A Cruel Romance
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A Cruel Romance is a 1984 Soviet melodrama film directed by Eldar Ryazanov, based on Alexander Ostrovsky’s play “Without a Dowry,” depicting tragic love and social hypocrisy in late 19th-century Russia.
All labels observed (1)
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| A Cruel Romance canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17469428 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: A Cruel Romance Context triple: [Eldar Ryazanov, notableWork, A Cruel Romance]
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A.
Love's Cruelty
Love's Cruelty is a Caroline-era tragic play by James Shirley that explores themes of passion, betrayal, and moral corruption in a courtly setting.
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B.
Menacing Love
Menacing Love is a celebrated 18th-century Rococo sculpture by Étienne-Maurice Falconet depicting a mischievous Cupid poised to shoot his arrow.
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C.
Troubling Love
Troubling Love is a psychologically intense novel by Italian author Elena Ferrante that explores a woman's fraught relationship with her mother and her own identity in the wake of the mother's mysterious death.
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D.
The Crimes of Love
The Crimes of Love is a collection of short stories by the Marquis de Sade that blends gothic melodrama with philosophical explorations of desire, morality, and cruelty.
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E.
Poisonous Love
"Poisonous Love" is a song by the artist Nigel, recognized as one of his notable musical works.
- 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 Cruel Romance Target entity description: A Cruel Romance is a 1984 Soviet melodrama film directed by Eldar Ryazanov, based on Alexander Ostrovsky’s play “Without a Dowry,” depicting tragic love and social hypocrisy in late 19th-century Russia.
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A.
Love's Cruelty
Love's Cruelty is a Caroline-era tragic play by James Shirley that explores themes of passion, betrayal, and moral corruption in a courtly setting.
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B.
Menacing Love
Menacing Love is a celebrated 18th-century Rococo sculpture by Étienne-Maurice Falconet depicting a mischievous Cupid poised to shoot his arrow.
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C.
Troubling Love
Troubling Love is a psychologically intense novel by Italian author Elena Ferrante that explores a woman's fraught relationship with her mother and her own identity in the wake of the mother's mysterious death.
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D.
The Crimes of Love
The Crimes of Love is a collection of short stories by the Marquis de Sade that blends gothic melodrama with philosophical explorations of desire, morality, and cruelty.
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E.
Poisonous Love
"Poisonous Love" is a song by the artist Nigel, recognized as one of his notable musical works.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.