The Crimson Petal and the White
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The Crimson Petal and the White is a British television miniseries adaptation of Michel Faber’s Victorian-set novel, following a young prostitute’s struggle for power and escape from poverty in 1870s London.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Crimson Petal and the White canonical | 5 |
| The Crimson Petal and the White (novel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2945596 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Crimson Petal and the White Context triple: [Romola Garai, notableWork, The Crimson Petal and the White]
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- 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 Crimson Petal and the White Target entity description: The Crimson Petal and the White is a British television miniseries adaptation of Michel Faber’s Victorian-set novel, following a young prostitute’s struggle for power and escape from poverty in 1870s London.
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A.
The Girl in the Fireplace
The Girl in the Fireplace is a critically acclaimed 2006 Doctor Who episode, written by Steven Moffat, in which the Tenth Doctor encounters Madame de Pompadour through time windows aboard a futuristic spaceship.
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B.
The Girl Before
The Girl Before is a psychological thriller novel by J.P. Delaney, later adapted into a television miniseries, about two women who separately move into a minimalist, high-tech house governed by strict rules and uncover disturbing secrets about its past.
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C.
House of the Blackheads
The House of the Blackheads is a richly ornamented historic guild building in Riga, Latvia, renowned for its striking Renaissance-style façade and role as a symbol of the city’s medieval mercantile past.
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D.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is a historical drama film set in post-World War II Britain, following a writer who forms a bond with the eccentric members of a book club on the island of Guernsey as she uncovers their wartime experiences.
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E.
The French Lieutenant's Woman
The French Lieutenant's Woman is a 1969 postmodern historical novel by John Fowles that subverts Victorian romance conventions through its metafictional narrative and multiple endings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | British television miniseries ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Victorian-set novel ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Michel Faber ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Crimson Petal and the White
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surface form:
The Crimson Petal and the White (novel)
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| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
Victorian prostitution
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Victorian social hierarchy ⓘ urban poverty in 19th-century London ⓘ |
| format | miniseries ⓘ |
| genre |
historical drama television series
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period drama television series ⓘ romantic drama television series ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Sugar ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
class inequality
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escape from poverty ⓘ gender and power ⓘ struggle for power ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 4 ⓘ |
| originalChannel | BBC Two ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC Two ⓘ |
| period | Victorian era ⓘ |
| producer | BBC ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | prostitute ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
London, England
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surface form:
London
Victorian era ⓘ
surface form:
Victorian England
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| settingTime | 1870s ⓘ |
| sourceWorkPublicationForm | novel ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult viewers ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Referenced by (6)
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The Crimson Petal and the White
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The Crimson Petal and the White
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subject surface form:
The Crimson Petal and the White (TV series)
this entity surface form:
The Crimson Petal and the White (novel)