A Single Man
E10361
A Single Man is a 2009 drama film directed by Tom Ford, adapted from Christopher Isherwood’s novel, in which Colin Firth plays a grieving gay college professor in 1960s Los Angeles.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Single Man canonical | 25 |
| A Single Man (novel) | 6 |
| A Single Man (2009 film) | 4 |
| A Single Man (film) | 3 |
| film "A Single Man" (2009) | 1 |
| producing the 2009 drama film "A Single Man" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T98434 — 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: A Single Man Context triple: [Colin Firth, notableWork, A Single Man]
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A.
The King’s Speech
The King’s Speech is a 2010 historical drama film that follows the future King George VI’s struggle to overcome a debilitating stammer with the help of an unorthodox speech therapist.
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B.
Green Room
The Green Room is an elegant, historically significant parlor on the State Floor of the White House used for receptions and small gatherings.
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C.
Away We Go!
Away We Go! is the original working title of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!, used before the show was retitled for its Broadway debut.
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D.
The English Patient
The English Patient is a 1996 romantic war drama film, based on Michael Ondaatje’s novel, that follows the tragic, interwoven stories of several characters during World War II and won multiple Academy Awards.
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E.
Love Actually
Love Actually is a 2003 British romantic comedy film that interweaves multiple love stories set in the weeks leading up to Christmas in London.
- 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: A Single Man Target entity description: A Single Man is a 2009 drama film directed by Tom Ford, adapted from Christopher Isherwood’s novel, in which Colin Firth plays a grieving gay college professor in 1960s Los Angeles.
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A.
The King’s Speech
The King’s Speech is a 2010 historical drama film that follows the future King George VI’s struggle to overcome a debilitating stammer with the help of an unorthodox speech therapist.
-
B.
Green Room
The Green Room is an elegant, historically significant parlor on the State Floor of the White House used for receptions and small gatherings.
-
C.
Away We Go!
Away We Go! is the original working title of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!, used before the show was retitled for its Broadway debut.
-
D.
The English Patient
The English Patient is a 1996 romantic war drama film, based on Michael Ondaatje’s novel, that follows the tragic, interwoven stories of several characters during World War II and won multiple Academy Awards.
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E.
Love Actually
Love Actually is a 2003 British romantic comedy film that interweaves multiple love stories set in the weeks leading up to Christmas in London.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: A Single Man Description of subject: A Single Man is a 2009 drama film directed by Tom Ford, adapted from Christopher Isherwood’s novel, in which Colin Firth plays a grieving gay college professor in 1960s Los Angeles.
Referenced by (40)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
George Falconer
subject surface form:
George Falconer
this entity surface form:
film "A Single Man" (2009)
subject surface form:
George Falconer
this entity surface form:
A Single Man (novel)
subject surface form:
Colin Firth
this entity surface form:
A Single Man (film)
this entity surface form:
A Single Man (novel)
this entity surface form:
A Single Man (2009 film)
this entity surface form:
producing the 2009 drama film "A Single Man"
subject surface form:
Tom Ford
this entity surface form:
A Single Man (film)
this entity surface form:
A Single Man (novel)
subject surface form:
A Single Man (film)
this entity surface form:
A Single Man (novel)
subject surface form:
Christopher Isherwood
this entity surface form:
A Single Man (novel)
this entity surface form:
A Single Man (film)
this entity surface form:
A Single Man (2009 film)
this entity surface form:
A Single Man (novel)
this entity surface form:
A Single Man (2009 film)
this entity surface form:
A Single Man (2009 film)