The Real Thing (Broadway revival, 2000)
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The Real Thing (Broadway revival, 2000) is a Tony Award–winning Broadway production of Tom Stoppard’s play about love, fidelity, and art, noted for its acclaimed performances and sophisticated, meta-theatrical exploration of relationships.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Real Thing (Broadway revival) | 1 |
| The Real Thing (Broadway revival, 2000) canonical | 1 |
| The Real Thing (stage) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T689514 — 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 Real Thing (Broadway revival, 2000) Context triple: [Jennifer Ehle, notableWork, The Real Thing (Broadway revival, 2000)]
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A.
The Color Purple (Broadway revival)
The Color Purple (Broadway revival) is a Tony Award–winning Broadway musical revival of the stage adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel, noted for its powerful gospel-, blues-, and soul-infused score and acclaimed performances.
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B.
The History Boys (Broadway production)
The History Boys (Broadway production) is the acclaimed New York staging of Alan Bennett’s award-winning play about a group of British schoolboys preparing for university entrance exams, noted for its sharp wit and exploration of education, sexuality, and history.
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C.
Camelot (Broadway production)
Camelot (Broadway production) is a landmark 1960 Broadway musical, with music by Frederick Loewe and book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, that romanticizes the legend of King Arthur and his court.
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D.
The Front Page (2016 Broadway revival)
The Front Page (2016 Broadway revival) is a star-studded Broadway production of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s classic newsroom comedy, noted for its high-profile cast and acclaimed staging.
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E.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Broadway production)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Broadway production) is a Tony Award–winning stage adaptation of Mark Haddon’s novel, renowned for its innovative staging and portrayal of a neurodivergent teenager’s perspective.
- 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 Real Thing (Broadway revival, 2000) Target entity description: The Real Thing (Broadway revival, 2000) is a Tony Award–winning Broadway production of Tom Stoppard’s play about love, fidelity, and art, noted for its acclaimed performances and sophisticated, meta-theatrical exploration of relationships.
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A.
The Color Purple (Broadway revival)
The Color Purple (Broadway revival) is a Tony Award–winning Broadway musical revival of the stage adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel, noted for its powerful gospel-, blues-, and soul-infused score and acclaimed performances.
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B.
The History Boys (Broadway production)
The History Boys (Broadway production) is the acclaimed New York staging of Alan Bennett’s award-winning play about a group of British schoolboys preparing for university entrance exams, noted for its sharp wit and exploration of education, sexuality, and history.
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C.
Camelot (Broadway production)
Camelot (Broadway production) is a landmark 1960 Broadway musical, with music by Frederick Loewe and book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, that romanticizes the legend of King Arthur and his court.
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D.
The Front Page (2016 Broadway revival)
The Front Page (2016 Broadway revival) is a star-studded Broadway production of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s classic newsroom comedy, noted for its high-profile cast and acclaimed staging.
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E.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Broadway production)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Broadway production) is a Tony Award–winning stage adaptation of Mark Haddon’s novel, renowned for its innovative staging and portrayal of a neurodivergent teenager’s perspective.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Broadway revival production
ⓘ
theatrical production ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Tom Stoppard ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Real Thing
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surface form:
The Real Thing (play)
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | critical acclaim ⓘ |
| explores |
authenticity in relationships
ⓘ
difference between genuine emotion and performance ⓘ intersection of art and life ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
emotional depth
ⓘ
intellectual complexity ⓘ witty dialogue ⓘ |
| hasForm | play ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFrom |
postmodern theatre
ⓘ
romantic comedy conventions ⓘ |
| hasSetting | contemporary London ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
commitment
ⓘ
creative process ⓘ jealousy ⓘ relationships ⓘ self-deception ⓘ theatre ⓘ writers ⓘ |
| isARevivalOf |
The Real Thing
ⓘ
surface form:
The Real Thing (original Broadway production)
|
| isVersionOf |
The Real Thing
ⓘ
surface form:
The Real Thing (stage play)
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
art
ⓘ
fidelity ⓘ infidelity ⓘ love ⓘ marriage ⓘ meta-theatre ⓘ |
| medium | stage ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | romantic relationships among theatre people ⓘ |
| notableFor |
acclaimed performances
ⓘ
meta-theatrical structure ⓘ sophisticated exploration of relationships ⓘ |
| originalPlayCountryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| partOf | Broadway season 1999–2000 ⓘ |
| productionType | Broadway ⓘ |
| productionYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| workTitle | The Real Thing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: The Real Thing (Broadway revival, 2000) Description of subject: The Real Thing (Broadway revival, 2000) is a Tony Award–winning Broadway production of Tom Stoppard’s play about love, fidelity, and art, noted for its acclaimed performances and sophisticated, meta-theatrical exploration of relationships.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Real Thing (stage)
this entity surface form:
The Real Thing (Broadway revival)