The Passionate Friends
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The Passionate Friends is a 1949 British romantic drama film directed by David Lean, adapted from an H.G. Wells novel and starring Ann Todd and Trevor Howard.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Passionate Friends canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12836129 — 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 Passionate Friends Context triple: [Ann Todd, notableWork, The Passionate Friends]
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A.
More Than Just Friends
"More Than Just Friends" is a romantic R&B/pop song by Mariah Carey from her 2009 album *Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel*.
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B.
Such Good Friends
Such Good Friends is a 1971 dark comedy-drama film, directed by Otto Preminger and noted for Dyan Cannon’s acclaimed performance as a wife uncovering her husband’s infidelities after his sudden hospitalization.
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C.
More Than Friends
"More Than Friends" is a popular song by the South Korean boy group SHINee, known for its smooth R&B style and emotive vocals.
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D.
From a Lover to a Friend
From a Lover to a Friend is a reflective, piano-led ballad by Paul McCartney that appears on his 2001 album Driving Rain.
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E.
The Love Within
"The Love Within" is a 2015 dance-infused indie rock single by British band Bloc Party, known for its electronic experimentation and spiritually tinged lyrics.
- 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 Passionate Friends Target entity description: The Passionate Friends is a 1949 British romantic drama film directed by David Lean, adapted from an H.G. Wells novel and starring Ann Todd and Trevor Howard.
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A.
More Than Just Friends
"More Than Just Friends" is a romantic R&B/pop song by Mariah Carey from her 2009 album *Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel*.
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B.
Such Good Friends
Such Good Friends is a 1971 dark comedy-drama film, directed by Otto Preminger and noted for Dyan Cannon’s acclaimed performance as a wife uncovering her husband’s infidelities after his sudden hospitalization.
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C.
More Than Friends
"More Than Friends" is a popular song by the South Korean boy group SHINee, known for its smooth R&B style and emotive vocals.
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D.
From a Lover to a Friend
From a Lover to a Friend is a reflective, piano-led ballad by Paul McCartney that appears on his 2001 album Driving Rain.
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E.
The Love Within
"The Love Within" is a 2015 dance-infused indie rock single by British band Bloc Party, known for its electronic experimentation and spiritually tinged lyrics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British film
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film ⓘ romantic drama film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | H. G. Wells NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Passionate Friends (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Guy Green NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | David Lean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | General Film Distributors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Richard Vernon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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romantic drama ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Ann Todd
NERFINISHED
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Annabel Morley NERFINISHED ⓘ Arthur Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ Betty Ann Davies NERFINISHED ⓘ Claude Rains NERFINISHED ⓘ Gus McNaughton NERFINISHED ⓘ Isabel Dean NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret Withers NERFINISHED ⓘ Trevor Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Howard Justin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mary Justin NERFINISHED ⓘ Steven Stratton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Richard Addinsell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
adultery
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marital conflict ⓘ romantic love ⓘ social class ⓘ |
| partOfDirectorFilmography | David Lean filmography ⓘ |
| producer | Ronald Neame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Cineguild Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 26 January 1949 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 95 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
David Lean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eric Ambler NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanley Haynes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| sourceWorkPublicationYear | 1913 ⓘ |
| sourceWorkTitle | The Passionate Friends: A Novel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Ann Todd
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Claude Rains NERFINISHED ⓘ Trevor Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Passionate Friends Description of subject: The Passionate Friends is a 1949 British romantic drama film directed by David Lean, adapted from an H.G. Wells novel and starring Ann Todd and Trevor Howard.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.