A Map of the World
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A Map of the World is a 1999 drama film, based on Jane Hamilton’s novel, about a rural school nurse whose life unravels after a tragic accident leads to accusations of child abuse.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Map of the World canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11792282 — 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: A Map of the World Context triple: [Polly Platt, workedOn, A Map of the World]
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A.
The Geographer
The Geographer is a 1669–1670 oil painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Johannes Vermeer depicting a contemplative scholar studying maps and instruments in a light-filled interior.
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B.
Atlas of Worlds
Atlas of Worlds is a major Path of Exile expansion that overhauled the endgame mapping system with a new atlas-based progression and powerful bosses.
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C.
Map of the World
"Map of the World" is a song by the indie rock supergroup Monsters of Folk, known for its melodic, folk-influenced sound and introspective lyrics.
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D.
Caput Mundi
Caput Mundi is a Latin epithet meaning "capital of the world," historically used to emphasize Rome’s central importance in politics, culture, and civilization.
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E.
The Crossroads of the World
The Crossroads of the World is a famous nickname for New York City's Times Square, a major commercial and entertainment hub renowned for its bright billboards, Broadway theaters, and bustling pedestrian traffic.
- 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: A Map of the World Target entity description: A Map of the World is a 1999 drama film, based on Jane Hamilton’s novel, about a rural school nurse whose life unravels after a tragic accident leads to accusations of child abuse.
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A.
The Geographer
The Geographer is a 1669–1670 oil painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Johannes Vermeer depicting a contemplative scholar studying maps and instruments in a light-filled interior.
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B.
Atlas of Worlds
Atlas of Worlds is a major Path of Exile expansion that overhauled the endgame mapping system with a new atlas-based progression and powerful bosses.
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C.
Map of the World
"Map of the World" is a song by the indie rock supergroup Monsters of Folk, known for its melodic, folk-influenced sound and introspective lyrics.
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D.
Caput Mundi
Caput Mundi is a Latin epithet meaning "capital of the world," historically used to emphasize Rome’s central importance in politics, culture, and civilization.
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E.
The Crossroads of the World
The Crossroads of the World is a famous nickname for New York City's Times Square, a major commercial and entertainment hub renowned for its bright billboards, Broadway theaters, and bustling pedestrian traffic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drama film
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film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | A Map of the World (novel) by Jane Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Jane Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | A Map of the World (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Alice Goodwin
NERFINISHED
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Carole Mackessy NERFINISHED ⓘ Howard Goodwin NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeanne Holman NERFINISHED ⓘ Theresa Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Seamus McGarvey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Pat Metheny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Scott Elliott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | First Look Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Sue Blainey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| notableFor | Sigourney Weaver’s critically acclaimed performance as Alice Goodwin ⓘ |
| plotSummary | The film follows a rural school nurse whose life unravels after a tragic accident leads to accusations of child abuse. ⓘ |
| producer |
Frank Marshall
NERFINISHED
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Kathleen Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | 1999-10-22 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 125 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Peter Hedges
NERFINISHED
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Polly Platt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | rural Wisconsin ⓘ |
| starring |
Arliss Howard
NERFINISHED
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Chloë Sevigny NERFINISHED ⓘ Dara Perlmutter NERFINISHED ⓘ David Strathairn NERFINISHED ⓘ Julianne Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ Kayla Perlmutter NERFINISHED ⓘ Louise Fletcher NERFINISHED ⓘ Sara Rue NERFINISHED ⓘ Sigourney Weaver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
family crisis
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friendship ⓘ guilt ⓘ social judgment ⓘ |
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: A Map of the World Description of subject: A Map of the World is a 1999 drama film, based on Jane Hamilton’s novel, about a rural school nurse whose life unravels after a tragic accident leads to accusations of child abuse.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Susan Alexandra Weaver