The Ploughman’s Lunch
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The Ploughman’s Lunch is a 1983 British drama film that satirically explores political ambition, media manipulation, and personal morality in Thatcher-era Britain.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Ploughman’s Lunch canonical | 5 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Ploughman’s Lunch Context triple: [Ian McEwan, screenplayWritten, The Ploughman’s Lunch]
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A.
The Ploughman
"The Ploughman" is a poem by Scottish national poet Robert Burns, reflecting his characteristic focus on rural life and common folk.
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B.
Besses o’ th’ Barn
Besses o’ th’ Barn is a suburban area in Whitefield, Greater Manchester, England, historically known as a small settlement that grew around a coaching inn on the main road between Manchester and Bury.
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C.
Meatfare Sunday
Meatfare Sunday is the Eastern Orthodox Christian feast marking the last day on which meat is eaten before the stricter fasting of Great Lent begins.
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D.
The Silver Spoon
The Silver Spoon is a comedic play that forms one of the interconnected works within A. A. Milne’s cycle of plays collectively known as "A Modern Comedy."
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E.
The Biscuitmen
The Biscuitmen is a traditional nickname for Reading Football Club, reflecting the town’s historic biscuit-making industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Ploughman’s Lunch Target entity description: The Ploughman’s Lunch is a 1983 British drama film that satirically explores political ambition, media manipulation, and personal morality in Thatcher-era Britain.
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A.
The Ploughman
"The Ploughman" is a poem by Scottish national poet Robert Burns, reflecting his characteristic focus on rural life and common folk.
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B.
Besses o’ th’ Barn
Besses o’ th’ Barn is a suburban area in Whitefield, Greater Manchester, England, historically known as a small settlement that grew around a coaching inn on the main road between Manchester and Bury.
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C.
Meatfare Sunday
Meatfare Sunday is the Eastern Orthodox Christian feast marking the last day on which meat is eaten before the stricter fasting of Great Lent begins.
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D.
The Silver Spoon
The Silver Spoon is a comedic play that forms one of the interconnected works within A. A. Milne’s cycle of plays collectively known as "A Modern Comedy."
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E.
The Biscuitmen
The Biscuitmen is a traditional nickname for Reading Football Club, reflecting the town’s historic biscuit-making industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British film
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drama film ⓘ film ⓘ satirical film ⓘ |
| award |
Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Film
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linked to:
Evening Standard British Film Awards
|
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Roger Pratt ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
British politics
ⓘ
Falklands War era ⓘ journalism ⓘ television news ⓘ |
| director | Richard Eyre ⓘ |
| distributor | Channel 4 ⓘ |
| editedBy | Peter Weatherley ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | England ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
political satire ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
contemporary British society
ⓘ
historical memory ⓘ public relations ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
media manipulation
ⓘ
personal morality ⓘ political ambition ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | George Fenton ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | a self-serving journalist ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of Thatcherism
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portrayal of media ethics ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
Channel 4 early film productions
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linked to:
Channel 4
|
| producer |
Annalise Wainwright
ⓘ
Channel 4 Films ⓘ
linked to:
Film4 Productions
|
| releaseDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | cinema ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | approximately 110 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Ian McEwan ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
Thatcher-era Britain
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linked to:
Margaret Thatcher government
|
| starredActor |
D. W. Moffett
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Frank Finlay ⓘ Jonathan Pryce ⓘ Phoebe Nicholls ⓘ Ronald Pickup ⓘ Rosemary Harris ⓘ Tim Curry ⓘ |
| writer | Ian McEwan ⓘ |
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