Brewster family home
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The Brewster family home is the central, darkly comic household in the play "Arsenic and Old Lace," where an eccentric family’s murderous secrets unfold.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Brewster family home canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9098350 — 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: Brewster family home Context triple: [Arsenic and Old Lace (play), setting, Brewster family home]
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A.
Wallace family home
The Wallace family home is the Victorian-era Independence, Missouri residence where President Harry S. Truman lived with his wife Bess and which now serves as the centerpiece of the Harry S. Truman National Historic Site.
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B.
Cunningham family home
The Cunningham family home is the suburban Milwaukee house that serves as the primary setting for the Cunningham family in the classic TV sitcom "Happy Days."
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C.
Smith family house
The Smith family house is the suburban home featured in the animated television series "American Dad!", where Roger the Alien and the Smith family live and much of the show's action takes place.
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D.
Hunter House
Hunter House is a historic 18th-century waterfront mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, renowned for its colonial architecture and period furnishings.
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E.
Griffin family house
The Griffin family house is the suburban Rhode Island residence featured in the animated television series "Family Guy," serving as the primary setting for the Griffin family's daily misadventures.
- 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: Brewster family home Target entity description: The Brewster family home is the central, darkly comic household in the play "Arsenic and Old Lace," where an eccentric family’s murderous secrets unfold.
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A.
Wallace family home
The Wallace family home is the Victorian-era Independence, Missouri residence where President Harry S. Truman lived with his wife Bess and which now serves as the centerpiece of the Harry S. Truman National Historic Site.
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B.
Cunningham family home
The Cunningham family home is the suburban Milwaukee house that serves as the primary setting for the Cunningham family in the classic TV sitcom "Happy Days."
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C.
Smith family house
The Smith family house is the suburban home featured in the animated television series "American Dad!", where Roger the Alien and the Smith family live and much of the show's action takes place.
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D.
Hunter House
Hunter House is a historic 18th-century waterfront mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, renowned for its colonial architecture and period furnishings.
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E.
Griffin family house
The Griffin family house is the suburban Rhode Island residence featured in the animated television series "Family Guy," serving as the primary setting for the Griffin family's daily misadventures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional house
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theatrical setting ⓘ |
| adaptedIn | Arsenic and Old Lace (1944 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Arsenic and Old Lace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedCharacter |
Abby Brewster
NERFINISHED
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Jonathan Brewster NERFINISHED ⓘ Martha Brewster NERFINISHED ⓘ Mortimer Brewster NERFINISHED ⓘ Teddy Brewster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedFamily | Brewster family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
cellar used to bury victims
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windows used for comic business and entrances ⓘ |
| createdBy | Joseph Kesselring NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction |
confining space that heightens farcical timing
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site of mistaken identities and surprise discoveries ⓘ |
| filmPortrayal | house interior set in the 1944 film adaptation ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Arsenic and Old Lace (1941 stage premiere) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreContext |
black comedy
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dark comedy ⓘ |
| locatedInFiction |
Brooklyn
NERFINISHED
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New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | stage play ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central setting
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primary location of action ⓘ |
| ownershipInFiction |
Abby Brewster
NERFINISHED
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Martha Brewster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotFunction |
location where the Brewster sisters commit murders
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place where Mortimer discovers his aunts’ crimes ⓘ site of hidden graves in the cellar ⓘ |
| theatricalDesignElement |
includes access to cellar
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includes front door used for entrances and exits ⓘ includes visible staircase ⓘ single-set living room ⓘ |
| themeRelation |
juxtaposition of normalcy and insanity
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satire of respectable family life ⓘ |
| timeSetting | 20th century ⓘ |
| toneContribution |
contrast between cozy domesticity and murder
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darkly comic atmosphere ⓘ |
| usedFor | housing lonely old men before murdering them ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Brewster family home Description of subject: The Brewster family home is the central, darkly comic household in the play "Arsenic and Old Lace," where an eccentric family’s murderous secrets unfold.
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