Puberty Blues
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Puberty Blues is an Australian coming-of-age film (and later TV adaptation) that explores teenage life, surf culture, and sexual awakening in 1970s suburban Sydney.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Puberty Blues canonical | 6 |
| Puberty Blues (TV series) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6027630 — 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: Puberty Blues Context triple: [Bruce Beresford, notableWork, Puberty Blues]
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A.
The Awkward Age
The Awkward Age is a novel by Henry James that explores the social and moral complexities of upper-class English society through the coming-of-age experiences of a young woman.
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B.
This Is Our Youth
This Is Our Youth is a critically acclaimed stage play by Kenneth Lonergan that portrays the aimlessness and moral drift of affluent New York City teenagers in the early 1980s.
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C.
Sixteen Going on Seventeen
"Sixteen Going on Seventeen" is a popular song from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *The Sound of Music*, known for its duet between the characters Liesl and Rolf.
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D.
Otherhood
Otherhood is a 2019 Netflix comedy film about three suburban mothers who travel to New York City to reconnect with their adult sons.
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E.
For a Girl Becoming
For a Girl Becoming is a poetic, coming-of-age book by Joy Harjo that blends lyrical prose and Indigenous themes to celebrate a young girl’s journey into womanhood.
- 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: Puberty Blues Target entity description: Puberty Blues is an Australian coming-of-age film (and later TV adaptation) that explores teenage life, surf culture, and sexual awakening in 1970s suburban Sydney.
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A.
The Awkward Age
The Awkward Age is a novel by Henry James that explores the social and moral complexities of upper-class English society through the coming-of-age experiences of a young woman.
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B.
This Is Our Youth
This Is Our Youth is a critically acclaimed stage play by Kenneth Lonergan that portrays the aimlessness and moral drift of affluent New York City teenagers in the early 1980s.
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C.
Sixteen Going on Seventeen
"Sixteen Going on Seventeen" is a popular song from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *The Sound of Music*, known for its duet between the characters Liesl and Rolf.
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D.
Otherhood
Otherhood is a 2019 Netflix comedy film about three suburban mothers who travel to New York City to reconnect with their adult sons.
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E.
For a Girl Becoming
For a Girl Becoming is a poetic, coming-of-age book by Joy Harjo that blends lyrical prose and Indigenous themes to celebrate a young girl’s journey into womanhood.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian drama television series
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Australian film ⓘ novel ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Puberty Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author |
Gabrielle Carey
NERFINISHED
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Kathy Lette NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Puberty Blues (novel)
NERFINISHED
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Puberty Blues (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Don McAlpine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Australia
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Australia ⓘ Australia ⓘ |
| depicts |
Australian surf culture
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suburban life ⓘ teenage sexuality ⓘ |
| director | Bruce Beresford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Greater Union Film Distributors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAired | 2012 ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age
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drama film ⓘ teen drama ⓘ teen drama ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Puberty Blues (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
English
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English ⓘ |
| lastAired | 2014 ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Debbie Vickers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sue Knight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy |
Split Enz
NERFINISHED
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Tim Finn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 2 ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | Network Ten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Margaret Fink NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear |
1979
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1981 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 86 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Bruce Beresford
NERFINISHED
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Gabrielle Carey NERFINISHED ⓘ Kathy Lette NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret Kelly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInLocation |
Cronulla
NERFINISHED
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Sydney NERFINISHED ⓘ Sydney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
1970s
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1970s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Puberty Blues Description of subject: Puberty Blues is an Australian coming-of-age film (and later TV adaptation) that explores teenage life, surf culture, and sexual awakening in 1970s suburban Sydney.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Puberty Blues (TV series)