The Mill on the Floss (1978 TV series)
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The Mill on the Floss (1978 TV series) is a British television drama miniseries based on George Eliot’s novel, depicting the turbulent lives and tragic fate of Maggie Tulliver and her family in 19th-century rural England.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Mill on the Floss (1978 TV series) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2894223 — 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 Mill on the Floss (1978 TV series) Context triple: [The Mill on the Floss, adaptation, The Mill on the Floss (1978 TV series)]
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The Mill on the Floss
The Mill on the Floss is a 1860 novel by George Eliot that follows the tragic lives of Maggie Tulliver and her brother Tom in a provincial English town, exploring themes of family conflict, social constraints, and personal sacrifice.
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B.
Brideshead Revisited (TV, 1981)
Brideshead Revisited (TV, 1981) is a critically acclaimed British television serial adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s novel, renowned for its lavish production, faithful storytelling, and exploration of faith, class, and memory in interwar England.
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C.
The Barchester Chronicles (BBC television serial)
The Barchester Chronicles is a BBC television drama serial that adapts Anthony Trollope’s Barsetshire novels, depicting the social and clerical intrigues of a 19th-century English cathedral town.
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D.
Little Women (TV series, 1970)
Little Women (TV series, 1970) is a British television drama adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel, following the lives and coming-of-age struggles of the four March sisters.
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E.
The Golden Bowl (1972 BBC television serial)
The Golden Bowl (1972 BBC television serial) is a British TV drama series produced by the BBC that brings Henry James’s novel to the screen, focusing on complex relationships, moral ambiguity, and social intrigue in an upper-class milieu.
- 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 Mill on the Floss (1978 TV series) Target entity description: The Mill on the Floss (1978 TV series) is a British television drama miniseries based on George Eliot’s novel, depicting the turbulent lives and tragic fate of Maggie Tulliver and her family in 19th-century rural England.
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A.
The Mill on the Floss
The Mill on the Floss is a 1860 novel by George Eliot that follows the tragic lives of Maggie Tulliver and her brother Tom in a provincial English town, exploring themes of family conflict, social constraints, and personal sacrifice.
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B.
Brideshead Revisited (TV, 1981)
Brideshead Revisited (TV, 1981) is a critically acclaimed British television serial adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s novel, renowned for its lavish production, faithful storytelling, and exploration of faith, class, and memory in interwar England.
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C.
The Barchester Chronicles (BBC television serial)
The Barchester Chronicles is a BBC television drama serial that adapts Anthony Trollope’s Barsetshire novels, depicting the social and clerical intrigues of a 19th-century English cathedral town.
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D.
Little Women (TV series, 1970)
Little Women (TV series, 1970) is a British television drama adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel, following the lives and coming-of-age struggles of the four March sisters.
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E.
The Golden Bowl (1972 BBC television serial)
The Golden Bowl (1972 BBC television serial) is a British TV drama series produced by the BBC that brings Henry James’s novel to the screen, focusing on complex relationships, moral ambiguity, and social intrigue in an upper-class milieu.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British television miniseries
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television drama ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| adaptationCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| adaptationOf |
The Mill on the Floss
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surface form:
The Mill on the Floss (novel)
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| basedOn |
The Mill on the Floss
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novel by George Eliot ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
Tulliver family versus Wakem family
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surface form:
Tulliver family
|
| firstAirDate | 1978 ⓘ |
| followsCharacter |
Maggie Tulliver
ⓘ
Tom Tulliver ⓘ |
| format | miniseries ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
period drama ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
family conflict
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female autonomy ⓘ social constraints ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| isTelevisionAdaptationOf |
The Mill on the Floss
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surface form:
The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
|
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | turbulent lives of Maggie Tulliver and her family ⓘ |
| narrativeTone | tragic ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalWorkLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portraysEra | Victorian era ⓘ |
| productionType | television adaptation ⓘ |
| settingLocation | rural England ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 19th-century England ⓘ |
| sourceAuthor | George Eliot ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Mill on the Floss (1978 TV series) Description of subject: The Mill on the Floss (1978 TV series) is a British television drama miniseries based on George Eliot’s novel, depicting the turbulent lives and tragic fate of Maggie Tulliver and her family in 19th-century rural England.
Referenced by (1)
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