The Cider House Rules
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The Cider House Rules is a novel by John Irving that follows an orphan named Homer Wells and explores complex themes of morality, abortion, and personal choice in mid-20th-century America.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Cider House Rules canonical | 33 |
| The Cider House Rules (1999 film) | 3 |
| The Cider House Rules (film) | 3 |
| The Cider House Rules (stage adaptation) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2021233 — 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: The Cider House Rules Context triple: [John Irving, notableWork, The Cider House Rules]
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A.
The Malloys
The Malloys are a directing duo known for their influential and stylish music videos and commercials.
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B.
The Dresser
The Dresser is a 1983 British drama film, adapted from Ronald Harwood’s play, about the complex relationship between an aging Shakespearean actor and his devoted dresser during World War II.
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C.
Tender Lover
Tender Lover is a 1989 R&B album by Babyface that helped establish him as a leading singer, songwriter, and producer.
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D.
Wonder Boys
Wonder Boys is a 2000 comedy-drama film directed by Curtis Hanson about a disillusioned college professor and novelist navigating a chaotic weekend that upends his personal and professional life.
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E.
Shirley
Shirley is a small town in north-central Massachusetts served by commuter rail on the MBTA Fitchburg Line.
- 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: The Cider House Rules Target entity description: The Cider House Rules is a novel by John Irving that follows an orphan named Homer Wells and explores complex themes of morality, abortion, and personal choice in mid-20th-century America.
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A.
The Malloys
The Malloys are a directing duo known for their influential and stylish music videos and commercials.
-
B.
The Dresser
The Dresser is a 1983 British drama film, adapted from Ronald Harwood’s play, about the complex relationship between an aging Shakespearean actor and his devoted dresser during World War II.
-
C.
Tender Lover
Tender Lover is a 1989 R&B album by Babyface that helped establish him as a leading singer, songwriter, and producer.
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D.
Wonder Boys
Wonder Boys is a 2000 comedy-drama film directed by Curtis Hanson about a disillusioned college professor and novelist navigating a chaotic weekend that upends his personal and professional life.
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E.
Shirley
Shirley is a small town in north-central Massachusetts served by commuter rail on the MBTA Fitchburg Line.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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: The Cider House Rules Description of subject: The Cider House Rules is a novel by John Irving that follows an orphan named Homer Wells and explores complex themes of morality, abortion, and personal choice in mid-20th-century America.
Referenced by (40)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Cider House Rules (film)
this entity surface form:
The Cider House Rules (1999 film)
this entity surface form:
The Cider House Rules (film)
subject surface form:
The Cider House Rules (film)
this entity surface form:
The Cider House Rules (film)
subject surface form:
John Irving
this entity surface form:
The Cider House Rules (stage adaptation)
subject surface form:
Michael Caine
this entity surface form:
The Cider House Rules (1999 film)
this entity surface form:
The Cider House Rules (1999 film)