The Missionary
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The Missionary is a film featuring Jim Clark’s acclaimed work as a film editor, recognized for its deft comedic timing and narrative pacing.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Missionary canonical | 7 |
| The Missionary (1982 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8135217 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Missionary Context triple: [Jim Clark, notableWork, The Missionary]
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A.
Queen of the Missions
Queen of the Missions is the honorary title given to Mission Santa Barbara, renowned for its beauty, architecture, and prominence among California’s historic Spanish missions.
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B.
The Brethren
The Brethren is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows three disgraced former judges running an extortion scam from inside a federal prison.
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C.
De Gemeene Gratie
De Gemeene Gratie is a major theological work by Abraham Kuyper that develops his doctrine of “common grace,” explaining how God’s grace operates in all of culture and society, not only within the church.
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D.
Raukkan Mission
Raukkan Mission is a historic Aboriginal mission settlement in South Australia, significant as a center of Ngarrindjeri community life and activism.
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E.
King of the Missions
King of the Missions is the nickname of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, a historically significant and once-largest Spanish mission in California renowned for its impressive architecture and influence.
- 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: The Missionary Target entity description: The Missionary is a film featuring Jim Clark’s acclaimed work as a film editor, recognized for its deft comedic timing and narrative pacing.
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A.
Queen of the Missions
Queen of the Missions is the honorary title given to Mission Santa Barbara, renowned for its beauty, architecture, and prominence among California’s historic Spanish missions.
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B.
The Brethren
The Brethren is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows three disgraced former judges running an extortion scam from inside a federal prison.
-
C.
De Gemeene Gratie
De Gemeene Gratie is a major theological work by Abraham Kuyper that develops his doctrine of “common grace,” explaining how God’s grace operates in all of culture and society, not only within the church.
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D.
Raukkan Mission
Raukkan Mission is a historic Aboriginal mission settlement in South Australia, significant as a center of Ngarrindjeri community life and activism.
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E.
King of the Missions
King of the Missions is the nickname of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, a historically significant and once-largest Spanish mission in California renowned for its impressive architecture and influence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Peter Hannan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfSetting | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Richard Loncraine ⓘ |
| distributor | HandMade Films ⓘ |
| editor | Jim Clark ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Lady Ames
ⓘ
Reverend Charles Fortescue ⓘ |
| genre | comedy film ⓘ |
| hasFilmEditingStyle |
careful narrative pacing
ⓘ
precise comedic timing ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
religion
ⓘ
sexual repression ⓘ social class ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| musicBy | Ilan Eshkeri ⓘ |
| notableFor | Jim Clark’s comedic editing and narrative pacing ⓘ |
| portraysActorAsCharacter |
Maggie Smith as Lady Ames
ⓘ
Michael Palin as Reverend Charles Fortescue ⓘ
linked to:
Michael Palin
|
| producer |
Neville C. Thompson
ⓘ
Terry Jones ⓘ |
| productionCompany | HandMade Films ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 88 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Michael Palin ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Edwardian era ⓘ |
| starring |
Denholm Elliott
ⓘ
Graham Crowden ⓘ Maggie Smith ⓘ Michael Hordern ⓘ Michael Palin ⓘ Phoebe Nicholls ⓘ Trevor Howard ⓘ |
| writtenByStar | Michael Palin ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Missionary Description of subject: The Missionary is a film featuring Jim Clark’s acclaimed work as a film editor, recognized for its deft comedic timing and narrative pacing.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Missionary