The Miniaturist
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The Miniaturist is a British period drama television series adapted from Jessie Burton’s novel, set in 17th-century Amsterdam and centered on a mysterious miniature replica of a merchant’s house.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Miniaturist (novel) | 2 |
| The Miniaturist canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2945601 — 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 Miniaturist Context triple: [Romola Garai, notableWork, The Miniaturist]
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A.
The Girl Who Had Everything
The Girl Who Had Everything is a 1953 American drama film starring Elizabeth Taylor as a young woman torn between her powerful lawyer father and a charismatic racketeer.
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B.
The Wonder
The Wonder is a psychological period drama film in which Florence Pugh plays an English nurse sent to investigate a young Irish girl who appears to survive without eating.
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C.
The Girl Before
The Girl Before is a psychological thriller novel by J.P. Delaney, later adapted into a television miniseries, about two women who separately move into a minimalist, high-tech house governed by strict rules and uncover disturbing secrets about its past.
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D.
Madonna of the Goldfinch
Madonna of the Goldfinch is a renowned early 16th-century painting by Raphael depicting the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child and young John the Baptist in a serene landscape, celebrated for its harmonious composition and delicate detail.
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E.
Warlight
Warlight is a postwar coming-of-age novel by Michael Ondaatje that follows two siblings uncovering the mysterious past of their parents in 1940s and 1950s London.
- 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 Miniaturist Target entity description: The Miniaturist is a British period drama television series adapted from Jessie Burton’s novel, set in 17th-century Amsterdam and centered on a mysterious miniature replica of a merchant’s house.
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A.
The Girl Who Had Everything
The Girl Who Had Everything is a 1953 American drama film starring Elizabeth Taylor as a young woman torn between her powerful lawyer father and a charismatic racketeer.
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B.
The Wonder
The Wonder is a psychological period drama film in which Florence Pugh plays an English nurse sent to investigate a young Irish girl who appears to survive without eating.
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C.
The Girl Before
The Girl Before is a psychological thriller novel by J.P. Delaney, later adapted into a television miniseries, about two women who separately move into a minimalist, high-tech house governed by strict rules and uncover disturbing secrets about its past.
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D.
Madonna of the Goldfinch
Madonna of the Goldfinch is a renowned early 16th-century painting by Raphael depicting the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child and young John the Baptist in a serene landscape, celebrated for its harmonious composition and delicate detail.
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E.
Warlight
Warlight is a postwar coming-of-age novel by Michael Ondaatje that follows two siblings uncovering the mysterious past of their parents in 1940s and 1950s London.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British television series
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period drama television series ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| adaptationOf |
The Miniaturist
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Miniaturist (novel)
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| authorOfSourceMaterial | Jessie Burton ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Miniaturist
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Miniaturist (novel)
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| centralObject | miniature replica of a merchant’s house ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| distributor | BBC ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Netherlands
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstAired | 2017 ⓘ |
| firstAiredOnChannel | BBC One ⓘ |
| genre |
mystery television series
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period drama ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Johannes Brandt
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Marin Brandt ⓘ Petronella Brandt ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
mystery
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secrecy ⓘ social constraints ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 3 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeries | 1 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyBroadcastAs | miniseries ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC One ⓘ |
| productionCompany | The Forge ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Amsterdam ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: The Miniaturist Description of subject: The Miniaturist is a British period drama television series adapted from Jessie Burton’s novel, set in 17th-century Amsterdam and centered on a mysterious miniature replica of a merchant’s house.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Miniaturist (novel)
this entity surface form:
The Miniaturist (novel)