These Foolish Things
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"These Foolish Things" is a novel by Deborah Moggach that follows a group of British retirees who relocate to a retirement hotel in India, exploring themes of aging, culture clash, and second chances.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| These Foolish Things canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8155920 — 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: These Foolish Things Context triple: [The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, basedOn, These Foolish Things]
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A.
"These Foolish Things"
"These Foolish Things" is a classic jazz standard widely celebrated for its poignant melody and lyrics, and for influential recordings by leading jazz artists.
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B.
Words of a Fool
"Words of a Fool" is a song by the Bee Gees’ Barry Gibb, later re-recorded for his country-tinged album "Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers' Songbook, Vol. 1."
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C.
Fool to Cry
"Fool to Cry" is a soulful 1976 ballad by The Rolling Stones, noted for its emotional lyrics, falsetto vocals by Mick Jagger, and prominent use of electric piano and string arrangements.
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D.
Foolin'
"Foolin'" is a 1983 hard rock power ballad by English band Def Leppard, released as a single from their breakthrough album "Pyromania."
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E.
Foolish Heart
"Foolish Heart" is a song by the Grateful Dead featured on their 1989 studio album "Built to Last."
- 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: These Foolish Things Target entity description: "These Foolish Things" is a novel by Deborah Moggach that follows a group of British retirees who relocate to a retirement hotel in India, exploring themes of aging, culture clash, and second chances.
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A.
"These Foolish Things"
"These Foolish Things" is a classic jazz standard widely celebrated for its poignant melody and lyrics, and for influential recordings by leading jazz artists.
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B.
Words of a Fool
"Words of a Fool" is a song by the Bee Gees’ Barry Gibb, later re-recorded for his country-tinged album "Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers' Songbook, Vol. 1."
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C.
Fool to Cry
"Fool to Cry" is a soulful 1976 ballad by The Rolling Stones, noted for its emotional lyrics, falsetto vocals by Mick Jagger, and prominent use of electric piano and string arrangements.
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D.
Foolin'
"Foolin'" is a 1983 hard rock power ballad by English band Def Leppard, released as a single from their breakthrough album "Pyromania."
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E.
Foolish Heart
"Foolish Heart" is a song by the Grateful Dead featured on their 1989 studio album "Built to Last."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptationDirector | John Madden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationFormat | feature film ⓘ |
| adaptationReleaseYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| adaptationScreenwriter | Ol Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationStars |
Bill Nighy
NERFINISHED
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Dev Patel NERFINISHED ⓘ Judi Dench NERFINISHED ⓘ Maggie Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Wilkinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Deborah Moggach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
comic novel
ⓘ
contemporary literature ⓘ fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSequel | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (novelization) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isbn | 9780701176260 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
bittersweet tone
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humorous ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
aging
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culture clash ⓘ retirement ⓘ second chances ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | group of British retirees ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 320 ⓘ |
| plotElement |
life in a retirement hotel
ⓘ
relocation to India ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2004 ⓘ |
| publisher | Chatto & Windus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Bangalore
NERFINISHED
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India NERFINISHED ⓘ retirement hotel ⓘ |
| theme |
cross-cultural understanding
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family relationships ⓘ romance in later life ⓘ search for a new life in old age ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: These Foolish Things Description of subject: "These Foolish Things" is a novel by Deborah Moggach that follows a group of British retirees who relocate to a retirement hotel in India, exploring themes of aging, culture clash, and second chances.
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