The City Madam
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The City Madam is a Jacobean city comedy play by Philip Massinger that satirizes greed, social pretension, and moral corruption in early 17th-century London.
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| The City Madam canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6339700 — 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 City Madam Context triple: [Philip Massinger, notableWork, The City Madam]
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The City Heiress
The City Heiress is a Restoration comedy play by Aphra Behn that satirizes political corruption and sexual intrigue in late 17th-century London.
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The Lady of Pleasure
The Lady of Pleasure is a Caroline-era comedy play by James Shirley that satirizes the excesses and moral corruption of the English aristocracy.
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The Maid's Revenge
The Maid's Revenge is a Caroline-era tragic play by English dramatist James Shirley, known for its themes of love, honor, and revenge within a Spanish courtly setting.
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The Lavender Hill Mob
The Lavender Hill Mob is a classic 1951 British Ealing Studios comedy film about a timid bank clerk who masterminds a gold bullion heist.
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The Affected Ladies
The Affected Ladies is an English title for Molière’s one-act satirical comedy that mocks the pretentiousness and affectations of certain Parisian women in 17th-century high society.
- 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 City Madam Target entity description: The City Madam is a Jacobean city comedy play by Philip Massinger that satirizes greed, social pretension, and moral corruption in early 17th-century London.
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A.
The City Heiress
The City Heiress is a Restoration comedy play by Aphra Behn that satirizes political corruption and sexual intrigue in late 17th-century London.
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B.
The Lady of Pleasure
The Lady of Pleasure is a Caroline-era comedy play by James Shirley that satirizes the excesses and moral corruption of the English aristocracy.
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C.
The Maid's Revenge
The Maid's Revenge is a Caroline-era tragic play by English dramatist James Shirley, known for its themes of love, honor, and revenge within a Spanish courtly setting.
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D.
The Lavender Hill Mob
The Lavender Hill Mob is a classic 1951 British Ealing Studios comedy film about a timid bank clerk who masterminds a gold bullion heist.
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E.
The Affected Ladies
The Affected Ladies is an English title for Molière’s one-act satirical comedy that mocks the pretentiousness and affectations of certain Parisian women in 17th-century high society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jacobean city comedy
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play ⓘ playwright ⓘ |
| author | Philip Massinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| dramaticForm |
comedy
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five-act play ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType |
London citizens
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merchants ⓘ social climbers ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| genre |
city comedy
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satire ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | English Renaissance drama ⓘ |
| movement | Jacobean drama ⓘ |
| notableWork | The City Madam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| satirizes |
hypocrisy
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moral corruption in London society ⓘ social ambition ⓘ urban greed ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| settingPeriod | early 17th century ⓘ |
| theme |
greed
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moral corruption ⓘ social pretension ⓘ |
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