The Bad Mother's Handbook
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The Bad Mother's Handbook is a British television drama, adapted from Kate Long's novel, that explores the complex, often humorous relationships among three generations of women in the same family.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Bad Mother's Handbook canonical | 2 |
| The Bad Mother's Handbook (novel) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9647900 — 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: The Bad Mother's Handbook Context triple: [Alison Owen, notableWork, The Bad Mother's Handbook]
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A.
The Good Mother
The Good Mother is a 1988 American drama film starring Diane Keaton as a divorced woman whose custody of her daughter is threatened amid accusations about her new relationship.
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B.
Diary of a Mad Housewife
Diary of a Mad Housewife is a 1970 satirical drama film that explores the frustrations of a disillusioned New York housewife trapped in an unhappy marriage and affair.
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C.
Serial Mom
Serial Mom is a 1994 dark comedy film directed by John Waters about a seemingly perfect suburban housewife who becomes a homicidal vigilante.
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D.
The Lives Our Mothers Leave Us
The Lives Our Mothers Leave Us is a memoir-style anthology compiled by Patti Davis that explores complex mother-daughter relationships through personal stories from various women.
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E.
Other Mother
Other Mother is the sinister, button-eyed antagonist from Neil Gaiman's "Coraline," who lures children into a deceptive parallel world.
- 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: The Bad Mother's Handbook Target entity description: The Bad Mother's Handbook is a British television drama, adapted from Kate Long's novel, that explores the complex, often humorous relationships among three generations of women in the same family.
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A.
The Good Mother
The Good Mother is a 1988 American drama film starring Diane Keaton as a divorced woman whose custody of her daughter is threatened amid accusations about her new relationship.
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B.
Diary of a Mad Housewife
Diary of a Mad Housewife is a 1970 satirical drama film that explores the frustrations of a disillusioned New York housewife trapped in an unhappy marriage and affair.
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C.
Serial Mom
Serial Mom is a 1994 dark comedy film directed by John Waters about a seemingly perfect suburban housewife who becomes a homicidal vigilante.
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D.
The Lives Our Mothers Leave Us
The Lives Our Mothers Leave Us is a memoir-style anthology compiled by Patti Davis that explores complex mother-daughter relationships through personal stories from various women.
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E.
Other Mother
Other Mother is the sinister, button-eyed antagonist from Neil Gaiman's "Coraline," who lures children into a deceptive parallel world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British television drama
ⓘ
television film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf |
The Bad Mother's Handbook (novel)
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linked to:
The Bad Mother's Handbook
|
| authorOfSourceWork | Kate Long ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Bad Mother's Handbook (novel)
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linked to:
The Bad Mother's Handbook
|
| castMember |
Anne Reid
ⓘ
Catherine Tate ⓘ Holly Grainger ⓘ Robert Pattinson ⓘ |
| characterIn |
Charlotte
ⓘ
Karen ⓘ Nan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| format | television movie ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama
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drama ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
coming of age
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intergenerational conflict ⓘ single motherhood ⓘ |
| hasTone |
bittersweet
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humorous ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
family relationships
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mother–daughter relationship ⓘ three generations of women ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | ITV ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 90 minutes ⓘ |
| screenedOn | British television ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Bad Mother's Handbook Description of subject: The Bad Mother's Handbook is a British television drama, adapted from Kate Long's novel, that explores the complex, often humorous relationships among three generations of women in the same family.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Bad Mother's Handbook
linked to: The Bad Mother's Handbook