The Petrified Forest
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The Petrified Forest is a 1935 stage play by Robert E. Sherwood that blends romantic drama and social commentary, best known for its tense desert-roadside setting and its role in launching Humphrey Bogart to stardom in its film adaptation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Petrified Forest canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Petrified Forest Context triple: [Robert E. Sherwood, notableWork, The Petrified Forest]
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A.
Petrified Forest National Park
Petrified Forest National Park is a U.S. national park renowned for its vast deposits of colorful fossilized wood, striking badlands landscapes, and rich paleontological and archaeological resources.
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B.
Painted Desert
The Painted Desert is a colorful badlands region in northern Arizona, renowned for its layered bands of red, orange, and purple rock formations within the Colorado Plateau.
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C.
Markagunt Plateau
Markagunt Plateau is a high volcanic plateau in southwestern Utah known for its dramatic canyons, lava fields, and role as the headwaters region for several rivers.
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D.
Jornada del Muerto desert
The Jornada del Muerto desert is an arid basin in central New Mexico historically known as a harsh stretch of the Camino Real and as the remote location of the first atomic bomb test.
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E.
Red Rock Canyon
Red Rock Canyon is a striking, vividly colored sandstone gorge and popular hiking destination located within Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada.
- 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 Petrified Forest Target entity description: The Petrified Forest is a 1935 stage play by Robert E. Sherwood that blends romantic drama and social commentary, best known for its tense desert-roadside setting and its role in launching Humphrey Bogart to stardom in its film adaptation.
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A.
Petrified Forest National Park
Petrified Forest National Park is a U.S. national park renowned for its vast deposits of colorful fossilized wood, striking badlands landscapes, and rich paleontological and archaeological resources.
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B.
Painted Desert
The Painted Desert is a colorful badlands region in northern Arizona, renowned for its layered bands of red, orange, and purple rock formations within the Colorado Plateau.
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C.
Markagunt Plateau
Markagunt Plateau is a high volcanic plateau in southwestern Utah known for its dramatic canyons, lava fields, and role as the headwaters region for several rivers.
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D.
Jornada del Muerto desert
The Jornada del Muerto desert is an arid basin in central New Mexico historically known as a harsh stretch of the Camino Real and as the remote location of the first atomic bomb test.
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E.
Red Rock Canyon
Red Rock Canyon is a striking, vividly colored sandstone gorge and popular hiking destination located within Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | stage play ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | The Petrified Forest (1936 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Robert E. Sherwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayDirector | Robert B. Sinclair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayLeadActor |
Humphrey Bogart
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leslie Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayLeadActress | Peggy Conklin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayOpeningDate | 1935-01-07 ⓘ |
| broadwayProducer | Jed Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayTheatre | Broadhurst Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRole |
Alan Squier is a drifter and intellectual
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duke Mantee is a gangster NERFINISHED ⓘ Gabrielle Maple is a young waitress and aspiring artist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| filmAdaptationLeadActor |
Humphrey Bogart
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leslie Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationLeadActress | Bette Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 1936 ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 1935 ⓘ |
| firstPerformedAt | Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ social commentary ⓘ |
| hasDialogueStyle | witty and philosophical ⓘ |
| hasDramaticStructure | three-act play ⓘ |
| influenced | gangster film genre ⓘ |
| isIncludedIn | 20th-century American drama canon ⓘ |
| isStudiedIn | American theatre courses ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American realism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Alan Squier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duke Mantee NERFINISHED ⓘ Gabrielle Maple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | launching Humphrey Bogart to stardom in its film adaptation ⓘ |
| numberOfBroadwayPerformances | 197 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| productionCompanyOfFilmAdaptation | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1935 ⓘ |
| setting |
Arizona desert
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
desert roadside café ⓘ roadside diner ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | hostage situation in a roadside diner ⓘ |
| theme |
American society in the 1930s
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class struggle ⓘ disillusionment ⓘ romantic idealism ⓘ social conflict ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | Great Depression NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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