A Painted Devil
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A Painted Devil is a 1966 Southern Gothic novel by Thomas P. Cullinan that served as the basis for the films The Beguiled (1971 and 2017), centering on a wounded Union soldier sheltered in a girls’ boarding school during the American Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Painted Devil canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15702819 — 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)
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Target entity: A Painted Devil Context triple: [The Beguiled (2017 film), basedOn, A Painted Devil]
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A.
The Devil’s Hand
The Devil’s Hand is a 1961 American horror film about a sinister cult and supernatural forces, notable as one of the genre roles in Linda Christian’s career.
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B.
A Devil Is Waiting
A Devil Is Waiting is a thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring international intrigue, political assassination plots, and his recurring character Sean Dillon.
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C.
The Devil’s Carnival
The Devil’s Carnival is a 2012 horror-musical anthology film set in a twisted carnival where damned souls relive moral fables through song and grotesque spectacle.
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D.
The Black Devil
The Black Devil was the fearsome nickname of Erich Hartmann, the German World War II fighter ace who remains the highest-scoring fighter pilot in history.
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E.
The Devil’s Night
The Devil’s Night is a lesser-known literary work by American writer Ward Greene, who is best remembered for creating the story that inspired Disney’s "Lady and the Tramp."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Painted Devil Target entity description: A Painted Devil is a 1966 Southern Gothic novel by Thomas P. Cullinan that served as the basis for the films The Beguiled (1971 and 2017), centering on a wounded Union soldier sheltered in a girls’ boarding school during the American Civil War.
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A.
The Devil’s Hand
The Devil’s Hand is a 1961 American horror film about a sinister cult and supernatural forces, notable as one of the genre roles in Linda Christian’s career.
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B.
A Devil Is Waiting
A Devil Is Waiting is a thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring international intrigue, political assassination plots, and his recurring character Sean Dillon.
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C.
The Devil’s Carnival
The Devil’s Carnival is a 2012 horror-musical anthology film set in a twisted carnival where damned souls relive moral fables through song and grotesque spectacle.
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D.
The Black Devil
The Black Devil was the fearsome nickname of Erich Hartmann, the German World War II fighter ace who remains the highest-scoring fighter pilot in history.
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E.
The Devil’s Night
The Devil’s Night is a lesser-known literary work by American writer Ward Greene, who is best remembered for creating the story that inspired Disney’s "Lady and the Tramp."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Beguiled (2017 film)