My Life as a Dog
E545978
My Life as a Dog is a 1985 Swedish coming-of-age drama film that follows a young boy sent to live with relatives in the countryside while coping with family turmoil and loss.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| My Life as a Dog canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5743099 — 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: My Life as a Dog Context triple: [Lasse Hallström, notableWork, My Life as a Dog]
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A.
The Day I Tried to Live
"The Day I Tried to Live" is a 1994 grunge/alternative rock song by Soundgarden, known for its dark, introspective lyrics and dynamic, heavy sound.
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B.
The Twa Dogs
The Twa Dogs is a satirical poem by Robert Burns in which two dogs discuss and contrast the lives of the rich and the poor in 18th-century Scotland.
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C.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog is a semi-autobiographical collection of short stories by Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas, drawing on his youth in Swansea and early experiences as a writer.
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D.
A Dog’s Journey
A Dog’s Journey is a 2019 family drama film based on W. Bruce Cameron’s novel, following a loyal dog who is reincarnated multiple times to watch over and protect the people he loves.
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E.
The Cement Garden
The Cement Garden is a 1993 British-German drama film, directed by Andrew Birkin and based on Ian McEwan’s novel, in which Charlotte Gainsbourg stars in a dark story about siblings coping with isolation after their parents’ deaths.
- 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: My Life as a Dog Target entity description: My Life as a Dog is a 1985 Swedish coming-of-age drama film that follows a young boy sent to live with relatives in the countryside while coping with family turmoil and loss.
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A.
The Day I Tried to Live
"The Day I Tried to Live" is a 1994 grunge/alternative rock song by Soundgarden, known for its dark, introspective lyrics and dynamic, heavy sound.
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B.
The Twa Dogs
The Twa Dogs is a satirical poem by Robert Burns in which two dogs discuss and contrast the lives of the rich and the poor in 18th-century Scotland.
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C.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog is a semi-autobiographical collection of short stories by Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas, drawing on his youth in Swansea and early experiences as a writer.
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D.
A Dog’s Journey
A Dog’s Journey is a 2019 family drama film based on W. Bruce Cameron’s novel, following a loyal dog who is reincarnated multiple times to watch over and protect the people he loves.
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E.
The Cement Garden
The Cement Garden is a 1993 British-German drama film, directed by Andrew Birkin and based on Ian McEwan’s novel, in which Charlotte Gainsbourg stars in a dark story about siblings coping with isolation after their parents’ deaths.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| academyAwardNomineeDirector | Lasse Hallström NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| academyAwardNomineeScreenwriter |
Brasse Brännström
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lasse Hallström NERFINISHED ⓘ Per Berglund NERFINISHED ⓘ Reidar Jönsson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Reidar Jönsson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | My Life as a Dog (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Gunnar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ingemar NERFINISHED ⓘ Ingemar's mother ⓘ Saga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Jörgen Persson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Sweden ⓘ |
| director | Lasse Hallström NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Svensk Filmindustri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributorInUnitedStates | Miramax Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Christer Furubrand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmMovement | Swedish cinema of the 1980s ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
childhood
ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ grief ⓘ |
| mpaaRatingInUnitedStates | PG-13 ⓘ |
| musicBy | Björn Isfält NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | boy coping with family turmoil and loss ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Swedish ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Svensk Filmindustri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationTypeOfSourceWork | novel ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSourceWork | 1983 ⓘ |
| releaseDateInSweden | 1985-12-12 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 101 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Brasse Brännström
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lasse Hallström NERFINISHED ⓘ Per Berglund NERFINISHED ⓘ Reidar Jönsson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Swedish countryside ⓘ |
| starring |
Anki Lidén
NERFINISHED
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Anton Glanzelius NERFINISHED ⓘ Melinda Kinnaman NERFINISHED ⓘ Tomas von Brömssen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: My Life as a Dog Description of subject: My Life as a Dog is a 1985 Swedish coming-of-age drama film that follows a young boy sent to live with relatives in the countryside while coping with family turmoil and loss.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.