The Music Box
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The Music Box is a classic 1932 Laurel and Hardy short comedy film famous for its slapstick depiction of the duo struggling to deliver a piano up a long flight of stairs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Music Box canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7488116 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Music Box Context triple: [Oliver Hardy, notableFilm, The Music Box]
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A.
Jewel Box
Jewel Box is a richly ornamented Mughal-era mausoleum in Agra, India, famed for its delicate marble inlay work and often considered a draft of the Taj Mahal.
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B.
The Girl
The Girl is a mysterious, free-spirited young hitchhiker who becomes the enigmatic focal point of tension and desire between the two male drivers in the 1971 road movie "Two-Lane Blacktop."
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C.
The Girl
The Girl is a biographical drama film in which Sienna Miller portrays actress Tippi Hedren and explores Alfred Hitchcock’s obsessive relationship with his leading lady during the making of The Birds and Marnie.
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D.
The Girl
The Girl is the unnamed, down-on-her-luck aspiring actress who becomes the compassionate and grounded companion to director John L. Sullivan in Preston Sturges’ 1941 film "Sullivan's Travels."
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E.
The Box
The Box is an informal nickname for the TARDIS, the Doctor’s iconic time-traveling spaceship and time machine from the British science fiction series Doctor Who.
- 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: The Music Box Target entity description: The Music Box is a classic 1932 Laurel and Hardy short comedy film famous for its slapstick depiction of the duo struggling to deliver a piano up a long flight of stairs.
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A.
Jewel Box
Jewel Box is a richly ornamented Mughal-era mausoleum in Agra, India, famed for its delicate marble inlay work and often considered a draft of the Taj Mahal.
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B.
The Girl
The Girl is a biographical drama film in which Sienna Miller portrays actress Tippi Hedren and explores Alfred Hitchcock’s obsessive relationship with his leading lady during the making of The Birds and Marnie.
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C.
The Girl
The Girl is a mysterious, free-spirited young hitchhiker who becomes the enigmatic focal point of tension and desire between the two male drivers in the 1971 road movie "Two-Lane Blacktop."
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D.
The Girl
The Girl is the unnamed, down-on-her-luck aspiring actress who becomes the compassionate and grounded companion to director John L. Sullivan in Preston Sturges’ 1941 film "Sullivan's Travels."
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E.
The Box
The Box is an informal nickname for the TARDIS, the Doctor’s iconic time-traveling spaceship and time machine from the British science fiction series Doctor Who.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Laurel and Hardy film
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short film ⓘ slapstick film ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1932 Academy Awards ⓘ |
| basedOn | silent short film Hats Off ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| famousFor | extended sequence of carrying a piano up a long outdoor staircase ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Ollie
NERFINISHED
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Stan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | short film ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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slapstick ⓘ |
| hasAward | Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film (Comedy) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFilmSeries | Laurel and Hardy series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject | delivery of a piano up a long flight of stairs ⓘ |
| notableScene |
Laurel and Hardy struggling with an irate householder at the top of the stairs
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piano repeatedly sliding down the stairs ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Hal Roach Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
classic of film comedy
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one of Laurel and Hardy’s most famous films ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1932 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 29 minutes ⓘ |
| settingLocation | a steep outdoor staircase in Los Angeles ⓘ |
| stars |
Oliver Hardy
NERFINISHED
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Stan Laurel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Music Box NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Music Box Description of subject: The Music Box is a classic 1932 Laurel and Hardy short comedy film famous for its slapstick depiction of the duo struggling to deliver a piano up a long flight of stairs.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.