last Midnight” Description of subject: “Last Midnight” is the Witch’s climactic, darkly comic solo number from the musical Into the Woods, in which she unleashes her frustration and fatalism at the story’s other characters.
Referenced by (1)
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