Rebecca (novel by Daphne du Maurier)
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Rebecca is a 1938 Gothic novel by Daphne du Maurier that follows a young, unnamed woman who marries a wealthy widower and becomes haunted by the lingering presence and secrets of his first wife at the grand estate of Manderley.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| novel "Rebecca" | 2 |
| "Rebecca" (1938 novel) | 1 |
| "Rebecca" (1938) | 1 |
| "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier | 1 |
| Rebecca (novel by Daphne du Maurier) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8157139 — 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: Rebecca (novel by Daphne du Maurier) Context triple: [Michael Hogan, basedOnAdaptationOf, Rebecca (novel by Daphne du Maurier)]
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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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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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the second Mrs. de Winter
The second Mrs. de Winter is the shy, unnamed young narrator and new wife of Maxim de Winter in Daphne du Maurier’s novel "Rebecca," whose life at the grand estate of Manderley is overshadowed by the lingering presence of his first wife.
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Rebecca (1979 television serial)
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.
- 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: Rebecca (novel by Daphne du Maurier) Target entity description: Rebecca is a 1938 Gothic novel by Daphne du Maurier that follows a young, unnamed woman who marries a wealthy widower and becomes haunted by the lingering presence and secrets of his first wife at the grand estate of Manderley.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
the second Mrs. de Winter
The second Mrs. de Winter is the shy, unnamed young narrator and new wife of Maxim de Winter in Daphne du Maurier’s novel "Rebecca," whose life at the grand estate of Manderley is overshadowed by the lingering presence of his first wife.
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E.
Rebecca (1979 television serial)
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
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: Rebecca (novel by Daphne du Maurier) Description of subject: Rebecca is a 1938 Gothic novel by Daphne du Maurier that follows a young, unnamed woman who marries a wealthy widower and becomes haunted by the lingering presence and secrets of his first wife at the grand estate of Manderley.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Rebecca (novel by Daphne du Maurier)
linked to: Rebecca (novel by Daphne du Maurier)