On Chesil Beach
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On Chesil Beach is a novella by Ian McEwan that explores the fragile early hours of a young couple’s marriage in 1960s England, focusing on miscommunication, sexual anxiety, and the lasting consequences of a single night.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| On Chesil Beach canonical | 7 |
| On Chesil Beach (novella) | 1 |
| precedes On Chesil Beach | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5008127 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On Chesil Beach Context triple: [Ian McEwan, notableWork, On Chesil Beach]
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The Crimson Petal and the White
The Crimson Petal and the White is a British television miniseries adaptation of Michel Faber’s Victorian-set novel, following a young prostitute’s struggle for power and escape from poverty in 1870s London.
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B.
The French Lieutenant's Woman
The French Lieutenant's Woman is a 1969 postmodern historical novel by John Fowles that subverts Victorian romance conventions through its metafictional narrative and multiple endings.
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C.
Atonement
"Atonement" is an instrumental track from the Season 5 soundtrack of the television series Game of Thrones, composed by Ramin Djawadi.
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D.
Atonement
Atonement is the Christian theological concept describing how Jesus Christ’s life, death, and resurrection reconcile humanity with God and address the problem of sin.
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E.
The Light Between Oceans
The Light Between Oceans is a romantic period drama film based on M.L. Stedman’s novel, following a lighthouse keeper and his wife whose morally fraught decision to raise a foundling child has devastating consequences.
- 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: On Chesil Beach Target entity description: On Chesil Beach is a novella by Ian McEwan that explores the fragile early hours of a young couple’s marriage in 1960s England, focusing on miscommunication, sexual anxiety, and the lasting consequences of a single night.
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A.
The Crimson Petal and the White
The Crimson Petal and the White is a British television miniseries adaptation of Michel Faber’s Victorian-set novel, following a young prostitute’s struggle for power and escape from poverty in 1870s London.
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B.
The French Lieutenant's Woman
The French Lieutenant's Woman is a 1969 postmodern historical novel by John Fowles that subverts Victorian romance conventions through its metafictional narrative and multiple endings.
-
C.
Atonement
"Atonement" is an instrumental track from the Season 5 soundtrack of the television series Game of Thrones, composed by Ramin Djawadi.
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D.
Atonement
Atonement is the Christian theological concept describing how Jesus Christ’s life, death, and resurrection reconcile humanity with God and address the problem of sin.
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E.
The Light Between Oceans
The Light Between Oceans is a romantic period drama film based on M.L. Stedman’s novel, following a lighthouse keeper and his wife whose morally fraught decision to raise a foundling child has devastating consequences.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: On Chesil Beach Description of subject: On Chesil Beach is a novella by Ian McEwan that explores the fragile early hours of a young couple’s marriage in 1960s England, focusing on miscommunication, sexual anxiety, and the lasting consequences of a single night.
Referenced by (9)
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