Widows (1983 British television series)
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Widows (1983 British television series) is a British crime drama about a group of women who decide to carry out a high-stakes robbery planned by their deceased criminal husbands.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ITV series Widows | 1 |
| Widows (1983 British television series) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13549986 — 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: Widows (1983 British television series) Context triple: [Widows, basedOn, Widows (1983 British television series)]
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A.
Mary (1978 TV series)
Mary (1978 TV series) is a short-lived American sitcom starring Mary Tyler Moore that aired in 1978, following her earlier success with The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
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B.
Harriet in Four Weddings and a Funeral (TV series)
Harriet in Four Weddings and a Funeral (TV series) is a character portrayed by Nathalie Emmanuel in the television adaptation of the romantic comedy franchise.
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C.
Grange Hill
Grange Hill is a long-running British television drama series that follows the lives of students and staff at a fictional comprehensive school, noted for its realistic portrayal of social issues affecting young people.
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D.
Brookside
Brookside was a British television soap opera set in Liverpool, known for its gritty, socially conscious storylines and innovative approach to the genre.
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E.
Shadow of Love
"Shadow of Love" is a song featured as a single from Celine Dion’s pop album "Taking Chances."
- 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: Widows (1983 British television series) Target entity description: Widows (1983 British television series) is a British crime drama about a group of women who decide to carry out a high-stakes robbery planned by their deceased criminal husbands.
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A.
Mary (1978 TV series)
Mary (1978 TV series) is a short-lived American sitcom starring Mary Tyler Moore that aired in 1978, following her earlier success with The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
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B.
Harriet in Four Weddings and a Funeral (TV series)
Harriet in Four Weddings and a Funeral (TV series) is a character portrayed by Nathalie Emmanuel in the television adaptation of the romantic comedy franchise.
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C.
Grange Hill
Grange Hill is a long-running British television drama series that follows the lives of students and staff at a fictional comprehensive school, noted for its realistic portrayal of social issues affecting young people.
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D.
Brookside
Brookside was a British television soap opera set in Liverpool, known for its gritty, socially conscious storylines and innovative approach to the genre.
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E.
Shadow of Love
"Shadow of Love" is a song featured as a single from Celine Dion’s pop album "Taking Chances."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British television series
ⓘ
crime drama television series ⓘ |
| basedOn | original television screenplay by Lynda La Plante ⓘ |
| broadcastOn | ITV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Lynda La Plante NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director |
Ian Toynton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Strickland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | broadcast television ⓘ |
| executiveProducer | Verity Lambert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| firstAired | 1983 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Widows 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | crime drama ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Bella O’Reilly
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dolly Rawlins NERFINISHED ⓘ Linda Pirelli NERFINISHED ⓘ Shirley Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSequel | She’s Out NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Widows NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredRemake | Widows (2018 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 12 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeries | 2 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyBroadcastAs | two series ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | ITV ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A group of widows decide to execute a robbery planned by their deceased criminal husbands ⓘ |
| producer | Verity Lambert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Euston Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runningTimePerEpisode | approximately 50 minutes ⓘ |
| setInLocation | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1980s ⓘ |
| starred |
Ann Mitchell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eva Mottley NERFINISHED ⓘ Fiona Hendley NERFINISHED ⓘ Kate Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ Maggie Ollerenshaw NERFINISHED ⓘ Maureen O’Farrell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
female empowerment in a criminal underworld
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grief and revenge ⓘ |
| writer | Lynda La Plante NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Widows (1983 British television series) Description of subject: Widows (1983 British television series) is a British crime drama about a group of women who decide to carry out a high-stakes robbery planned by their deceased criminal husbands.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Widows
this entity surface form:
ITV series Widows