The Giver
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The Giver is a 2014 dystopian science fiction film adaptation of Lois Lowry’s novel, depicting a seemingly utopian society that suppresses emotion, memory, and individuality.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Giver canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6114936 — 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: The Giver Context triple: [Phillip Noyce, directed, The Giver]
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A.
Ender's Game
Ender's Game is a science fiction film adaptation of Orson Scott Card's novel, depicting a gifted child trained through futuristic war games to lead humanity in a conflict against an alien species.
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B.
Gilead
Gilead is a historically significant region east of the Jordan River, known from biblical and ancient Near Eastern sources for its strategic location and fertile, wooded highlands.
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C.
The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel depicting a theocratic regime that strips women of their rights, widely acclaimed for its feminist themes and chilling political commentary.
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D.
Parable of the Sower
Parable of the Sower is a well-known teaching of Jesus that uses the image of seeds falling on different types of soil to illustrate how people receive and respond to God's message.
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E.
Season of Glass
Season of Glass is a 1981 avant-garde rock album by Yoko Ono, created in the aftermath of John Lennon’s death and noted for its raw emotional intensity and experimental sound.
- 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: The Giver Target entity description: The Giver is a 2014 dystopian science fiction film adaptation of Lois Lowry’s novel, depicting a seemingly utopian society that suppresses emotion, memory, and individuality.
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A.
Ender's Game
Ender's Game is a science fiction film adaptation of Orson Scott Card's novel, depicting a gifted child trained through futuristic war games to lead humanity in a conflict against an alien species.
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B.
Gilead
Gilead is a historically significant region east of the Jordan River, known from biblical and ancient Near Eastern sources for its strategic location and fertile, wooded highlands.
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C.
The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel depicting a theocratic regime that strips women of their rights, widely acclaimed for its feminist themes and chilling political commentary.
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D.
Parable of the Sower
Parable of the Sower is a well-known teaching of Jesus that uses the image of seeds falling on different types of soil to illustrate how people receive and respond to God's message.
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E.
Season of Glass
Season of Glass is a 1981 avant-garde rock album by Yoko Ono, created in the aftermath of John Lennon’s death and noted for its raw emotional intensity and experimental sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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novel ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ |
| author | Lois Lowry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Giver (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Chief Elder
NERFINISHED
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Jonas NERFINISHED ⓘ The Giver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Ross Emery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Phillip Noyce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | The Weinstein Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Barry Alexander Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingCountry | South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Cape Town
NERFINISHED
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Johannesburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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dystopian film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadCharacter | Jonas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | PG-13 ⓘ |
| musicBy | Marco Beltrami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrationBy | Jeff Bridges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | a young boy chosen to receive memories of the past ⓘ |
| producer |
Jeff Bridges
NERFINISHED
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Nikki Silver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Tonik Productions
NERFINISHED
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Walden Media NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2014-08-15 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 97 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Michael Mitnick
NERFINISHED
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Robert B. Weide NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | a seemingly utopian future society ⓘ |
| starring |
Alexander Skarsgård
NERFINISHED
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Brenton Thwaites NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeff Bridges NERFINISHED ⓘ Katie Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ Meryl Streep NERFINISHED ⓘ Odeya Rush NERFINISHED ⓘ Taylor Swift NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
conformity
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control of memory ⓘ freedom of choice ⓘ loss of individuality ⓘ suppression of emotion ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Giver Description of subject: The Giver is a 2014 dystopian science fiction film adaptation of Lois Lowry’s novel, depicting a seemingly utopian society that suppresses emotion, memory, and individuality.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.