Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is a historical drama film adaptation of Lisa See’s novel, exploring the lifelong friendship of two women in 19th-century China and its parallels in modern-day Shanghai.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Snow Flower and the Secret Fan canonical | 5 |
| Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (novel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3156453 — 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: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Context triple: [Wendi Deng, notableWork, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan]
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A.
The Yellow Lily
The Yellow Lily is a silent-era film best known for featuring popular 1920s actress Billie Dove in a prominent role.
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B.
The Japanese Lover
The Japanese Lover is a romantic historical novel by Isabel Allende that intertwines themes of forbidden love, memory, and identity across decades and continents.
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C.
The Flower of Shanghai
The Flower of Shanghai is a popular nickname for Shanghai Shenhua F.C., one of China's most historic and passionately supported professional football clubs.
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D.
The Lowland
The Lowland is a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores the intertwined lives of two brothers from Calcutta against the backdrop of political upheaval and family tragedy.
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E.
The Painted Veil
The Painted Veil is a 2006 romantic drama film directed by John Curran, adapted from W. Somerset Maugham’s novel about a troubled marriage tested during a cholera epidemic in 1920s China.
- 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: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Target entity description: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is a historical drama film adaptation of Lisa See’s novel, exploring the lifelong friendship of two women in 19th-century China and its parallels in modern-day Shanghai.
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A.
The Yellow Lily
The Yellow Lily is a silent-era film best known for featuring popular 1920s actress Billie Dove in a prominent role.
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B.
The Japanese Lover
The Japanese Lover is a romantic historical novel by Isabel Allende that intertwines themes of forbidden love, memory, and identity across decades and continents.
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C.
The Flower of Shanghai
The Flower of Shanghai is a popular nickname for Shanghai Shenhua F.C., one of China's most historic and passionately supported professional football clubs.
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D.
The Lowland
The Lowland is a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores the intertwined lives of two brothers from Calcutta against the backdrop of political upheaval and family tragedy.
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E.
The Painted Veil
The Painted Veil is a 2006 romantic drama film directed by John Curran, adapted from W. Somerset Maugham’s novel about a troubled marriage tested during a cholera epidemic in 1920s China.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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historical drama film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Lisa See ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (novel)
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| cinematographyBy | Richard Wong ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
China
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Wayne Wang ⓘ |
| distributor |
Searchlight Pictures
ⓘ
surface form:
Fox Searchlight Pictures
|
| editedBy | Deirdre Slevin ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Shanghai ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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historical film ⓘ |
| hasAlternateTimeline |
Qing dynasty storyline
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contemporary storyline ⓘ |
| hasLiterarySourceGenre | historical novel ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Mandarin ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy |
Leon Ko
ⓘ
Rachel Portman ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | parallel timelines ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | lifelong female friendship ⓘ |
| portrays |
laotong relationship
ⓘ
nu shu writing system ⓘ |
| producer |
Florence Sloan
ⓘ
Wendi Deng ⓘ
surface form:
Wendi Deng Murdoch
Zhang Ziyi ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 104 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Angela Workman
ⓘ
Michael Ray ⓘ Ronald Bass ⓘ
surface form:
Ron Bass
|
| setting |
19th-century China
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modern-day Shanghai ⓘ |
| starring |
Archie Kao
ⓘ
Gianna Jun ⓘ Hugh Jackman ⓘ Jiang Wu ⓘ Li Bingbing ⓘ Russell Wong ⓘ Vivian Wu ⓘ |
| theme |
cultural change
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female agency ⓘ sisterhood ⓘ tradition and modernity ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Description of subject: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is a historical drama film adaptation of Lisa See’s novel, exploring the lifelong friendship of two women in 19th-century China and its parallels in modern-day Shanghai.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
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basedOn
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (novel)