Gui Lai
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Gui Lai is the Chinese title of the 2014 drama film "Coming Home," directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Gong Li, about a family torn apart and reunited during the aftermath of China's Cultural Revolution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gui Lai canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5782873 — 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: Gui Lai Context triple: [Coming Home, romanizedTitle, Gui Lai]
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A.
Hong Chau
Hong Chau is an American actress acclaimed for her nuanced performances in film and television, including prominent roles in projects like "Downsizing," "The Whale," and various prestige TV series.
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B.
Leslie Chow
Leslie Chow is a wildly eccentric, foul-mouthed, and unpredictable gangster character from The Hangover film series, known for his outrageous antics and chaotic energy.
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C.
Lai-Sang Young
Lai-Sang Young is a prominent mathematician known for her influential work in dynamical systems and ergodic theory.
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D.
Kelly Chan
Kelly Chan is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress known for her popularity in the late 1990s and 2000s.
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E.
Wai Ching Ho
Wai Ching Ho is a Chinese-American actress known for her character roles in film and television, including work in major Hollywood productions and voice acting in animated features.
- 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: Gui Lai Target entity description: Gui Lai is the Chinese title of the 2014 drama film "Coming Home," directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Gong Li, about a family torn apart and reunited during the aftermath of China's Cultural Revolution.
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A.
Hong Chau
Hong Chau is an American actress acclaimed for her nuanced performances in film and television, including prominent roles in projects like "Downsizing," "The Whale," and various prestige TV series.
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B.
Leslie Chow
Leslie Chow is a wildly eccentric, foul-mouthed, and unpredictable gangster character from The Hangover film series, known for his outrageous antics and chaotic energy.
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C.
Lai-Sang Young
Lai-Sang Young is a prominent mathematician known for her influential work in dynamical systems and ergodic theory.
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D.
Kelly Chan
Kelly Chan is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress known for her popularity in the late 1990s and 2000s.
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E.
Wai Ching Ho
Wai Ching Ho is a Chinese-American actress known for her character roles in film and television, including work in major Hollywood productions and voice acting in animated features.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese film
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film ⓘ |
| alternateTitle | Coming Home (2014 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Criminal Lu Yanshi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Yan Geling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Zhao Xiaoding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| director | Zhang Yimou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directorNationality | Chinese ⓘ |
| distributor | Le Vision Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | feature film ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Chinese Cultural Revolution and its aftermath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActorForCharacter Feng Wanyu | Gong Li NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActorForCharacter Lu Yanshi | Chen Daoming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadCharacter |
Feng Wanyu
NERFINISHED
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Lu Yanshi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCast |
Chen Daoming
NERFINISHED
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Gong Li NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhang Huiwen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Chen Qigang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAwardNomination | Asian Film Awards Best Actress nomination for Gong Li ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Chinese ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A family is torn apart and later reunited in the aftermath of China’s Cultural Revolution. ⓘ |
| premiereEvent | Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereSection | Out of Competition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Le Vision Pictures
NERFINISHED
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Zhang Yimou Studio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseType | theatrical release ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 109 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Zou Jingzhi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Cultural Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starNationality Chen Daoming | Chinese ⓘ |
| starNationality Gong Li | Chinese ⓘ |
| theme |
family separation
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memory and amnesia ⓘ political persecution ⓘ |
| timeOfStory | late Cultural Revolution and post-Cultural Revolution period ⓘ |
| title | 归来 ⓘ |
| translatedTitle | Coming Home NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gui Lai Description of subject: Gui Lai is the Chinese title of the 2014 drama film "Coming Home," directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Gong Li, about a family torn apart and reunited during the aftermath of China's Cultural Revolution.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.