Barkskins
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Barkskins is a historical drama television series that explores the brutal colonization of New France in the 17th century, based on Annie Proulx’s novel of the same name.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Barkskins canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5751738 — 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: Barkskins Context triple: [Aneurin Barnard, notableWork, Barkskins]
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A.
The Memory of Trees
The Memory of Trees is a 1995 studio album by Irish singer Enya, known for its ethereal, Celtic-influenced new-age sound and lush, atmospheric production.
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B.
The Woods
The Woods is a residential neighborhood within the planned community of Burke Centre in Fairfax County, Virginia.
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C.
The Night Watchman
The Night Watchman is a historical novel by Louise Erdrich that follows a Native American community’s struggle against U.S. termination policy in the 1950s, inspired by her grandfather’s activism.
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D.
The Lowland
The Lowland is a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores the intertwined lives of two brothers from Calcutta against the backdrop of political upheaval and family tragedy.
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E.
The Lie of the Land
"The Lie of the Land" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, featuring the character Missy in a story about a dystopian Earth under alien control.
- 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: Barkskins Target entity description: Barkskins is a historical drama television series that explores the brutal colonization of New France in the 17th century, based on Annie Proulx’s novel of the same name.
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A.
The Memory of Trees
The Memory of Trees is a 1995 studio album by Irish singer Enya, known for its ethereal, Celtic-influenced new-age sound and lush, atmospheric production.
-
B.
The Woods
The Woods is a residential neighborhood within the planned community of Burke Centre in Fairfax County, Virginia.
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C.
The Night Watchman
The Night Watchman is a historical novel by Louise Erdrich that follows a Native American community’s struggle against U.S. termination policy in the 1950s, inspired by her grandfather’s activism.
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D.
The Lowland
The Lowland is a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores the intertwined lives of two brothers from Calcutta against the backdrop of political upheaval and family tragedy.
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E.
The Lie of the Land
"The Lie of the Land" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, featuring the character Missy in a story about a dystopian Earth under alien control.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television series ⓘ |
| audioFormat | Dolby Digital ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceMaterial | Annie Proulx NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Barkskins (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Colin Stetson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| developer | Elwood Reid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Disney–ABC Domestic Television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer | Elwood Reid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Canada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAired | 2020-05-25 ⓘ |
| genre |
historical drama
ⓘ
period drama ⓘ |
| hasAdaptationFrom | Barkskins (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 8 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 1 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyAiredOn | National Geographic (U.S. TV channel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | National Geographic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | HDTV 1080i ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Fox 21 Television Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2020 ⓘ |
| settingPlace | New France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| stars |
Aneurin Barnard
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Christian Cooke NERFINISHED ⓘ David Thewlis NERFINISHED ⓘ James Bloor NERFINISHED ⓘ Kaniehtiio Horn NERFINISHED ⓘ Marcia Gay Harden NERFINISHED ⓘ Tallulah Haddon NERFINISHED ⓘ Zahn McClarnon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | ended ⓘ |
| theme |
colonization
ⓘ
cultural conflict ⓘ deforestation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Barkskins Description of subject: Barkskins is a historical drama television series that explores the brutal colonization of New France in the 17th century, based on Annie Proulx’s novel of the same name.
Referenced by (1)
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