Rebecca (1979 television serial)
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Rebecca (1979 television serial) is a British TV adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s gothic novel "Rebecca," noted for its atmospheric storytelling and Joanna David’s acclaimed performance as the second Mrs. de Winter.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rebecca (1979 BBC miniseries) | 2 |
| Rebecca (1979 television serial) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8346432 — 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.
Target entity: Rebecca (1979 television serial) Context triple: [Joanna David, notableWork, Rebecca (1979 television serial)]
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Rebecca (1997 television adaptation)
Rebecca (1997 television adaptation) is a British television miniseries based on Daphne du Maurier’s classic Gothic novel, following the new Mrs. de Winter as she confronts the haunting legacy of her husband’s first wife.
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The Key to Rebecca
The Key to Rebecca is a World War II espionage thriller novel by Ken Follett that follows a German spy in Cairo using a code based on Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca to aid Rommel’s North African campaign.
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Rebecca (1940 film)
Rebecca (1940 film) is a 1940 gothic romantic thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, adapted from Daphne du Maurier’s novel, and renowned for its haunting atmosphere and Laurence Olivier’s performance.
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Rebecca
Rebecca is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin meaning “to tie” or “to bind,” widely used in English-speaking countries.
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E.
Rebecca Breeds
Rebecca Breeds is an Australian actress best known for starring in the TV series "Clarice" and for roles in shows like "Pretty Little Liars" and "The Originals."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Rebecca (1979 television serial) Target entity description: Rebecca (1979 television serial) is a British TV adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s gothic novel "Rebecca," noted for its atmospheric storytelling and Joanna David’s acclaimed performance as the second Mrs. de Winter.
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A.
Rebecca (1997 television adaptation)
Rebecca (1997 television adaptation) is a British television miniseries based on Daphne du Maurier’s classic Gothic novel, following the new Mrs. de Winter as she confronts the haunting legacy of her husband’s first wife.
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B.
The Key to Rebecca
The Key to Rebecca is a World War II espionage thriller novel by Ken Follett that follows a German spy in Cairo using a code based on Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca to aid Rommel’s North African campaign.
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C.
Rebecca (1940 film)
Rebecca (1940 film) is a 1940 gothic romantic thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, adapted from Daphne du Maurier’s novel, and renowned for its haunting atmosphere and Laurence Olivier’s performance.
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D.
Rebecca
Rebecca is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin meaning “to tie” or “to bind,” widely used in English-speaking countries.
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E.
Rebecca Breeds
Rebecca Breeds is an Australian actress best known for starring in the TV series "Clarice" and for roles in shows like "Pretty Little Liars" and "The Originals."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
television adaptation
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television series ⓘ |
| basedOn | Rebecca (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Daphne du Maurier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Jeremy Brett
NERFINISHED
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Joanna David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed | second Mrs. de Winter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPortrayedBy | Maxim de Winter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1979 ⓘ |
| format | television serial ⓘ |
| genre |
gothic drama
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romantic drama ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation |
Cornwall
NERFINISHED
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Monte Carlo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Joanna David’s performance as the second Mrs. de Winter
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atmospheric storytelling ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 4 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeries | 1 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | BBC ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| setting | Manderley (fictional estate) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceWorkGenre | gothic novel ⓘ |
| sourceWorkPublicationYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| stars |
Jeremy Brett
NERFINISHED
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Joanna David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Rebecca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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.
Subject: Rebecca (1979 television serial) Description of subject: Rebecca (1979 television serial) is a British TV adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s gothic novel "Rebecca," noted for its atmospheric storytelling and Joanna David’s acclaimed performance as the second Mrs. de Winter.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.