"King Lear" (1971 film)
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"King Lear" (1971 film) is a British adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, directed by Peter Brook and acclaimed for Paul Scofield’s intense portrayal of the aging monarch.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| King Lear (1971 film) | 4 |
| "King Lear" (1971 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4857160 — 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: "King Lear" (1971 film) Context triple: [Paul Scofield, notableWork, "King Lear" (1971 film)]
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A.
King Lear
King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that portrays an aging monarch’s descent into madness after he divides his kingdom among his daughters, exploring themes of power, loyalty, and human suffering.
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B.
Richard III (1955 film)
Richard III (1955 film) is a British historical drama directed by and starring Laurence Olivier, adapting Shakespeare’s play about the scheming English king.
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C.
King Lear (Broadway production, 2019)
King Lear (Broadway production, 2019) was a high-profile Broadway revival of Shakespeare’s tragedy, best known for featuring acclaimed actor Glenda Jackson in the title role.
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D.
Othello (1965 film)
Othello (1965 film) is a British cinematic adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, renowned for Laurence Olivier’s controversial blackface portrayal of the Moorish general.
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E.
Lear
Lear is the surname of Norman Lear, the influential American television writer and producer known for creating groundbreaking sitcoms such as "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons."
- 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: "King Lear" (1971 film) Target entity description: "King Lear" (1971 film) is a British adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, directed by Peter Brook and acclaimed for Paul Scofield’s intense portrayal of the aging monarch.
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A.
King Lear
King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that portrays an aging monarch’s descent into madness after he divides his kingdom among his daughters, exploring themes of power, loyalty, and human suffering.
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B.
Richard III (1955 film)
Richard III (1955 film) is a British historical drama directed by and starring Laurence Olivier, adapting Shakespeare’s play about the scheming English king.
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C.
King Lear (Broadway production, 2019)
King Lear (Broadway production, 2019) was a high-profile Broadway revival of Shakespeare’s tragedy, best known for featuring acclaimed actor Glenda Jackson in the title role.
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D.
Othello (1965 film)
Othello (1965 film) is a British cinematic adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, renowned for Laurence Olivier’s controversial blackface portrayal of the Moorish general.
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E.
Lear
Lear is the surname of Norman Lear, the influential American television writer and producer known for creating groundbreaking sitcoms such as "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British film
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drama film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| adaptationOfGenre | stage play ⓘ |
| basedOn | King Lear ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Gilbert Taylor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| director | Peter Brook ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Janet Bartels ⓘ |
| filmingStyle | minimalist ⓘ |
| genre |
Shakespeare adaptation
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tragedy ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
betrayal
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family conflict ⓘ loyalty ⓘ madness ⓘ power and authority ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| musicBy | Laurence Rosenthal ⓘ |
| notableAspect |
austere visual style
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stage-like production design ⓘ |
| notableFor | Paul Scofield’s intense portrayal of King Lear ⓘ |
| portraysCharacter | King Lear ⓘ |
| producer | Peter Brook ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 137 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Peter Brook
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William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| setting | ancient Britain ⓘ |
| starring |
Anne-Lise Gabold
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Cyril Cusack ⓘ Irene Worth ⓘ Jack MacGowran ⓘ Patrick Magee ⓘ Paul Scofield ⓘ Susan Engel ⓘ Tom Fleming ⓘ |
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: "King Lear" (1971 film) Description of subject: "King Lear" (1971 film) is a British adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, directed by Peter Brook and acclaimed for Paul Scofield’s intense portrayal of the aging monarch.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: "King Lear" (1971 film)
linked to: "King Lear" (1971 film)
linked to: "King Lear" (1971 film)
linked to: "King Lear" (1971 film)