Fire
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Fire is a groundbreaking 1996 Indian film by Deepa Mehta that explores a taboo same-sex relationship between two women within a traditional family, sparking major cultural and political controversy in India.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fire canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6919654 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Fire Context triple: [Deepa Mehta, knownFor, Fire]
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Fire
"Fire" is a section of Maxine Hong Kingston's book *The Fifth Book of Peace* that blends memoir and fiction to explore themes of war, loss, and the search for peace.
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Fire
"Fire" is a song by American rapper Vince Staples, known for its dark, atmospheric production and introspective lyrics.
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C.
Fire
"Fire" is a high-energy rock song by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, celebrated for its explosive guitar work and dynamic rhythm.
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Fire
"Fire" is a pop-rock song by American singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw, known for its soulful vocals and radio-friendly, anthemic style.
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Fire
"Fire" is a psychedelic hip-hop track by the duo Kids See Ghosts (Kanye West and Kid Cudi), known for its energetic production and themes of inner turmoil and resilience.
- 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: Fire Target entity description: Fire is a groundbreaking 1996 Indian film by Deepa Mehta that explores a taboo same-sex relationship between two women within a traditional family, sparking major cultural and political controversy in India.
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A.
Fire
"Fire" is a pop-rock song by American singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw, known for its soulful vocals and radio-friendly, anthemic style.
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B.
Fire
"Fire" is a psychedelic hip-hop track by the duo Kids See Ghosts (Kanye West and Kid Cudi), known for its energetic production and themes of inner turmoil and resilience.
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C.
Fire
"Fire" is a section of Maxine Hong Kingston's book *The Fifth Book of Peace* that blends memoir and fiction to explore themes of war, loss, and the search for peace.
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D.
Fire
"Fire" is a high-energy rock song by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, celebrated for its explosive guitar work and dynamic rhythm.
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E.
Fire
"Fire" is a song by American rapper Vince Staples, known for its dark, atmospheric production and introspective lyrics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian film
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film ⓘ |
| castMember |
Javed Jaffrey
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Karishma Jhalani ⓘ Kulbhushan Kharbanda ⓘ Nandita Das ⓘ Shabana Azmi ⓘ |
| character |
Radha
ⓘ
Sita ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Giles Nuttgens ⓘ |
| controversy |
attacks on cinemas in India
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debate over homosexuality and freedom of expression in India ⓘ demands for a ban by conservative groups in India ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| director | Deepa Mehta ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Zeitgeist Films ⓘ |
| editedBy | Barry Farrell ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
New Delhi
ⓘ
linked to:
New Delhi, India
|
| followedBy |
Earth (1998 film)
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Water (2005 film) ⓘ |
| genre |
LGBT-related film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ romantic film ⓘ |
| hasPublicationDate | 1996 ⓘ |
| hasSequelRelation | first film in the Elements trilogy by Deepa Mehta ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
lesbian relationship
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marital dissatisfaction ⓘ patriarchy ⓘ same-sex relationship ⓘ traditional Indian family structures ⓘ |
| musicBy | A. R. Rahman ⓘ |
| notableFor |
major cultural controversy in India
ⓘ
one of the first mainstream Indian films to explicitly depict a lesbian relationship ⓘ political protests and censorship debates in India ⓘ |
| originalLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ |
| partOf |
Deepa Mehta Elements trilogy
ⓘ
linked to:
Deepa Mehta
|
| portrays | lesbian romance between Radha and Sita ⓘ |
| producer | Deepa Mehta ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| screenedAt | Toronto International Film Festival ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | contemporary India ⓘ |
| subjectOf | censorship case before the Indian Central Board of Film Certification ⓘ |
| title | Fire ⓘ |
| writer | Deepa Mehta ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Fire Description of subject: Fire is a groundbreaking 1996 Indian film by Deepa Mehta that explores a taboo same-sex relationship between two women within a traditional family, sparking major cultural and political controversy in India.
Referenced by (9)
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