The Lilac Bus
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The Lilac Bus is a collection of interconnected short stories by Irish author Maeve Binchy that follows the lives and secrets of rural villagers who commute to Dublin on the same bus.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Lilac Bus canonical | 1 |
| The Lilac Bus (television film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6739537 — 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 Lilac Bus Context triple: [Maeve Binchy, notableWork, The Lilac Bus]
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A.
Night Bus
Night Bus is the short story by Samuel Hopkins Adams that served as the literary basis for the classic 1934 romantic comedy film "It Happened One Night."
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B.
The Lilac Village
The Lilac Village is a nickname for Lombard, Illinois, reflecting the suburb’s long association with lilac gardens and its annual Lilac Festival.
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C.
The Transit Rider
The Transit Rider is a concept-driven folk-rock album by experimental music project Faun Fables, blending theatrical storytelling with eclectic, mythic songwriting.
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D.
Lilac Parade
The Lilac Parade is a community festival procession in Lombard, Illinois, celebrating the village’s springtime lilac blooms with floats, bands, and local organizations.
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E.
The God in the Car
The God in the Car is a late 19th-century political and adventure novel by British author Anthony Hope, known for its themes of ambition, power, and moral compromise.
- 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 Lilac Bus Target entity description: The Lilac Bus is a collection of interconnected short stories by Irish author Maeve Binchy that follows the lives and secrets of rural villagers who commute to Dublin on the same bus.
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A.
Night Bus
Night Bus is the short story by Samuel Hopkins Adams that served as the literary basis for the classic 1934 romantic comedy film "It Happened One Night."
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B.
The Lilac Village
The Lilac Village is a nickname for Lombard, Illinois, reflecting the suburb’s long association with lilac gardens and its annual Lilac Festival.
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C.
The Transit Rider
The Transit Rider is a concept-driven folk-rock album by experimental music project Faun Fables, blending theatrical storytelling with eclectic, mythic songwriting.
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D.
Lilac Parade
The Lilac Parade is a community festival procession in Lombard, Illinois, celebrating the village’s springtime lilac blooms with floats, bands, and local organizations.
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E.
The God in the Car
The God in the Car is a late 19th-century political and adventure novel by British author Anthony Hope, known for its themes of ambition, power, and moral compromise.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
short story collection ⓘ |
| author | Maeve Binchy ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Irish ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| genre |
Irish fiction
ⓘ
fiction ⓘ short stories ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Lilac Bus (television film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Lilac Bus
|
| hasCharacterType |
bus driver
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rural commuters ⓘ |
| hasMedium |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasStructure | linked stories about different passengers ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
community life
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ordinary lives ⓘ relationships ⓘ rural-urban divide ⓘ secrecy ⓘ |
| isFictionalWork | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th century literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
rural villagers commuting to Dublin
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secrets of villagers ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | interconnected short stories ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | 1980s ⓘ |
| publisher |
Dell Publishing
ⓘ
Ward River Press ⓘ |
| setting |
Dublin
ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ rural Ireland ⓘ |
| transportationMotif | bus journey ⓘ |
| workOfAuthor | Maeve Binchy bibliography ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Lilac Bus Description of subject: The Lilac Bus is a collection of interconnected short stories by Irish author Maeve Binchy that follows the lives and secrets of rural villagers who commute to Dublin on the same bus.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Lilac Bus