Big River
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"Big River" is a Broadway musical adaptation of Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," featuring a bluegrass and country-influenced score by Roger Miller.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Big River canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9471830 — 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: Big River Context triple: [Jennifer Laura Thompson, theatreCredit, Big River]
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A.
Wild River
Wild River is a 1960 American drama film about a Tennessee Valley Authority agent’s clash with a stubborn matriarch over land expropriation during the New Deal era.
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B.
Wild River
Wild River is a remote, scenic waterway in New Hampshire known for its rugged wilderness, hiking opportunities, and protected natural habitat within the White Mountain region.
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C.
Ol' Man River
Ol' Man River is a classic American song from the 1927 musical "Show Boat," renowned for its powerful, soulful melody and poignant commentary on African American hardship and resilience.
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D.
River Running
River Running is a major river in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth that flows from the Lonely Mountain (Erebor) through the lands of Dale and Lake-town toward the Sea of Rhûn.
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E.
Broken River
Broken River is a tributary of the Goulburn River in northeastern Victoria, Australia, flowing through agricultural regions and near the city of Shepparton.
- 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: Big River Target entity description: "Big River" is a Broadway musical adaptation of Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," featuring a bluegrass and country-influenced score by Roger Miller.
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A.
Wild River
Wild River is a 1960 American drama film about a Tennessee Valley Authority agent’s clash with a stubborn matriarch over land expropriation during the New Deal era.
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B.
Wild River
Wild River is a remote, scenic waterway in New Hampshire known for its rugged wilderness, hiking opportunities, and protected natural habitat within the White Mountain region.
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C.
Ol' Man River
Ol' Man River is a classic American song from the 1927 musical "Show Boat," renowned for its powerful, soulful melody and poignant commentary on African American hardship and resilience.
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D.
River Running
River Running is a major river in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth that flows from the Lonely Mountain (Erebor) through the lands of Dale and Lake-town toward the Sea of Rhûn.
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E.
Broken River
Broken River is a scenic waterway in Queensland, Australia, best known as a prime viewing spot for wild platypuses within Eungella National Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Broadway musical
ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | American novel ⓘ |
| basedOn | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Mark Twain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bookBy | William Hauptman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Roger Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre | musical theatre ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Roger Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicalStyle |
bluegrass
ⓘ
country ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
freedom
ⓘ
friendship ⓘ slavery ⓘ |
| notableFeature | integration of American Sign Language in 2003 revival ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Free at Last
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Muddy Water NERFINISHED ⓘ River in the Rain NERFINISHED ⓘ Waitin’ for the Light to Shine NERFINISHED ⓘ Worlds Apart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openedOnBroadway | 1985-04-25 ⓘ |
| orchestrationStyle | country-bluegrass band with traditional theatre orchestra elements ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayOrchestrationsBy | Steven Margoshes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayRole |
Huckleberry Finn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayRunLength | over 1000 performances ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayStar |
Daniel Jenkins
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ron Richardson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayTheatre | Eugene O’Neill Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalChoreographer | Janet Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalDirector | Des McAnuff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalProducer | Dodger Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereBroadway | 1985 ⓘ |
| premiereCity | New York City ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Eugene O’Neill Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producedBy | Rocco Landesman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revival | 2003 Deaf West Theatre production ⓘ |
| revivalBroadwayTransfer | American Airlines Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revivalBroadwayYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| setting | Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | pre-Civil War American South ⓘ |
| subject |
Huckleberry Finn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jim (character) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | journey down the Mississippi River ⓘ |
| wonAward |
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
NERFINISHED
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Tony Award for Best Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Award for Best Original Score NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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