Sarah, Plain and Tall
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Sarah, Plain and Tall is a 1991 family drama television film, adapted from Patricia MacLachlan’s novel, about a mail-order bride who transforms the lives of a widowed farmer and his children on the American prairie.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sarah, Plain and Tall canonical | 2 |
| Sarah, Plain and Tall (musical) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10481643 — 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: Sarah, Plain and Tall Context triple: [Carol Sobieski, notableWork, Sarah, Plain and Tall]
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A.
Whilomville Stories
Whilomville Stories is a collection of short stories by Stephen Crane that depict small-town American life with his characteristic realism and psychological insight.
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B.
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a 1938 musical film adaptation of Kate Douglas Wiggin’s novel, best known for starring Shirley Temple as the spirited orphan Rebecca.
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C.
Anne of Windy Poplars
Anne of Windy Poplars is a novel by L. M. Montgomery that continues the story of Anne Shirley as she serves as principal of a high school in Summerside, Prince Edward Island.
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D.
Penrod
Penrod is a humorous 1914 novel by Booth Tarkington that follows the mischievous adventures of a young Midwestern boy and is considered a classic of American children's literature.
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E.
La Petite Maison
La Petite Maison is a tiny stone cottage on the remote Les Minquiers reef in the Channel Islands, often cited as one of the smallest inhabited houses in the 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: Sarah, Plain and Tall Target entity description: Sarah, Plain and Tall is a 1991 family drama television film, adapted from Patricia MacLachlan’s novel, about a mail-order bride who transforms the lives of a widowed farmer and his children on the American prairie.
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A.
Whilomville Stories
Whilomville Stories is a collection of short stories by Stephen Crane that depict small-town American life with his characteristic realism and psychological insight.
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B.
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a 1938 musical film adaptation of Kate Douglas Wiggin’s novel, best known for starring Shirley Temple as the spirited orphan Rebecca.
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C.
Anne of Windy Poplars
Anne of Windy Poplars is a novel by L. M. Montgomery that continues the story of Anne Shirley as she serves as principal of a high school in Summerside, Prince Edward Island.
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D.
Penrod
Penrod is a humorous 1914 novel by Booth Tarkington that follows the mischievous adventures of a young Midwestern boy and is considered a classic of American children's literature.
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E.
La Petite Maison
La Petite Maison is a tiny stone cottage on the remote Les Minquiers reef in the Channel Islands, often cited as one of the smallest inhabited houses in the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Patricia MacLachlan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Sarah, Plain and Tall (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributor | CBS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
family drama
ⓘ
period drama ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Skylark (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Anna Witting
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Caleb Witting NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacob Witting NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah Wheaton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | mail-order bride adjusting to frontier family life ⓘ |
| originalChannel | CBS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | Hallmark Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Hallmark Hall of Fame film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A mail-order bride comes to live with a widowed farmer and his two children on the American prairie and gradually transforms their lives. ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| settingLocation | American prairie ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| targetAudience | family ⓘ |
| theme |
family
ⓘ
grief and healing ⓘ love and belonging ⓘ rural life ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sarah, Plain and Tall Description of subject: Sarah, Plain and Tall is a 1991 family drama television film, adapted from Patricia MacLachlan’s novel, about a mail-order bride who transforms the lives of a widowed farmer and his children on the American prairie.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sarah, Plain and Tall (musical)
this entity surface form:
Sarah, Plain and Tall (musical)