The Sea
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The Sea is a 1973 darkly comic play by British dramatist Edward Bond that satirically explores class, grief, and social order in a small Edwardian seaside town.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Sea canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9495835 — 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 Sea Context triple: [Edward Bond, notableWork, The Sea]
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A.
The Sea
"The Sea" is a lyrical poem by Russian Romantic poet Vasily Zhukovsky that meditates on the beauty, mystery, and emotional power of the ocean.
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B.
The Sea
The Sea is a painting by British artist L. S. Lowry, known for its minimalist seascape composition and characteristic muted palette.
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C.
The Sea
"The Sea" is a 2013 British-Irish drama film adaptation of John Banville’s novel, following a grieving man who returns to a seaside town from his childhood to confront his past.
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D.
The Free Sea
The Free Sea is the English title of Hugo Grotius’s seminal 1609 treatise advocating the principle of freedom of the seas in international law.
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E.
Shivering Sea
The Shivering Sea is a frigid, northern ocean in the world of *A Song of Ice and Fire* that lies beyond the eastern and northern coasts of Westeros and Essos.
- 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 Sea Target entity description: The Sea is a 1973 darkly comic play by British dramatist Edward Bond that satirically explores class, grief, and social order in a small Edwardian seaside town.
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A.
The Sea
The Sea is a painting by British artist L. S. Lowry, known for its minimalist seascape composition and characteristic muted palette.
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B.
The Sea
"The Sea" is a 2013 British-Irish drama film adaptation of John Banville’s novel, following a grieving man who returns to a seaside town from his childhood to confront his past.
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C.
The Sea
"The Sea" is a lyrical poem by Russian Romantic poet Vasily Zhukovsky that meditates on the beauty, mystery, and emotional power of the ocean.
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D.
The Free Sea
The Free Sea is the English title of Hugo Grotius’s seminal 1609 treatise advocating the principle of freedom of the seas in international law.
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E.
Shivering Sea
The Shivering Sea is a frigid, northern ocean in the world of *A Song of Ice and Fire* that lies beyond the eastern and northern coasts of Westeros and Essos.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
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theatrical work ⓘ |
| author | Edward Bond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | full-length play ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
authority
ⓘ
class hierarchy ⓘ community dynamics ⓘ conformity ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1973 ⓘ |
| genre |
dark comedy
ⓘ
drama ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasDramatist | Edward Bond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNationalityOfAuthor | British ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTone | darkly comic ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
absurdist elements
ⓘ
satirical ⓘ |
| movement | modern British theatre ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalMedium | stage ⓘ |
| periodOfWork | 20th century ⓘ |
| setting |
Edwardian era
NERFINISHED
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small seaside town ⓘ |
| subject |
class
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grief ⓘ social order ⓘ |
| timeOfSetting | early 20th century ⓘ |
| writer | Edward Bond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfWork | 1973 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Sea Description of subject: The Sea is a 1973 darkly comic play by British dramatist Edward Bond that satirically explores class, grief, and social order in a small Edwardian seaside town.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.