Quartet (1981 film)
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Quartet (1981 film) is a 1981 British drama directed by James Ivory, adapted from Jean Rhys's novel, that explores the complex emotional entanglements of a young woman in 1920s Paris.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Quartet (1981 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4311163 — 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: Quartet (1981 film) Context triple: [Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, workedOn, Quartet (1981 film)]
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A.
Three Quartets (1981)
Three Quartets (1981) is a jazz album by pianist and composer Chick Corea, celebrated for its intricate quartet arrangements and advanced harmonic and rhythmic concepts.
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B.
Quartet
"Quartet" is a 2012 British comedy-drama film directed by Dustin Hoffman about retired opera singers reuniting for a gala performance at their countryside retirement home.
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C.
The Four Seasons (series)
The Four Seasons is a series of Rococo paintings by François Boucher that allegorically depict the four seasons through idyllic pastoral and mythological scenes.
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D.
Redford Suite
Redford Suite is a multi-movement jazz composition by The Roots, featured as a central instrumental suite on their concept album "Undun."
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E.
Trio
Trio is a collaborative country music album by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris that became widely acclaimed for its harmonies and songwriting.
- 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: Quartet (1981 film) Target entity description: Quartet (1981 film) is a 1981 British drama directed by James Ivory, adapted from Jean Rhys's novel, that explores the complex emotional entanglements of a young woman in 1920s Paris.
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A.
Three Quartets (1981)
Three Quartets (1981) is a jazz album by pianist and composer Chick Corea, celebrated for its intricate quartet arrangements and advanced harmonic and rhythmic concepts.
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B.
Quartet
"Quartet" is a 2012 British comedy-drama film directed by Dustin Hoffman about retired opera singers reuniting for a gala performance at their countryside retirement home.
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C.
The Four Seasons (series)
The Four Seasons is a series of Rococo paintings by François Boucher that allegorically depict the four seasons through idyllic pastoral and mythological scenes.
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D.
Redford Suite
Redford Suite is a multi-movement jazz composition by The Roots, featured as a central instrumental suite on their concept album "Undun."
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E.
Trio
Trio is a collaborative country music album by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris that became widely acclaimed for its harmonies and songwriting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British film
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drama film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| artDirector | Paul Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Jean Rhys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Quartet (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Pierre Lhomme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| costumeDesigner | Jenny Beavan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | James Ivory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
20th Century Fox
NERFINISHED
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MGM/UA Entertainment Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ Rank Film Distributors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Humphrey Dixon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| festivalScreening | 1981 Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasPoster | theatrical release poster ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Marya Zelli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Richard Robbins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | emotional entanglements of a young woman ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Cannes Film Festival award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Merchant Ivory filmography ⓘ |
| producer | Ismail Merchant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Merchant Ivory Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1981-10-30 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 101 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
James Ivory
NERFINISHED
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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | 1920s ⓘ |
| stars |
Alan Bates
NERFINISHED
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Anthony Higgins NERFINISHED ⓘ Isabelle Adjani NERFINISHED ⓘ Maggie Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
emotional dependency
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expatriate life in Paris ⓘ marital infidelity ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Quartet (1981 film) Description of subject: Quartet (1981 film) is a 1981 British drama directed by James Ivory, adapted from Jean Rhys's novel, that explores the complex emotional entanglements of a young woman in 1920s Paris.
Referenced by (1)
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