Fred Graham / Petruchio in Kiss Me, Kate
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Fred Graham / Petruchio in *Kiss Me, Kate* is the charismatic, egotistical leading man and producer within the musical’s play-within-a-play, who portrays Petruchio in a backstage musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s *The Taming of the Shrew*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fred Graham / Petruchio in Kiss Me, Kate canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9416394 — 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: Fred Graham / Petruchio in Kiss Me, Kate Context triple: [Alfred Drake, notableRole, Fred Graham / Petruchio in Kiss Me, Kate]
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A.
Nickie in The Pajama Game
Nickie in *The Pajama Game* is a comedic, dance-heavy supporting role in the 1954 Broadway musical, famously originated by Gwen Verdon and showcasing her charismatic style and athletic choreography.
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B.
Don Basilio in Rossini's "The Barber of Seville"
Don Basilio in Rossini's "The Barber of Seville" is a scheming, hypocritical music teacher and clergyman whose comic plotting and famous slander aria drive much of the opera’s intrigue.
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C.
Carlotta Campion in Follies
Carlotta Campion in *Follies* is a brassy, aging former Broadway star whose showstopping number “I’m Still Here” reflects on her turbulent life and enduring resilience in the world of show business.
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D.
Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia
Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia is the charming young nobleman who, in Rossini’s comic opera, disguises himself in various guises to win the love of Rosina with the help of the barber Figaro.
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E.
Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte
Fiordiligi in *Così fan tutte* is one of the opera’s two central sisters, a noblewoman whose struggle between steadfastness and temptation drives much of the work’s comic and emotional tension.
- 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: Fred Graham / Petruchio in Kiss Me, Kate Target entity description: Fred Graham / Petruchio in *Kiss Me, Kate* is the charismatic, egotistical leading man and producer within the musical’s play-within-a-play, who portrays Petruchio in a backstage musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s *The Taming of the Shrew*.
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A.
Nickie in The Pajama Game
Nickie in *The Pajama Game* is a comedic, dance-heavy supporting role in the 1954 Broadway musical, famously originated by Gwen Verdon and showcasing her charismatic style and athletic choreography.
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B.
Don Basilio in Rossini's "The Barber of Seville"
Don Basilio in Rossini's "The Barber of Seville" is a scheming, hypocritical music teacher and clergyman whose comic plotting and famous slander aria drive much of the opera’s intrigue.
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C.
Carlotta Campion in Follies
Carlotta Campion in *Follies* is a brassy, aging former Broadway star whose showstopping number “I’m Still Here” reflects on her turbulent life and enduring resilience in the world of show business.
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D.
Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia
Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia is the charming young nobleman who, in Rossini’s comic opera, disguises himself in various guises to win the love of Rosina with the help of the barber Figaro.
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E.
Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte
Fiordiligi in *Così fan tutte* is one of the opera’s two central sisters, a noblewoman whose struggle between steadfastness and temptation drives much of the work’s comic and emotional tension.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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musical theatre character ⓘ stage musical ⓘ stage role ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Kiss Me, Kate
NERFINISHED
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Kiss Me, Kate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Petruchio from The Taming of the Shrew
NERFINISHED
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Petruchio from The Taming of the Shrew NERFINISHED ⓘ The Taming of the Shrew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bookBy |
Bella Spewack
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sam Spewack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Cole Porter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Bella Spewack
NERFINISHED
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Cole Porter NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam Spewack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Fred Graham
NERFINISHED
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Petruchio (Kiss Me, Kate) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Kiss Me, Kate (1948 stage musical) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender |
male
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male ⓘ |
| hasAlterEgo | Petruchio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricist | Cole Porter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | play-within-a-play ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
theatrical producer ⓘ |
| performsSong |
“I’ve Come to Wive It Wealthily in Padua”
NERFINISHED
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“I’ve Come to Wive It Wealthily in Padua” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Kiss Me, Kate” (reprise, in some productions) NERFINISHED ⓘ “Kiss Me, Kate” (reprise, in some productions) NERFINISHED ⓘ “So in Love” (reprise, in some productions) NERFINISHED ⓘ “We Open in Venice” NERFINISHED ⓘ “We Open in Venice” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Where Is the Life That Late I Led?” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Where Is the Life That Late I Led?” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Wunderbar” (duet with Lilli Vanessi) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
charismatic
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egotistical ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Alfred Drake
NERFINISHED
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Brent Barrett NERFINISHED ⓘ Brian Stokes Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ Douglas Sills NERFINISHED ⓘ Fred Graham NERFINISHED ⓘ Howard Keel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays | Petruchio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative |
leading man
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producer of the show-within-the-show ⓘ |
| romanticRelationshipWith |
Katherine (in the play-within-the-play)
NERFINISHED
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Lilli Vanessi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Fred Graham / Petruchio in Kiss Me, Kate Description of subject: Fred Graham / Petruchio in *Kiss Me, Kate* is the charismatic, egotistical leading man and producer within the musical’s play-within-a-play, who portrays Petruchio in a backstage musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s *The Taming of the Shrew*.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Alfred Drake