A Fortunate Man
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A Fortunate Man is a 2018 Danish period drama film directed by Bille August, adapted from Henrik Pontoppidan’s novel about an ambitious young engineer striving to escape his strict religious upbringing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Fortunate Man canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13518308 — 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 Fortunate Man Context triple: [Bille August, notableWork, A Fortunate Man]
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A.
A Fortunate Life
A Fortunate Life is the autobiography of British politician and former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown, recounting his varied career from soldier and diplomat to party leader.
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B.
The Man Who Had Everything
The Man Who Had Everything is a 1920s American silent film drama featuring actress Priscilla Bonner in a prominent role.
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C.
the Fortunate
The Fortunate was the epithet of King Manuel I of Portugal, under whose reign Portugal experienced a golden age of maritime exploration and overseas expansion.
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D.
Gentlemen of Fortune
Gentlemen of Fortune is a popular 1971 Soviet comedy film about a kind-hearted kindergarten director who is forced to impersonate a dangerous criminal doppelgänger to help the police recover a stolen artifact.
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E.
A Faithful Man
A Faithful Man is a 2018 French romantic drama film directed by and starring Louis Garrel, also featuring Lily-Rose Depp in a prominent role.
- 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 Fortunate Man Target entity description: A Fortunate Man is a 2018 Danish period drama film directed by Bille August, adapted from Henrik Pontoppidan’s novel about an ambitious young engineer striving to escape his strict religious upbringing.
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A.
A Fortunate Life
A Fortunate Life is the autobiography of British politician and former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown, recounting his varied career from soldier and diplomat to party leader.
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B.
The Man Who Had Everything
The Man Who Had Everything is a 1920s American silent film drama featuring actress Priscilla Bonner in a prominent role.
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C.
the Fortunate
The Fortunate was the epithet of King Manuel I of Portugal, under whose reign Portugal experienced a golden age of maritime exploration and overseas expansion.
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D.
Gentlemen of Fortune
Gentlemen of Fortune is a popular 1971 Soviet comedy film about a kind-hearted kindergarten director who is forced to impersonate a dangerous criminal doppelgänger to help the police recover a stolen artifact.
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E.
A Faithful Man
A Faithful Man is a 2018 French romantic drama film directed by and starring Louis Garrel, also featuring Lily-Rose Depp in a prominent role.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Danish film
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film ⓘ period drama film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptedFromWorkBy | Henrik Pontoppidan ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Henrik Pontoppidan ⓘ |
| basedOn | Lykke-Per ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Denmark ⓘ |
| director | Bille August ⓘ |
| directorNationality | Danish ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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historical film ⓘ period drama ⓘ |
| hasTitleInOriginalLanguage | Lykke-Per ⓘ |
| literarySourceGenre | novel ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | engineer ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
conflict between religion and modernity
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family conflict ⓘ individual ambition ⓘ social mobility ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Danish ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSourceWork | 1898 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Bille August ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Denmark ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| subject |
ambitious young engineer
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strict religious upbringing ⓘ |
| workBasedOnNationalityOfAuthor | Danish ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Fortunate Man Description of subject: A Fortunate Man is a 2018 Danish period drama film directed by Bille August, adapted from Henrik Pontoppidan’s novel about an ambitious young engineer striving to escape his strict religious upbringing.
Referenced by (1)
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