The Shiralee (1987 miniseries)
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The Shiralee (1987 miniseries) is an Australian television drama adaptation of D'Arcy Niland's novel about a swagman traveling the outback with his young daughter.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Shiralee (1987 miniseries) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5195044 — 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 Shiralee (1987 miniseries) Context triple: [Geoff Burton, notableWork, The Shiralee (1987 miniseries)]
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A.
Shogun (1980 miniseries)
Shogun (1980 miniseries) is an American television adaptation of James Clavell's novel, depicting an English navigator's entanglement in 17th-century Japanese politics and culture.
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B.
Shirley (2020 film)
Shirley (2020 film) is a psychological drama about horror writer Shirley Jackson that blends biographical elements with fictionalized storytelling and features a critically acclaimed performance by Elisabeth Moss.
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C.
The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds is a popular 1983 American television miniseries, based on Colleen McCullough’s novel, about a decades-long forbidden love affair on an Australian sheep station.
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D.
Stella (TV series)
Stella is a surreal, absurdist American comedy TV series created by and starring the comedy trio Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, and David Wain.
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E.
Falcon Crest
Falcon Crest is an American prime-time television soap opera that aired in the 1980s, centered on the power struggles within a wealthy California wine-making family.
- 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 Shiralee (1987 miniseries) Target entity description: The Shiralee (1987 miniseries) is an Australian television drama adaptation of D'Arcy Niland's novel about a swagman traveling the outback with his young daughter.
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A.
Shogun (1980 miniseries)
Shogun (1980 miniseries) is an American television adaptation of James Clavell's novel, depicting an English navigator's entanglement in 17th-century Japanese politics and culture.
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B.
Shirley (2020 film)
Shirley (2020 film) is a psychological drama about horror writer Shirley Jackson that blends biographical elements with fictionalized storytelling and features a critically acclaimed performance by Elisabeth Moss.
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C.
The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds is a popular 1983 American television miniseries, based on Colleen McCullough’s novel, about a decades-long forbidden love affair on an Australian sheep station.
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D.
Stella (TV series)
Stella is a surreal, absurdist American comedy TV series created by and starring the comedy trio Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, and David Wain.
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E.
Falcon Crest
Falcon Crest is an American prime-time television soap opera that aired in the 1980s, centered on the power struggles within a wealthy California wine-making family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television miniseries ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | The Shiralee (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationType | television drama adaptation ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | D'Arcy Niland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Shiralee (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadcastDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| character |
Lily
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Macauley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Chris Neal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Australia ⓘ |
| director | George Ogilvie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | television broadcast ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | miniseries ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasLiterarySource | The Shiralee (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActor | Bryan Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActress | Rebecca Smart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 2 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | Seven Network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A swagman travels the Australian outback with his young daughter after separating from his wife. ⓘ |
| producer | Ray Alchin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Seven Network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| runtimePerEpisode | approximately 100 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Tony Morphett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Australian outback ⓘ |
| stars |
Bryan Brown
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Noni Hazlehurst NERFINISHED ⓘ Rebecca Smart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
father–daughter relationship
ⓘ
life of itinerant workers ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | mid-20th century Australia ⓘ |
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 Shiralee (1987 miniseries) Description of subject: The Shiralee (1987 miniseries) is an Australian television drama adaptation of D'Arcy Niland's novel about a swagman traveling the outback with his young daughter.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.