The Sea
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"The Sea" is a 2013 British-Irish drama film adaptation of John Banville’s novel, following a grieving man who returns to a seaside town from his childhood to confront his past.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Sea canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5728895 — 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 Sea Context triple: [Bonnie Wright, appearedIn, The Sea]
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A.
The Sea
The Sea is a painting by British artist L. S. Lowry, known for its minimalist seascape composition and characteristic muted palette.
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B.
The Free Sea
The Free Sea is the English title of Hugo Grotius’s seminal 1609 treatise advocating the principle of freedom of the seas in international law.
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C.
Shivering Sea
The Shivering Sea is a frigid, northern ocean in the world of *A Song of Ice and Fire* that lies beyond the eastern and northern coasts of Westeros and Essos.
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D.
To the Sea
To the Sea is a mellow, introspective 2010 studio album by Hawaiian singer-songwriter Jack Johnson that blends acoustic surf rock with themes of family, memory, and the ocean.
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E.
Night Sea
"Night Sea" is a minimalist abstract painting by Agnes Martin, exemplifying her serene grid-based style and meditative exploration of subtle color and line.
- 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 Sea Target entity description: "The Sea" is a 2013 British-Irish drama film adaptation of John Banville’s novel, following a grieving man who returns to a seaside town from his childhood to confront his past.
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A.
The Sea
The Sea is a painting by British artist L. S. Lowry, known for its minimalist seascape composition and characteristic muted palette.
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B.
The Free Sea
The Free Sea is the English title of Hugo Grotius’s seminal 1609 treatise advocating the principle of freedom of the seas in international law.
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C.
Shivering Sea
The Shivering Sea is a frigid, northern ocean in the world of *A Song of Ice and Fire* that lies beyond the eastern and northern coasts of Westeros and Essos.
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D.
To the Sea
To the Sea is a mellow, introspective 2010 studio album by Hawaiian singer-songwriter Jack Johnson that blends acoustic surf rock with themes of family, memory, and the ocean.
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E.
Night Sea
"Night Sea" is a minimalist abstract painting by Agnes Martin, exemplifying her serene grid-based style and meditative exploration of subtle color and line.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | John Banville ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Sea (novel) ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | John Conroy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Ireland
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Stephen Brown ⓘ |
| distributor | Independent ⓘ |
| editedBy | Stephen O’Connell ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Max Morden ⓘ |
| musicBy | Andrew Hewitt ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
confronting the past
ⓘ
grief ⓘ memory ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A grieving man returns to the seaside town of his childhood to confront his past. ⓘ |
| producer |
David Collins
ⓘ
Luc Roeg ⓘ
linked to:
Nicolas Roeg
Michael Robinson ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Independent
ⓘ
Radiant Films ⓘ Rooks Nest Entertainment ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSourceWork | 2005 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | John Banville ⓘ |
| setting | seaside town in Ireland ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Bonnie Wright
ⓘ
Charlotte Rampling ⓘ Ciarán Hinds ⓘ Karl Johnson ⓘ Natascha McElhone ⓘ Phelim Drew ⓘ Rufus Sewell ⓘ Sinéad Cusack ⓘ |
| worldPremiereEvent | Edinburgh International Film Festival ⓘ |
| worldPremiereYear | 2013 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Sea Description of subject: "The Sea" is a 2013 British-Irish drama film adaptation of John Banville’s novel, following a grieving man who returns to a seaside town from his childhood to confront his past.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.