The Farewell (2019 film)
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The Farewell (2019 film) is a 2019 American comedy-drama directed by Lulu Wang about a Chinese-American woman who returns to China when her family stages a fake wedding to covertly say goodbye to their terminally ill matriarch.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Farewell (2019 film) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4660154 — 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: The Farewell (2019 film) Context triple: [Peter Saraf, notableWork, The Farewell (2019 film)]
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Minari
Minari is a critically acclaimed 2020 American drama film about a Korean-American family starting a farm in rural Arkansas, noted for its nuanced portrayal of immigrant life and its award-winning performances.
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B.
The French Dispatch
The French Dispatch is a 2021 anthology comedy-drama film by Wes Anderson that portrays a fictional American magazine’s final issue through a series of visually stylized, interwoven stories set in a French town.
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C.
Drive My Car
"Drive My Car" is a 1965 rock song by the Beatles, notable for its playful lyrics, prominent bassline, and opening position on the album Rubber Soul.
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D.
Marriage Story
Marriage Story is a 2019 drama film written and directed by Noah Baumbach that portrays a couple’s emotionally fraught divorce and custody battle, starring Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver.
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E.
Nine Perfect Strangers
Nine Perfect Strangers is a psychological drama miniseries based on Liane Moriarty’s novel, following nine guests at a mysterious wellness retreat where unconventional methods lead to unsettling revelations.
- 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)
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Target entity: The Farewell (2019 film) Target entity description: The Farewell (2019 film) is a 2019 American comedy-drama directed by Lulu Wang about a Chinese-American woman who returns to China when her family stages a fake wedding to covertly say goodbye to their terminally ill matriarch.
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A.
Minari
Minari is a critically acclaimed 2020 American drama film about a Korean-American family starting a farm in rural Arkansas, noted for its nuanced portrayal of immigrant life and its award-winning performances.
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B.
The French Dispatch
The French Dispatch is a 2021 anthology comedy-drama film by Wes Anderson that portrays a fictional American magazine’s final issue through a series of visually stylized, interwoven stories set in a French town.
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C.
Drive My Car
"Drive My Car" is a 1965 rock song by the Beatles, notable for its playful lyrics, prominent bassline, and opening position on the album Rubber Soul.
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D.
Marriage Story
Marriage Story is a 2019 drama film written and directed by Noah Baumbach that portrays a couple’s emotionally fraught divorce and custody battle, starring Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver.
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E.
Nine Perfect Strangers
Nine Perfect Strangers is a psychological drama miniseries based on Liane Moriarty’s novel, following nine guests at a mysterious wellness retreat where unconventional methods lead to unsettling revelations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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comedy-drama film ⓘ film ⓘ independent film ⓘ |
| basedOn | What You Don’t Know (This American Life segment) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Anna Franquesa-Solano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
China
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Lulu Wang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | A24 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Michael Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| festivalSection | U.S. Dramatic Competition at Sundance 2019 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama
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family drama ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Lulu Wang’s real-life family experience ⓘ |
| leadActor | Awkwafina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadRoleName | Billi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Billi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| MetacriticScore | generally favorable reviews ⓘ |
| musicBy | Alex Weston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAward | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (Awkwafina) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableNomination |
Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature
NERFINISHED
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Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay NERFINISHED ⓘ Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female (Zhao Shu-zhen) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage |
English
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Mandarin Chinese ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A Chinese-American woman returns to China when her family stages a fake wedding to secretly say goodbye to their terminally ill grandmother who has not been told of her diagnosis. ⓘ |
| portrays |
Awkwafina as Billi
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Diana Lin as Billi’s mother ⓘ Tzi Ma as Billi’s father NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhao Shu-zhen as Nai Nai ⓘ |
| producedBy |
Andrew Miano
NERFINISHED
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Chris Weitz NERFINISHED ⓘ Daniele Melia NERFINISHED ⓘ Lulu Wang NERFINISHED ⓘ Marc Turtletaub NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Saraf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Big Beach
NERFINISHED
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Depth of Field NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistPortrayedBy | Awkwafina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| RottenTomatoesRating | high critical approval ⓘ |
| runtime | 100 minutes ⓘ |
| screenplayType | semi-autobiographical ⓘ |
| setIn |
China
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ |
| stars |
Aoi Mizuhara
NERFINISHED
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Awkwafina NERFINISHED ⓘ Chen Han NERFINISHED ⓘ Diana Lin NERFINISHED ⓘ Jiang Yongbo NERFINISHED ⓘ Lu Hong NERFINISHED ⓘ Tzi Ma NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhao Shu-zhen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theatricalReleaseDate | July 12, 2019 ⓘ |
| theme |
cultural identity
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family ⓘ immigrant experience ⓘ truth and deception ⓘ |
| title | The Farewell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worldPremiereAt | Sundance Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worldPremiereDate | January 25, 2019 ⓘ |
| writer | Lulu Wang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: The Farewell (2019 film) Description of subject: The Farewell (2019 film) is a 2019 American comedy-drama directed by Lulu Wang about a Chinese-American woman who returns to China when her family stages a fake wedding to covertly say goodbye to their terminally ill matriarch.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Henry Yan (The Farewell)