Fortunes of War
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Fortunes of War is a British television drama series, adapted from Olivia Manning’s Balkan and Levant trilogies, that follows an English couple’s experiences across Europe and the Middle East during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fortunes of War canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8668987 — 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)
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Target entity: Fortunes of War Context triple: [Diana Hardcastle, notableWork, Fortunes of War]
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A.
The Fortune of War
The Fortune of War is a historical naval novel by Patrick O’Brian, following Captain Jack Aubrey and physician-spy Stephen Maturin through sea battles and espionage during the Napoleonic Wars.
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B.
The Spoils of War
The Spoils of War is the English rendering of the title of Surah Al-Anfal, an eighth chapter of the Qur’an that addresses issues of warfare, distribution of war gains, and obedience to God and His Messenger.
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C.
Sons of Fortune
Sons of Fortune is a bestselling novel by Jeffrey Archer that follows the dramatically intertwined lives of twin brothers separated at birth and raised in very different worlds.
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D.
Forgotten War
The "Forgotten War" refers to the Ifni War, a brief late-1950s conflict between Spain and Moroccan irregular forces over the Spanish enclave of Ifni in North Africa.
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E.
The General’s Daughter
The General’s Daughter is a 1999 crime thriller film centered on the investigation of a high-ranking officer’s daughter’s murder at a U.S. Army base, starring John Travolta and Madeleine Stowe.
- 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: Fortunes of War Target entity description: Fortunes of War is a British television drama series, adapted from Olivia Manning’s Balkan and Levant trilogies, that follows an English couple’s experiences across Europe and the Middle East during World War II.
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A.
The Fortune of War
The Fortune of War is a historical naval novel by Patrick O’Brian, following Captain Jack Aubrey and physician-spy Stephen Maturin through sea battles and espionage during the Napoleonic Wars.
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B.
The Spoils of War
The Spoils of War is the English rendering of the title of Surah Al-Anfal, an eighth chapter of the Qur’an that addresses issues of warfare, distribution of war gains, and obedience to God and His Messenger.
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C.
Sons of Fortune
Sons of Fortune is a bestselling novel by Jeffrey Archer that follows the dramatically intertwined lives of twin brothers separated at birth and raised in very different worlds.
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D.
Forgotten War
The "Forgotten War" refers to the Ifni War, a brief late-1950s conflict between Spain and Moroccan irregular forces over the Spanish enclave of Ifni in North Africa.
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E.
The General’s Daughter
The General’s Daughter is a 1999 crime thriller film centered on the investigation of a high-ranking officer’s daughter’s murder at a U.S. Army base, starring John Travolta and Madeleine Stowe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | British television drama series ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | novels by Olivia Manning ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceMaterial | Olivia Manning ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Balkan Trilogy
ⓘ
Levant Trilogy ⓘ |
| broadcastFormat | miniseries ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| follows | experiences of an English couple during World War II ⓘ |
| genre |
period drama
ⓘ
war drama ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist |
Guy Pringle
ⓘ
Harriet Pringle ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Egypt
ⓘ
Greece ⓘ Palestine ⓘ Romania ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 7 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeries | 1 ⓘ |
| originalChannel | BBC Two ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC Two ⓘ |
| producer | BBC ⓘ |
| productionCompany | BBC ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| settingRegion |
Europe
ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ |
| stars |
Emma Thompson
ⓘ
Kenneth Branagh ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fortunes of War Description of subject: Fortunes of War is a British television drama series, adapted from Olivia Manning’s Balkan and Levant trilogies, that follows an English couple’s experiences across Europe and the Middle East during World War II.
Referenced by (2)
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