42 Up
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42 Up is a British documentary film in the long-running "Up" series that revisits the lives of a group of people every seven years to explore social class and personal development over time.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 42 Up canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12992176 — 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: 42 Up Context triple: [Michael Apted, directed, 42 Up]
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35 Up
35 Up is a British documentary film in the long-running "Up" series that revisits the lives of a group of people at age 35 to explore how their aspirations and circumstances have evolved over time.
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28 Up
28 Up is a British documentary film, part of the long-running "Up" series, that revisits the lives of a group of individuals at age 28 to explore social class, personal development, and life trajectories over time.
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C.
49 Up
49 Up is a British documentary film in the long-running "Up" series that revisits the lives of a group of people every seven years to explore social class, change, and personal development over time.
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21 Up
21 Up is a 1977 British documentary film in the long-running "Up" series that revisits the lives of a group of individuals every seven years, examining class, opportunity, and personal development over time.
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E.
63 Up
63 Up is a 2019 installment of the long-running British documentary series that revisits the lives of the same group of individuals every seven years, offering a longitudinal portrait of social class and personal change in the UK.
- 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: 42 Up Target entity description: 42 Up is a British documentary film in the long-running "Up" series that revisits the lives of a group of people every seven years to explore social class and personal development over time.
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A.
35 Up
35 Up is a British documentary film in the long-running "Up" series that revisits the lives of a group of people at age 35 to explore how their aspirations and circumstances have evolved over time.
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B.
28 Up
28 Up is a British documentary film, part of the long-running "Up" series, that revisits the lives of a group of individuals at age 28 to explore social class, personal development, and life trajectories over time.
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C.
49 Up
49 Up is a British documentary film in the long-running "Up" series that revisits the lives of a group of people every seven years to explore social class, change, and personal development over time.
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D.
21 Up
21 Up is a 1977 British documentary film in the long-running "Up" series that revisits the lives of a group of individuals every seven years, examining class, opportunity, and personal development over time.
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E.
63 Up
63 Up is a 2019 installment of the long-running British documentary series that revisits the lives of the same group of individuals every seven years, offering a longitudinal portrait of social class and personal change in the UK.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British film
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documentary film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Seven Up! ⓘ |
| chronology | participants at age 42 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts | middle age of participants ⓘ |
| director | Michael Apted ⓘ |
| distributor | ITV ⓘ |
| features |
Andrew Brackfield
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Bruce Balden ⓘ Jackie Bassett ⓘ John Brisby ⓘ Lynn Johnson ⓘ Neil Hughes ⓘ Nick Hitchon ⓘ Paul Kligerman ⓘ Peter Davies ⓘ Sue Davis ⓘ Symon Basterfield ⓘ Tony Walker ⓘ archival footage from earlier Up films ⓘ interviews with original child participants ⓘ participants from Seven Up! ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastOn | ITV ⓘ |
| followedBy | 49 Up ⓘ |
| follows | 35 Up ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary
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longitudinal documentary ⓘ |
| hasPrequel | 35 Up ⓘ |
| hasSequel | 49 Up ⓘ |
| hasTitle | 42 Up ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
changes in aspirations and achievements
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family and relationships over time ⓘ impact of social background on life outcomes ⓘ work and career trajectories ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | revisiting same people every seven years ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
British television documentary tradition
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Up series ⓘ |
| producer | Michael Apted ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Granada Television ⓘ |
| releaseCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| series | Up documentary series ⓘ |
| seriesOrdinal | 6 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
life course of individuals
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personal development over time ⓘ social class in Britain ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 42 Up Description of subject: 42 Up is a British documentary film in the long-running "Up" series that revisits the lives of a group of people every seven years to explore social class and personal development over time.
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